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Muehlenbeckia complexa

(A.Cunn.) Meisn. (1839)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Polygonaceae Genus: Muehlenbeckia

creeping wire vine, maidenhair vine, wire plant

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 227 (1839)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1059 (H? [as Muehlenbeckia axillaris; cultivated and persisting in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park], DESCR); Staples & Herbst 2005:461 (KEY), 464 (Misapplied: M. axillaris, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. Kilauea, Fern Forest climbing 6 m over trees PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 18427 Hawaii BISH 12/20/1937
2 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. National Park, on road between Thurston Lava Tube and Kilauea Iki climbing in tree beside road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 44468 Hawaii BISH 11/25/1963
3 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. UH campus, Sherman Laboratory draped over low crotch of tree in dappled sunlight. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 1728 Oahu BISH 12/9/1985
4 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. uh campus, sherman laboratory draped over low crotch of tree in dappled sunlight. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 1728 Oahu BISH 12/9/1985
5 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. national park, on road between thurston lava tube and kilauea iki PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 44468 Oahu BISH 11/25/1963
6 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. national park, ~ 1/2 way between thurston lava tube and puu puai rd In Metrosideros-Cheirodendron spp lowland wet forest w/ Broussaisia, Melicope, Hedyotis, Freycinetia, Pritchardia, Antidesma, Psychotria, Elaphoglossum, Viola helenae, Cyrtandra, Hesperomannia, Dubautia imbricata, Dicranopteris. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 57480 Kauai BISH 4/16/1978
7 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. National Park, ~ 1/2 way between Thurston Lava Tube and Puu Puai Rd colony ~10 m long tangled in edge of forest on roadside in locally somewhat decadent Metrosideros forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 57480 Hawaii BISH 4/16/1978
8 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. kilauea crater rim rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN robyns, e.w. Hawaii BISH 9/26/1937
9 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. Kilauea Crater Rim Rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Robyns, E.W. s.n. Hawaii BISH 9/26/1937
10 Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn. kilauea, fern forest climbing 6 m over trees PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. baldwin, p.; catto, r.j.; longley, p. collector number: 18427 Hawaii BISH 12/20/1937
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