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Aristea compressa

Buchinger ex Baker (1877)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae Genus: Aristea

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Plants 30–100 cm tall.

Stems: Flowering stems compressed and 2–winged.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Leaves in a basal fan-like arrangement, up to ½ as long as stems, 8–18 mm wide, cauline leaves smaller than basal ones. Blades linear. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in many branched, open panicles, spathes dry–membranous, with a raised brown midvein, becoming transparent toward margins. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Tepals pale to dark blue, greenish abaxially, up to 12 mm long, up to 6 mm wide, inner ones slightly larger than outer ones. Stamens 3, up to 6.5 mm long. Ovary inferior, 3-carpellate, 3-celled, 2–3 mm long; ovule placentation axile; style up to 7 mm long, 3-lobed apically.

Fruit: Capsules subglobose; obtusely trigonous; 5–6 mm long. Seeds ca. 8 per cell; angular.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range: ca. 1,130 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 111 (1877)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1445 (H [as A. gerrardii]); Herbarium Pacificum Staff 1999:4 (NEWNAT/H [as Aristea cf. compressa]); Staples et al. 2003:13 (A. cf. compressa misapplied = A. gerrardii); Goldblatt & Manning 2020/POWO 2025 (Syn. A. gerrardii = A. compressa)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Aristea compressa near upright rd, volcano In disturbed area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. degener, i. collector number: 33566 Molokai BISH 5/8/1975
2 Aristea compressa hilo forest reserve, waterhole spring rd n of highway, at 12.8 km marker of saddle Roadside; cultivated in montane wet forest, montane disturbance community. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN palmer, r.e. paul, d. collector number: 30023 Hawaii BISH 7/23/1997
3 Aristea compressa About 15-16 miles outside Hilo on the Saddle Road Small naturalized population. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stemmermann, R.L. 6647 Hawaii BISH 4/16/1980
4 Aristea compressa Near upright Rd, Volcano Recently naturalized on sunny hard packed lava cinders & rock. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 33566 Hawaii BISH 5/8/1975
5 Aristea compressa about 15-16 miles outside hilo on the saddle road Small naturalized population. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stemmermann, r.l. collector number: 6647 Hawaii BISH 4/16/1980
6 Aristea compressa Hilo Forest Reserve, Waterhole Spring Rd, N of highway, at 12.8km marker of Saddle Rd Cultivated in montane wet forest, montane disturbance community; roadside disturbance area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN R. E. Palmer 30023 NY 7/23/1997
7 Aristea compressa 15-16 miles out of Hilo on Saddle Road. Also seen sparingly in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stemmerman, L. 6647 Hawaii US 4/16/1980
8 Aristea compressa 15-16 miles out of Hilo on Saddle Road. Also seen sparingly in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN L. Stemmerman 6647 Hawaii US 4/16/1980
9 Aristea compressa 15-16 miles out of hilo on saddle road. also seen sparingly in hawaii volcanoes national park. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN l. stemmerman 6647 Hawaii US 4/16/1980
10 Aristea compressa betw volcano house & superintendent's residence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stemmermann, r.l. collector number: 6648 Hawaii BISH 4/21/1980
11 Aristea compressa Between Volcano House & superintendent's residence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stemmermann, R.L. 6648 Hawaii BISH 4/21/1980
12 Aristea compressa Hilo Forest Reserve, Waterhole Spring Rd N of highway, at 12.8 km marker of Saddle Roadside; cultivated in montane wet forest, montane disturbance community. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Palmer, R.E. 30023 Hawaii BISH 7/23/1997
13 Aristea compressa Hilo Forest Reserve, Waterhole Spring Rd N of highway, at 12.8 km marker of Saddle Roadside; cultivated in montane wet forest, montane disturbance community. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Palmer, R.E. Paul, D. Collector Number: 30023 Hawaii BISH 7/23/1997
14 Aristea compressa 15 - 16 miles out of Hilo on Saddle Road. Small naturalized population. Also seen sparingly in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Flowers blue PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stemmermann, R.L. 6647 Hawaii BISH 4/16/1980
15 Aristea compressa About 15-16 miles outside Hilo on the Saddle Road Small naturalized population. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stemmermann, R.L. Collector Number: 6647 Hawaii BISH 4/16/1980
16 Aristea compressa 15 - 16 miles out of hilo on saddle road. small naturalized population. also seen sparingly in hawaii volcanoes national park. flowers blue PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stemmermann, r.l. collector number: 6647 Maui BISH 4/16/1980
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