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Melicope macropus

(Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Melicope

alani, alani kuahiwi

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or trees(?), new growth minutely grayish appressed puberulent, soon glabrate.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades oblong–elliptic to elliptic, 10–15 cm long, 4.5–7.5 cm wide. Apex rounded, ± emarginate. Base cuneate. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces puberulent, becoming glabrate; blade thin, coriaceous. Margins sometimes slightly revolute, margins entire. Primary lateral veins ca. 7–9 pairs, conspicuous, slightly ascending, connected by an arched vein 2–10 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 12–20 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers usually 1–3 in axillary or cauline cymes, peduncles ca. 1–5 mm long, grayish puberulent, bracteoles deltate, ca. 0.5 mm long, puberulent, pedicels 2–5 mm long, flared at base of calyx, grayish puberulent. Flowers bisexual (perfect) or functionally unisexual (and then plants monoecious). Calyx of 4 sepals; sepals imbricate, pistillate flowers with sepals broadly deltate–ovate, ca. 1.5 mm long, minutely puberulent externally, glabrous within. Corolla of 4 petals, valvate, pistillate flowers petals deltate, ca. 2.5 mm long, sparsely puberulent externally, glabrous within. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct, reduced but always present in functionally pistillate flowers, pistillate flowers Stamens rudimentary, nectary disk glabrous. Ovary superior, 4-celled and 4-lobed, carpels connate, only slightly distinct at apex to almost entirely distinct; ovules 2 per cell, hemitropous, 1 ascending; style 1, terminating in 4 short stigmatic branches, pistillate flowers ovary puberulent; style glabrous, ca. 1.6–1.7 mm long.

Fruit: Capsules 25–35 mm wide; carpels connate ca. 1/6 their length; 12–18 mm long; exocarp sparsely appressed puberulent; especially near base; endocarp glabrous. Seeds 1–2 per carpel; 5–6 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Wet forest and Cloud forest

Elevation Range: 800–1,110 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 121 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1193 (K [as Pelea macropus]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. macropus); Wood 2012:98 (EXTINCT?)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN heller, a.a. collector number: 2870 Kauai BISH 1895-09-02
2 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN knudsen collector number: 189 Kauai BISH
3 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 1182 Kauai US 8/29/1991
4 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 1182 Kauai US 8/29/1991
5 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Heller, A. A. 2870 Kauai US 1895-00-00
6 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn & j. smith 6320 Maui US 1/2/1989
7 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN faurie, a. collector number: 172 Kauai BISH 2/1/1910
8 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information 5% slope, damp coral-limestone soil. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. randall, j. collector number: 1888 Oahu BISH 9/3/1986
9 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & f. davis 4806 Kauai US 11/23/1995
10 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros diverse montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1182 Kauai PTBG 8/29/1991
11 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Faurie, A. 172 Kauai BISH 2/1/1910
12 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Heller, A.A. 2870 Kauai BISH 1895-00-00
13 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Running stream PRESERVED_SPECIMEN a. a. heller 2870 Kauai BISH 1895-10-11
14 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Knudsen 189 Kauai BISH
15 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sticherus covered hillside. Broken shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 1888 Kauai BISH 9/3/1986
16 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Appearing native and common in small puddles of standing water in forest of Angiosperms and tree ferns. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN faurie, a. collector number: 172 Hawaii BISH 2/1/1910
17 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Elfin cloud forest dominated by Metrosideros, Pelea, and Labordia, interspersed with open bog area severely damaged by pigs and dominated by Juncus planifolius. Scattered in forests surrounding bogs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 3036 Kauai BISH 7/17/1988
18 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Elfin cloud forest dominated by Metrosideros, Pelea, and Labordia, interspersed with open bog area severely damaged by pigs and dominated by Juncus planifolius. Scattered in forests surrounding bogs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. lorence, d. collector number: 3036 Kauai BISH 7/17/1988
19 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock A
20 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 8853 MICH 10/21/1911
21 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubby plateau PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 8853 CM 10/21/1911
22 Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diverse forest of Metrosideros, Xylosma, Nestegis, and Cryptocarya. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 2116 Kauai PTBG 3/20/1987
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