Stenogyne kaalae

Wawra (1872)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Stenogyne

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Scandent vines climbing to 1–2 m.

Stems: Stems quadrangular, glabrous or pubescent in grooves.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades ovate–lanceolate, 4.2–7.7(–12) cm long, 1.7–2.9(–3.5) cm wide. Apex acute. Base obtuse to cordate. Surfaces glabrous, blades subcoriaceous. Margins serrate to subentire. Petioles 5–15 mm long, glabrous or occasionally with scattered hairs. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 2–6 per verticillaster, axillary, occasionally raised on peduncles 4–8 mm long, pedicels 4–7 mm long, puberulent. Calyx radially symmetrical, narrowly campanulate, 8–15 mm long at anthesis, enlarging in fruit, glabrous, the teeth linear-lanceolate, 4.5–7 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide at base, splitting longitudinally, usually persistent or sometimes only ventral 1/2 persistent. Corolla bilabiate, tube and lobes very dark maroon, hispid externally, glandular pubescent within, tube narrowly funnelform, straight, 10–12.5 mm long, upper lip 4–8.5 mm long, entire or 2-lobed, flat or concave, lower lip 2–4 mm long, 3-lobed, the lobes flat or margins revolute, ovate, of similar size, distal portion of corolla sparsely to densely pubescent externally, the hairs simple or multicellular, occasionally glandular pubescent within, otherwise glabrous; nectary disk often present at base of ovary, annular or developed on anterior side only. Stamens 4, both pairs of similar length or upper pair slightly longer, included within corolla or well–exserted beyond upper lip; filaments inserted near throat, pubescent; anthers dithecal; anther sacs divaricate, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, each carpel longitudinally divided; ovules 1 per ovary lobe, placentation basal-axile; style 1, exserted, arising between lobes, usually cleft, diverging after anther dehiscence, shortly 2-lobed, the lobes subulate; stigmas 2.

Fruit: Nutlets 1-seeded drupaceous; bluish black at maturity; ca. 5 mm long; margins slightly winged; obliquely attached at base; included within calyx at maturity; exocarp fleshy; obovoid. Seeds with endosperm absent or scanty and oily.

Ploidy: 2n = 64*

Habitat: Occurring in diverse mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 750–1,100 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Beiträge zur Flora der Hawaischen Inseln. Flora 55: 556 (1872)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Webster, G. L. 1520 Oahu US 4/18/1948
2 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O'Connor, P. J.; Obata, J. s.n. Oahu US 10/10/1982
3 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN b. c. stone 3001 Hawaii US 6/29/1959
4 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 1586 Oahu US 4/27/2010
5 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E.; Wilder, G. P.; Hume, E. P. 1580 Hawaii US 2/12/1931
6 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 5399 Oahu US 2/11/1928
7 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. l. webster 1520 Oahu US 4/18/1948
8 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 1586 Oahu US 4/27/1910
9 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN p. o'connor & j. obata s.n. Oahu US 10/10/1982
10 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 5399 Oahu US 2/11/2028
11 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener, E. Ordonez 12999 Oahu US 4/28/1940
12 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B. C. 3001 Hawaii US 6/29/1959
13 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Weller, S. G.; Sakai, A. K. 792 Oahu US 6/20/1985
14 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. g. weller & a. k. sakai 792 Kauai US 6/20/1985
15 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o.; ordonez, e. 12999 GB 4/28/1940
16 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pearsall, g.a. BISH 5/19/1960
17 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c.m.; g.pearsall Oahu BISH 3/26/1960
18 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 9402 Oahu PTBG 1/15/1988
19 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collaboration; o. degener, e. ordonez 12999 Oahu NHMUK 4/28/1940
20 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 5235 Oahu PTBG 2/22/1987
21 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN r. l. wilbur 666 TENN 4/18/1948
22 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In cloud forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 5105 Oahu PTBG 1/15/1987
23 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 5266 Oahu PTBG 2/26/1987
24 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN n. j. andersson s.n. S 1852-06-08
25 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris montane wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1564 Oahu PTBG 1/3/1992
26 Stenogyne kaalae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. christophersen, g. wilder & e. hume 1580 Hawaii US 2/12/1931