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Ctenodon elegans

(Schltdl. & Cham.) D.B.O.S.Cardoso & A.Delgado (2020)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Ctenodon

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form:

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves:

Flowers:

Fruit:

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Molokai Potentially naturalizing

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Neodiversity 13: 16 (2020)

Other References

Oppenheimer & Pezzillo 2024:60 (NEWNAT/Mo [as Aeschynomene falcata]); Cardoso et al. 2020:17 (Syn. A. falcata = C. falcatus); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:181 (C. falcatus misapplied = C. elegans)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ctenodon elegans Vicinity of Honokoi Gulch Preserved_Specimen Small erect herbs, flowers yellow. Oppenheimer, H.L. 110724 Molokai BISH 2007-11-08
2 Ctenodon elegans Puniuohua 2 Common in pastures. Preserved_Specimen Flowers yellow, open in morning. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80604 Molokai BISH 2006-08-10
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