Melicope puberula

(H.St.John) 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 small trees 3–10 m tall, new growth densely yellowish brown tomentose, becoming glabrate.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic or elliptic–obovate, 6–17 cm long, 3–6 cm wide. Apex rounded, usually emarginate. Base cuneate to rounded. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces sparsely to moderately pilose; blades, coriaceous. Margins entire. Pimary lateral veins usually 14–18 pairs, connected by an arched vein 1–6 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 20–30 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers ca. 5 in tomentose, axillary cymes, peduncles 8–14 mm long, pedicels 8–9 mm long, bracts small, opposite. Flowers bisexual (perfect) or functionally unisexual (and then plants monoecious). Calyx of 4 sepals; sepals imbricate, pistillate flowers with sepals ovate, 24.5 mm long, appressed puberulent. Corolla of 4 petals, valvate, pistillate flowers petals deltate, ca. 6 mm long, glabrous. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct, reduced but always present in functionally pistillate flowers. 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 ca. 2 mm long, sparsely pilose toward base.

Fruit: Capsules dark red; 14–20 mm wide; carpels connate ca. ½ their length; 7–10 mm long; exocarp sparsely to moderately puberulent; endocarp sparsely short–villous. the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture; exocarp. Seeds 1–2 per carpel; ca. 5–6 mm long. glossy black when ripe; crustaceous; ovoid; sometimes angled from compression; embryo straight in fleshy endosperm; radicle short; cotyledons compressed; ovate; putamen brown; warty.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Apparently rare in mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 1,070–1,220 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. 1990:1202 (K [as Pelea puberula]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. puberula)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn & p. o'connor 5758 Kauai US 1/28/1988
2 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W.; Lorence, D. H.; Kawakami, G.; Koga, C.; Soto, S.; Rosenberger, K. 6772 Kauai US 1/24/2001
3 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W.; Palmer, D. D. 5144 Kauai US 11/16/1992
4 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Lau, J.; Mehrhoff, L.; Imada, C. T. 1753 Kauai US 3/30/1992
5 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest dissected by riparian habitat w/ banks of matting ferns, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Sticherus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16126 Kauai PTBG 11/6/2014
6 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lowland wet shrubland vegetation, understory of ferns, Cyanea, and Cyrtandra over rocky, saturated soil. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 7262 Kauai PTBG 8/19/1992
7 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16056 Kauai PTBG 9/2/2014
8 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diverse wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 8513 Kauai PTBG 1/24/2001
9 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet Montane Metrosideros Forest boardering Bog. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 291 Kauai PTBG 2/20/2005
10 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest and riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16163 Kauai PTBG 12/10/2014
11 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2524 Kauai PTBG 5/6/1993
12 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet, Metrosideros dominated forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 3261 Kauai PTBG 1/2/1989
13 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15287 Kauai PTBG 11/8/2012
14 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic to wet Metrosideros polymorpha forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Marc Appelhans MA680 Kauai PTBG 10/5/2016
15 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1753 Kauai PTBG 3/30/1992
16 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sadleria- Dubautia shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 24281 Kauai PTBG 1/8/2015
17 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W.; Lorence, D. H.; Smith, J. 3261 Kauai US 1/2/1989
18 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn, r. gustafson & k. wilson 3283 Kauai US 3/6/1989
19 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN b. c. stone 3402 Kauai US 4/14/1960
20 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B. C.; Plucknett, D. W. 3402 Kauai US 4/14/1960
21 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn & d. g. frodin 5993 Kauai US 5/17/1988
22 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN n. tangalin & n. barca 1794 Kauai US 9/20/2008
23 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Ganders, F. R.; Kennedy, H.; Asquith, A. 7262 Kauai US 8/19/1992
24 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Wood, K. R.; Query, M. 24281 Maui US 1/8/2015
25 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN D. H. Lorence, T. W. Flynn, C. Koga, G. Kawakami, S. Soto & K. Rosenberger 8513 Kauai US 1/24/2001
26 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Flynn, T. W.; Koga, C.; Kawakami, G.; Soto, S.; Rosenberger, K. 8513 Kauai US 1/24/2001
27 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tangalin, N.; Wood, K. 2412 Kauai US 10/8/2010
28 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn 3261 Kauai US
29 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn, d. h. lorence & j. smith 3261 Kauai US 1/2/1989
30 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W. 6183 Kauai US 6/25/1997
31 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Flynn, T. W.; O'Connor, P. 5758 Kauai US 1/28/1988
32 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner & k. r. wood 6895 Kauai US 2/25/2000
33 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman, k. r. wood & m. query 24281 Maui US 1/8/2015
34 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN a. s. hitchcock 15473 Oahu US 10/22/1916
35 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn & d. d. palmer 5144 Kauai US 11/16/1992
36 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner & K. R. Wood 6895 Kauai US 2/25/2000
37 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B. C. 3402 Kauai US 4/14/1960
38 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 1181 Kauai US 8/29/1991
39 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN b. c. stone & d. plucknett 3402 Hawaii US 4/14/1960
40 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn 6183 Kauai US 6/25/1997
41 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner, w. n. takeuchi & c. imada 6033 Kauai US 4/9/1988
42 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN n. tangalin & k. wood 2412 Kauai US 10/8/2010
43 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Lau, J.; Mehrhoff, L.; Imada, C. T. 1754 Kauai US 3/30/1992
44 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tangalin, N.; Barca, N. 1794 Kauai US 9/20/2008
45 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman, j. lau, l. mehrhoff & c. imada 1753 Kauai US 3/30/1992
46 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Flynn, T. W.; Frodin, D. G. 5993 Kauai US 5/17/1988
47 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman, K. R. Wood & M. Query 24281 Maui US 1/8/2015
48 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn, d. h. lorence, g. kawakami, c. koga, s. soto & k. rosenberger 6772 Kauai US 1/24/2001
49 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Takeuchi, W. N.; Imada, C. T. 6033 Kauai US 4/9/1988
50 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, f. r. ganders, h. kennedy & a. asquith 7262 Kauai US 8/19/1992
51 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest, 5-7 m tall canopy, 70-90% closed, with adjacent riparian vegetation with Melicope clusiifolia, Kadua affinis, Scaevola glabra, Broussaisia arguta, Vaccinium calycina, Syzygium sandwicensis, Astelia argyrocoma, Cibotium glaucum, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Smilax melast PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. kirkpatrick, m. collector number: 15310.00 Kauai BISH
52 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metros ideros-Rhynchospora flat open bog. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3680 Kauai PTBG 10/27/1994
53 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest, 5-7 m tall canopy, 70-90% closed, with adjacent riparian vegetation with Melicope clusiifolia, Kadua affinis, Scaevola glabra, Broussaisia arguta, Vaccinium calycina, Syzygium sandwicensis, Astelia argyrocoma, Cibotium glaucum, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Smilax melast PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 15310 Kauai BISH 12/13/2012
54 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5144 Kauai PTBG 11/16/1992
55 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Wood, K. R. 6895 Kauai US 2/25/2000
56 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W.; Gustafson, R.; Wilson, K. 3283 Kauai US 3/6/1989
57 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros diverse montane mesic forest with: Labordia, Dubautia, Hedyotis, Eurya, Nothocestrum, Myrsine. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 1181 Kauai BISH 8/29/1991
58 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 1181 Kauai US 8/29/1991
59 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In smaller of 2 ponds used for neishizing experiment PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tangalin, n. wood, k.r. collector number: 2412 Oahu BISH 10/8/2010
60 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros/Cheirodendron Montane Wet Forest w Melicope clusiifolia, Metrosideros polymorpha, Cheirodendron trigynum subsp. helleri, Clermontia fauriei, Vaccinium calycinum, Smilax melastomifolia, Coprosma elliptica, Athyrium microphyllum, Cibot [truncated]ium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Williams, A.M. AMW45 Kauai BISH 4/4/2014
61 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hitchcock, A. S. 15473 Kauai US 1916-00-00
62 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Off road In Metrosideros-Cheirodendron wet forest with Elaeocarpus bifidus, Myrsine lessertiana, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Cyrtandra longiflora, Cyrtandra kauaiensis, Psychotria greenwelliae, Diplazium sandwichianum, Ilex anomala, Kadua affinis, Sadleria, Myrsine linearifolia, Rubus argutus, Myrica faya, Hedychium gardnerianum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 21327 Kauai BISH 1/8/2009
63 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sedges, grasses, and bryophytes. Epiphytes are common in the shrub layer. Associated plants; Adenophorus, Trematolobelia, Dubautia, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris, Vaccinium, Cheirodendron, Cyrtandra, Perrottetia, Mariscus, Sadleria, Coprosma, Hedyotis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s.; lau, j.; mehrhoff, l.; imada, c. collector number: 1753 Kauai BISH 3/30/1992
64 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Relatively open wet forest with Metrosideros, Tetraplasandra and Cheirodendron. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. flynn, t.; frodin, d. collector number: 5993 Kauai BISH 5/17/1988
65 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Zimmerman, E.C. s.n. Kauai BISH 7/21/1937
66 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In wet forest on left (E) side of road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c. plucknett, d. collector number: 3402 Kauai BISH 4/14/1960
67 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c. plucknett, d. collector number: 3402 Kauai BISH 4/14/1960
68 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros - Cheirodendron - Dicranopteris montane wet forest and riparian vegetation with Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Coprosma kauaiensis, Syzyglum sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Myrsine wawraea, Scaevola procera, Broussaisia arguta, Labordia waialealea, Peperomia mem PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 17501 Kauai BISH 8/10/2017
69 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In wet forest on left (E) side of road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B.C. 3402 Kauai BISH 4/14/1960
70 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B.C. 3402 Kauai BISH 4/14/1960
71 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest dominated by Metrosideros polymorpha with Cheirodendron, Scaevola and Diplazium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 3283 Kauai BISH 3/6/1989
72 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Ridge forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s.; lau, j.; mehrhoff, l.; imada, c. collector number: 1754 Oahu BISH 3/30/1992
73 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane Metrosideros-Dicranopteris forest w/ Psychotria hexandra, Syzygium sandwicensis, Broussaisia arguta, Cheirodendron. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN tangalin, n. wood, k.r. collector number: 2404 Kauai BISH 9/27/2010
74 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sadleria-Dubautia shrubland Machaerina angustifolia, Labordia waialeale, Metrosideros waialeale. Viola kauaiensis, Bidens forbesii, Plantago pachyphylla PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 24281 Kauai BISH 1/8/2015
75 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Narrow wet gulch w/ Selaginella and moss covered walls. Metrosideros- Dicranopteris - Cheirodendron Wet Montane forest with Syzygium, Leptecophylla, Melicope clusiifolia, Elaeocarpus, Psychotria, Viola wailenalenae, Stenogyne purpurea, Dianella sandwicensis, Tetraplasandra, Rubus hawaiensis, Scaevola, Broussaisia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tangalin, N. 2412 Kauai BISH 10/8/2010
76 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 532 Kauai BISH 8/10/1983
77 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet, Metrosideros dominated forest along N side of road. With Broussaisia, Diplazium and Cyanea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. lorence, d.h.; smith, j. collector number: 3261 Kauai BISH 1/2/1989
78 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sedges, grasses, and bryophytes. Epiphytes are common in the shrub layer. Associated plants; Adenophorus, Trematolobelia, Dubautia, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris, Vaccinium, Cheirodendron, Cyrtandra, Perrottetia, Mariscus, Sadleria, Coprosma, Hedyotis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 1754 Kauai BISH 3/30/1992
79 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN zimmerman, e.c. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 7/21/1937
80 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Cheirodendron montane wet forest with sedges, grasses, and bryophytes. Epiphytes are common in the shrub layer. Associated plants; Adenophorus, Trematolobelia, Dubautia, Elaeocarpus, Dicranopteris, Vaccinium, Cheirodendron, Cyrtandra, Perrottetia, Mariscus, Sadleria, Coprosma, Hedyotis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 1753 Kauai BISH 3/30/1992
81 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Relatively open wet forest with Metrosideros, Tetraplasandra and Cheirodendron. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 5993 Kauai BISH 5/17/1988
82 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. greenwell, a. collector number: 21632 Kauai BISH 1/13/1952
83 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 532 Kauai BISH 8/10/1983
84 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest and riparian vegetation w/Kadua fffinis, Psychotria marinana, Coprosma kaualensis, Syzgium sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Myrsine wawraea, Scaevola prodcera, Broussaisia arguta, Labordia waialealae, Pereromia mem PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 16163 Kauai BISH 12/10/2014
85 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 21632 Kauai BISH 1/13/1952
86 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet, Metrosideros dominated forest along N side of road. With Broussaisia, Diplazium and Cyanea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 3261 Kauai BISH 1/2/1989
87 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On a mesic forested ridgetop. Associated with Metrosideros, Rauvolfia, Psychotria, Diospyros, Freycinetia, Pleomele, Kalanchoe, Paspalum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. gustafson, r.; wilson, k. collector number: 3283 Kauai BISH 3/6/1989
88 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane Metrosideros-Dicranopteris forest w/ Psychotria hexandra, Syzygium sandwicensis, Broussaisia arguta, Cheirodendron. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tangalin, N. 2404 Kauai BISH 9/27/2010
89 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moist Metrosideros, Acacia, Cibotium forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s. collector number: 1181 Hawaii BISH 8/29/1991
90 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Off road In Metrosideros-Cheirodendron wet forest with Elaeocarpus bifidus, Myrsine lessertiana, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Cyrtandra longiflora, Cyrtandra kauaiensis, Psychotria greenwelliae, Diplazium sandwichianum, Ilex anomala, Kadua affinis, Sadleria, Myrsine linearifolia, Rubus argutus, Myrica faya, Hedychium gardnerianum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. et al. collector number: 21327 Kauai BISH 1/8/2009
91 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on vast, earth slope heath PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman, j. lau, l. mehrhoff & c. imada 1754 IND 3/30/1992
92 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn, c. koga, g. kawakami, s. soto & k. rosenberger 8513 MPM 1/24/2001
93 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 15310 NY 12/13/2012
94 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15310 NY 12/13/2012
95 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila-Dicranopteris-Machaerina windswept hilly bogs; drainage is Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Montane Wet Forest & riparian veg. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 5261 Kauai PTBG 6/3/1996
96 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros diverse montane mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1181 Kauai PTBG 8/29/1991
97 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros/Cheirodendron Montane Wet Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Adam M. Williams AMW45 Kauai PTBG 4/4/2014
98 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15440 Kauai PTBG 3/7/2013
99 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12372 Kauai PTBG 5/8/2007
100 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha domianted wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 6895 Kauai PTBG 2/25/2000
101 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Cheirodendron wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 21327 Kauai PTBG 1/8/2009
102 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7448 Kauai PTBG 8/29/1998
103 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15270 Kauai PTBG 11/7/2012
104 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron Montane Wet Forest and riparium communities PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3636 Kauai PTBG 10/9/1994
105 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 1794 Kauai PTBG 9/20/2008
106 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest with wet cliff communities. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12786 Kauai PTBG 1/12/2008
107 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Thomas B. Croat 44976 Kauai PTBG 12/5/1978
108 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane Metrosideros-Dicranopteris forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 2404 Kauai PTBG 9/27/2010
109 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Relatively open wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 5993 Kauai PTBG 5/17/1988
110 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8244 Kauai PTBG 2/16/2000
111 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rich Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 10628 Kauai PTBG 2/14/1989
112 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris-Cheirodendron Wet Montane forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 2412 Kauai PTBG 10/8/2010
113 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed montane wet shrubland and forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 18100 Kauai PTBG 2/26/2019
114 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 6772 Kauai PTBG 1/24/2001
115 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest, 5-7 m tall canopy, 70-90% closed, with adjacent riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15310 Kauai PTBG 12/13/2012
116 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1754 Kauai PTBG 3/30/1992
117 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dubautia-Sadleria shrubland-fernland PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16202 Kauai PTBG 1/8/2015
118 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris transitional mesic to wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15192 Kauai PTBG 8/16/2012
119 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 11530 Kauai PTBG 9/9/2005
120 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 3283 Kauai PTBG 3/6/1989
121 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 3736 Kauai PTBG 1/11/1990
122 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest, 5-7 m tall canopy, 70-90% closed, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15308 Kauai PTBG 12/12/2012
123 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest and riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 17501 Kauai PTBG 8/10/2017
124 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 6183 Kauai PTBG 6/25/1997
125 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information north facing Metrosideros forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7438 Kauai PTBG 8/19/1998
126 Melicope puberula (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16058 Kauai PTBG 9/2/2014