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Amaranthus pakai

Faccenda & N.Bayón (2025)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Amaranthus

‘āheahea, pakai, pakapakai

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual herbs

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Extirpated
O'ahu Extirpated
Lana'i Extirpated
Maui Extirpated
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Novon: A J. for Botanical Nomenclature, 33(1):1-5 (2025).

Other References

Faccenda, Bayón, et al. 2025:2 (SPNOV/K†, 1840; O†, 1855; L†, 1855; M†, 1871; H, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Amaranthus pakai So. Kohala, Puako Preserved_Specimen Plants 6 to 8 ft. tall, stem 3 cm diam, glabrous, racemes many, nodding, leaves long pedunculate to 12 cm x 3 cm wide Hobdy, R.W. 4351 Hawaii BISH 2014-04-10
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