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Achyranthes mutica

A.Gray ex H.Mann (1867)

This name is accepted

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

achyranthes

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs.

Stems: Stems erect to decumbent. stems 30–60 cm long, many-branched.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades obovate to elliptic or oblanceolate, (1.9–)3.2–4 cm long, (0.8–)1.5–2 cm wide. Surfaces of young leaves sparsely pilose, usually glabrate with age. Margins usually entire or nearly so. Petioles 0.3–1.5 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in spikes 0.4–1.5 cm long, the rachis densely pubescent with spreading hairs, sessile. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx of 5 sepals, sepals unequal 3–4.2 mm long, apex acute. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 2–5, connate at base; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior; ovule 1; style slender; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Utricles unknown. Seeds 1 per fruit; the surface usually lustrous; endosperm essentially absent.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 2 (1867)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:181 (K, H? [presumed location for 1779 coll.]); Hawley & Pyle 1995:1 (REDISCOVER/H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 10326 Kauai PTBG 6/6/2012
2 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing with METPOL, SCHITER, NOTSAN, LEULEU. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Loo, R Not on sheet Hawaii BISH 2/12/2015
3 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN RTmy, J. 208 Kauai US 1851-00-00
4 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN l. m. dunn 158 Kauai US 4/3/2003
5 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. collector number: 10326 Kauai BISH 6/6/2012
6 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN L. M. Dunn 158 Kauai US 4/3/2003
7 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. rtmy 208 Kauai US 1851-08-08
8 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Remy, M.J. 208 Kauai BISH 1/24/1905
9 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 10326 Kauai BISH 6/6/2012
10 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dunn, L. Collector Number: 158 Kauai BISH 4/3/2003
11 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 2177 Oahu US 12/16/1992
12 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H. 10326 Kauai US 6/6/2012
13 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN D. H. Lorence 10326 Kauai US 6/6/2012
14 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dunn, L. 158 Kauai US 4/3/2003
15 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence 10326 Kauai US 6/6/2012
16 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 2177 Hawaii US 12/16/1992
17 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN dunn, l. collector number: 158 Kauai BISH 4/3/2003
18 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Gulch with pasture and relict Koaie, Olopua and other trees of mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pratt, t.k. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 11/10/1991
19 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Collected on sides of dry gulch; 350 deg. N aspect. Acacia koa-Myoproum sandwicense Mesic with alien vegetation; Nototrichium, Asplenium, Chenopodium, Osteomeles PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s. collector number: 2177 Hawaii BISH 7/16/1992
20 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. Collector Number: 10326 Kauai BISH 6/6/2012
21 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dunn, L. 158 Kauai BISH 4/3/2003
22 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Gulch with pasture and relict Koaie, Olopua and other trees of mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pratt, T.K. s.n. Hawaii BISH 11/10/1991
23 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Gulch with pasture and relict Koaie, Olopua and other trees of mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pratt, T.K. s.n. Hawaii BISH 11/10/1991
24 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Along the highway, wet open, disturbed, mixed with ot her non-native plant species. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN remy, m.j. collector number: 208 Hawaii BISH 1851-01-01
25 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information pasture PRESERVED_SPECIMEN remy, m.j. collector number: 208 Hawaii BISH
26 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Gulch with pasture and relict Koaie, Olopua and other trees of mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pratt, t.k. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 11/10/1991
27 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence 10326 NY 6/6/2012
28 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Collected on sides of dry gulch; 350 deg. N aspect. Acacia koa-Myoproum sandwicense Mesic with alien vegetation; Nototrichium, Asplenium, Chenopodium, Osteomeles PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 2177 Hawaii BISH 7/16/1992
29 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. j. rémy 208 GH
30 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN collector unspecified 208 NY
31 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN D. H. Lorence 10326 NY 6/6/2012
32 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Collector unspecified 208 NY
33 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Liloa Dunn 158 Kauai PTBG 4/3/2003
34 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 10251 Kauai PTBG 1/27/2011
35 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 10250 Kauai PTBG 1/27/2011
36 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 10249 Kauai PTBG 1/27/2011
37 Achyranthes mutica A.Gray ex H.Mann Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa-Myoporum sandwicense Mesic with alien veg. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2177 Hawaii PTBG 12/16/1992
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