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Pterospermum acerifolium

(L.) Willd. (1800)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Pterospermum

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 3: 729 (1800)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Ashdown, I. Maui BISH 1952-01-01
2 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 54 Oahu BISH 1929-09-13
3 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, A. 54 Oahu BISH 1929-09-13
4 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen fls. white, fragrant Stone, B.C. 2836 Oahu BISH 1959-04-05
5 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 1 dm x 7 m Woolford, H.A. 322 Oahu BISH 1956-01-26
6 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree 10 in diameter, 18ft ht. St.John, H. 9869 Oahu BISH 1929-09-24
7 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree 10 in diameter, 18ft ht. St.John, H. 9869 Oahu BISH 1929-09-24
8 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree 10 in diameter, 18ft ht. St.John, H. 9869 Oahu BISH 1929-09-24
9 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Tree 10 in diameter, 18ft ht. St.John, H. 9869 Oahu BISH 1929-09-24
10 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Large multi-stemmed tree to 40 ft. Flowers highly fragrant. Sepals ferruginous-tomentose outside, villous inside. Petals abaxially. Haltom, J. 59 Oahu BISH 2023-02-14
11 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 25' tree; leaves dark glossy green, yellow midvein, below very pale greenish yellow; new growth brownish green; buds dark brown; flower calyx 5-lobed, lobes recurved, dull yellow within; petals 5, free, white, fading cream; stamens 5, cream, stigma cream; fragrant, 10.30 am; fruit 5-angled, woody Flynn, T.W. 7374 Kauai BISH 2007-10-24
12 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen tall tree with pale green foliage and white, somewhat citrus-scented flowers. Buds, fruit, stem tips and young leaves covered with brown hairs. Fruit woody, brown, 5-angled, capsular, ~6 long; seeds winged. Herbst, D.R. 600 Oahu BISH 1967-09-15
13 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen fls. white, odor similar to plumeria Tachikawa, S. Oahu BISH 1939-04-06
14 Pterospermum acerifolium Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cheatham, N.D. Maui BISH 1963-09-20
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