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Vicia menziesii

Spreng. (1826)

This name is accepted

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

Hawaiian vetch

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Coarse, climbing perennial herbs 15–200 dm long, supported in the canopy of trees or shrubs, pubescent when young, sparsely so with age.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Leaflets 8–12, alternate or subopposite, narrowly ovate to oblong–ovate, 35–70 mm long, 15–30 mm wide. Apex acute to rounded and mucronate. Surfaces sparsely pubescent. Margins lacerate–dentate with subulate teeth. Petiolate. Stipules semisagittate, foliaceous, suborbicular, 20–30 mm long, 10–20 mm wide.

Flowers: Flowers 6–9 in axillary racemes. Flowers papilionaceous; bracts minute, caducous, bracteoles absent; pedicels 8–10 mm long. Calyx 5-lobed, gibbous, upper teeth 3–5 mm long, lateral teeth 5–6 mm long, lowest tooth 6–7 mm long. Corolla ochreoleucous when young, aging upward, 25–30 mm purple, curved style dorsoventrally flattened, the upper part surrounded by short hairs, longer toward stigma, standard with a broad claw, wing petals obliquely oblong, keel petals shorter than wings, obtuse. Stamens 10, Upper stamen distinct or adhering with others, the remaining 9 connate into a tube. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Pods black at maturity; oblong–ellipsoid; 90–100 mm long; 15–20 mm wide; stipitate; laterally compressed; dehiscent; not septate. Seeds black; globose; 6–8 mm in diameter; hilum extending ca. 3/4 of the circumference.

Ploidy: 2n = 14*

Habitat: Wet to mesic forest; or open; decadent forest with a fern understory.

Elevation Range: 1,570–1720 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Ikaika Mendez
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • Historically known from Hualalai, Mauna Loa, and Mauna Kea, Hawai.i, but the provenance data of all the early collections is vague.
  • The morphology, seed amino acids, pollen, and karyotype of Vicia menziesii were studied by Lasseter and Gunn (1979). It is possibly pollinated by the 'I'iwi (Vestiaria coccineo) and 'Amakihi (Ifemignathus v irens).
  • Wet to mesic forests

Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Veg. 3: 267 (1826)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:716 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN m. j. remy 656 Hawaii US 1851-08-08
2 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 35004 Maro Reef US 6/7/1980
3 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 947.h. Hawaii US 6/29/1915
4 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 947.H. Hawaii US 6/29/2015
5 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 947.H. Hawaii US 6/29/2015
6 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Remy, M. J. 656 Hawaii US 1851-00-00
7 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 938.H Hawaii BISH 6/26/1915
8 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Disturbed closed Metrosideros forest. Climbing on Metrosideros, Rubus, Myoporum, Alyxia, and logs. Substrate: reddish brown ash over `a`a. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ESP Field Crew Collector Number: ESP 110 Hawaii BISH 9/10/1979
9 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 997.h Hawaii BISH 6/29/1915
10 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Climbing on Metrosideros, Ilex, Rubus, Cibotium forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Clarke, G. ESP 276 Hawaii BISH 10/31/1979
11 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 997.H Hawaii BISH 6/29/1915
12 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In open decandent Acacia koa - Myrsine forest with fern understory. The Vicia covered an area of ca. 500 sq. ft. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kepler, a.k. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/9/1985
13 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Disturbed closed Metrosideros forest. Climbing on Metrosideros, Rubus, Myoporum, Alyxia, and logs. Substrate: reddish brown ash over `a`a. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ESP Field Crew ESP 110 Hawaii BISH 9/10/1979
14 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Climbing on Metrosideros, Ilex, Rubus, Cibotium forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN clarke, g. cuddihy, l.w.; r.kubo collector number: esp 276 Hawaii BISH 10/31/1979
15 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Giffin, J. s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/1/1993
16 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Remy, M.J. 656 Hawaii BISH 1/24/1905
17 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 997.h Hawaii BISH 6/29/1915
18 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In open decandent Acacia koa - Myrsine forest with fern understory. The Vicia covered an area of ca. 500 sq. ft. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kepler, A.K. s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/9/1985
19 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Disturbed closed Metrosideros forest. Climbing on Metrosideros, Rubus, Myoporum, Alyxia and logs. Substrate: reddish brown ash over `a`a. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ESP Field Crew Collector Number: ESP 110 Hawaii BISH 9/10/1979
20 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Disturbed closed Metrosideros forest. Climbing on Metrosideros, Rubus, Myoporum, Alyxia and logs. Substrate: reddish brown ash over `a`a. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ESP Field Crew ESP 110 Hawaii BISH 9/10/1979
21 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 938.h Maui BISH 6/26/1915
22 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 997.H Hawaii BISH 6/29/1915
23 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 938.H Hawaii BISH 6/26/1915
24 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Climbing on Metrosideros, Ilex, Rubus, Cibotium forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Clarke, G. Cuddihy, L.W.; R.Kubo Collector Number: ESP 276 Hawaii BISH 10/31/1979
25 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN remy, m.j. collector number: 656 Hawaii BISH 1851-01-01
26 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herat, t. herat, r.; higashino, p.k. collector number: 1015 Hawaii BISH 7/8/1974
27 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herat, T. 1015 Hawaii BISH 7/8/1974
28 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN esp field crew collector number: esp 110 Molokai BISH 9/10/1979
29 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 938.h Hawaii BISH 6/26/1915
30 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Disturbed closed Metrosideros forest. Climbing on Metrosideros, Rubus, Myoporum, Alyxia, and logs. Substrate: reddish brown ash over `a`a. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN esp field crew collector number: esp 110 Hawaii BISH 9/10/1979
31 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN giffin, j. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/1/1993
32 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 997h NY 6/29/1915
33 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN J. Remy 656 Hawaii PTBG 1851-01-01
34 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 938h NY 6/26/1915
35 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Disturbed closed Metrosideros forest. Reddish brown ash over a`a. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ESP Field Crew ESP 110 Hawaii PTBG 9/10/1979
36 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 947.h. Hawaii US 6/29/1915
37 Vicia menziesii Spreng. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Transect in Acacia koa- Metrosideros wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1676 Hawaii PTBG 3/4/1992
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