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Schiedea helleri

Sherff (1943)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Schiedea

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Evergreen vines, at least to 20 dm long, arching over other vegetation or occasionally sprawling on ground, woody at base, glabrous, puberulent in the inflorescence.

Stems: Stems often swollen at the nodes, few–branched, terete (cylindrical).

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades broadly deltate–ovate or deltate–cordate to lanceolate, 8–14 cm long, (3.3–) 4.5–6 cm wide. Apex acute to acuminate with a short mucro. Base leaf bases often connate around the stem, base cordate to truncate or sometimes broadly cuneate. Surfaces sparsely puberulent along the upper surfaces midvein, the hairs 0.2–0.4 mm long, translucent to occasionally purple along the midvein, spreading to erect;, somewhat thickened and coriaceous, usually somewhat undulate; upper surfaces dark green and glossy with a slight purple tinge; lower surfaces dull green conspicuously infused with purple. Margins entire, with scattered antrorsely curved hairs 0.1–0.2 mm long, each of these often associated with a weak epidermal protuberance. 3 conspicuous principal veins, sometimes with an additional outer, somewhat irregular pair. Petioles 1.3–2 cm long, strongly channeled, puberulent. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescence terminal, with 30–164 flowers, branches 20–40 cm long, diffuse, lax, the lateral branches as long as or longer than central axis, puberulent, the hairs spreading to erect, straight to slightly crinkly, (0.15–) 0.3–0.6 mm long, on upper bracts hairs often restricted to the margins; bracts of central axis 40–80 mm long, leaf-like, deltate, those of branches and flowers 3–8 mm long, lanceolate; pedicels 7–25 mm long, terete (cylindrical). Flowers bisexual (perfect). Sepals 1.7–3.1 mm long, ovate, green, usually purple toward the base, thin and somewhat translucent, strongly reflexed in the proximal ¼, producing a transverse bulge, distal part strongly and deeply navicular and weakly inrolled in distal ½–2/3, oriented at 5° to 60° angle to the pedicel, sometimes the distal ½ curved outward at a 90° angle, very sparsely puberulent, occasionally some of the hairs glandular, margins scarious and sparsely ciliate in proximal ½, apex attenuate. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 10; filaments dimorphic, the antisepalous whorl 4.5–5 mm long, the alternate whorl 4–4.5 mm long; anthers 0.9–1 mm long, subequal, pale yellow. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; styles 3.

Fruit: Capsules 3–3.4 mm long; subglobose to broadly ovoid. Seeds 1.2–1.3 mm long; orbicular; compressed; transversely rugose; perisperm starchy; hard or rarely soft; true endosperm absent.

Ploidy:

Habitat: In wet montane forest.

Elevation Range: 960–1180 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Mercedez
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • Known only from the type (Ileller s.n., F) collected at Kaholuamanu, Kaua'i, in 1895
  • Schtedea helleri is possibly extinct. It is very closely related to S. membranaceabut differs in having thicker, 3-nerved leaves that are broadest at the base.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Amer. J. Bot. 30: 607 (1943)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:514 (K); Lorence et al. 1995:30 (REDISCOVER/K); Wagner et al. 2005:39 (KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia/Metrosideros montane mesic wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 13448 Kauai PTBG 3/19/1993
2 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14777 Kauai PTBG 4/28/1995
3 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed montane wet forest, 7 m canopy, 90% closed native cover PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 17340 Kauai PTBG 4/11/2017
4 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa- Metrosideros mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 22866 Kauai PTBG 5/10/2012
5 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman 14767 Kauai US 4/20/1995
6 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris Montane Wet Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2543 Kauai PTBG 5/10/1993
7 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner, t. w. flynn, k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & l. wagner 6758 Kauai US 6/13/1994
8 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 2543 Kauai US 5/10/1993
9 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn, s. p. perlman & wood k. 5693 Oahu US 1/30/1995
10 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Wood, K. 14777 Kauai US 4/28/1995
11 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Walsh, S. K.; Perlman, S. P. 17827 Kauai US 5/18/2018
12 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN 13572-105 Kauai US
13 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 2543 Hawaii US 5/10/1993
14 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Flynn, T. W.; Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Wagner, L. 6758 Kauai US 6/13/1994
15 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P. 14767 Kauai US 4/20/1995
16 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN 13572-131 Kauai US
17 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W.; Perlman, S. P.; Wood K. 5693 Kauai US 1/30/1995
18 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, m. nepokroeff & d. sear 12941 Kauai US 4/24/2008
19 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane mesic wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Flynn, T. W. 13448 Kauai US 3/19/1993
20 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Nepokroeff, M.; Sear, D. 12941 Kauai US 4/24/2008
21 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman & K. Wood 14777 Kauai US 4/28/1995
22 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & k. wood 14777 Kauai US 4/28/1995
23 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P. 14656 Kauai US 2/2/1995
24 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman 14767 Kauai US 4/20/1995
25 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman 14656 Kauai US 2/2/1995
26 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Asquith, A. 5432 Kauai US 7/30/1996
27 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane mesic wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & t. w. flynn 13448 Kauai US 3/19/1993
28 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman 14767 Hawaii US 4/20/1995
29 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN 13572-112 Kauai US
30 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman 14656 Kauai US 2/2/1995
31 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated forest w/ Cheirodendron, Melicope, Myrsine, Elaeocarpus, Dianella, Dryopteris, Athyrium, and Asplenium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 5693 Kauai BISH 1/30/1995
32 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information *250 sq m plot. 12 m canopy height, 60% crown cover 40% Metrosideros - 20% Cheirodendron, understory trees 70% cover with Hedyotis terminalis, Elaeocarpus bifidus, dubautia laevigata, Melicope anisata, 7% shrubs of che PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 12941 Kauai BISH 4/24/2008
33 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest with Elaeocarpus bifidus, Melicope clusiifolia, Vaccinium calycinum, Ilex anomala, Alyxia, Cheirodendron, Freycinetia, Poa sandwicensis, Wikstroemia, Dodonaea viscosa, Stenogyne purpurea, Cyrtandra. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S.P. et al. Collector Number: 19494 Kauai BISH 3/31/2005
34 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Asquith, A. 5432 US 7/30/1996
35 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 2543 F 5/10/1993
36 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & k. r. wood 14777 F 4/28/1995
37 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros montane wet forest with Melicope, Cheirodendron, Psychotria, Cyrtandra, Cyanea leptostegia, Tetraplasandra, Coprosma, Diplazium sanwichianum, Dubautia laeviagata, Dodonaea, Scaevola, Dianella, Rubus argutus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S.P. Wood, K.R. Collector Number: 14777 Kauai BISH 4/28/1995
38 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information *250 sq m plot. 12 m canopy height, 60% crown cover 40% Metrosideros - 20% Cheirodendron, understory trees 70% cover with Hedyotis terminalis, Elaeocarpus bifidus, dubautia laevigata, Melicope anisata, 7% shrubs of che PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. nepokroeff, m.; sear, d. collector number: 12941 Kauai BISH 4/24/2008
39 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN a. a. heller s.n. Kauai F 1895-10-11
40 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Waialae valley, in Acacia koa-Metrosideros montane mesic forest with Dodonaea, Scaevola, Coprosma, Labordia, Cibotium, Tetraplasandra, Hedyotis knudsenii, Bobea, Dianella, Cyanea leptostegia, Perrottetia, Dubautia laevigata, Psychotria, Syzgium sandsicensis, Pouteria, Myrica, Lantana, Psidium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S.P. Collector Number: 14767 Kauai BISH 4/20/1995
41 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated forest w/ Cheirodendron, Melicope, Myrsine, Elaeocarpus, Dianella, Dryopteris, Athyrium, and Asplenium. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. perlman, s.; wood, k. collector number: 5693 Kauai BISH 1/30/1995
42 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Waialae valley, in Acacia koa-Metrosideros montane mesic forest with Dodonaea, Scaevola, Coprosma, Labordia, Cibotium, Tetraplasandra, Hedyotis knudsenii, Bobea, Dianella, Cyanea leptostegia, Perrottetia, Dubautia laevigata, Psychotria, Syzgium sandsicensis, Pouteria, Myrica, Lantana, Psidium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 14767 Kauai BISH 4/20/1995
43 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicronopteris montane wet forest. Associated plants: Viola wailenalenae, Poa sandvicensis, Eragrostis grandis, Deschampsia nubigena, Carex wahuensis, Platydesma spathulata, Zanthoxylum kauaense, Stenogyne purpurea, Stenogyne indet, Labordia degeneri, Cyrtandra longifolia, Cyanea hirtella, Luzula, Broussonetia, Dodonaea, Coprosma, Pipturus, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 2543 Kauai BISH 5/10/1993
44 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicronopteris montane wet forest. Associated plants: Viola wailenalenae, Poa sandvicensis, Eragrostis grandis, Deschampsia nubigena, Carex wahuensis, Platydesma spathulata, Zanthoxylum kauaense, Stenogyne purpurea, Stenogyne indet, Labordia degeneri, Cyrtandra longifolia, Cyanea hirtella, Luzula, Broussonetia, Dodonaea, Coprosma, Pipturus, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s. collector number: 2543 Kauai BISH 5/10/1993
45 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Waialae valley, in Acacia koa-Metrosideros montane mesic forest with Dodonaea, Scaevola, Coprosma, Labordia, Cibotium, Tetraplasandra, Hedyotis knudsenii, Bobea, Dianella, Cyanea leptostegia, Perrottetia, Dubautia laevigata, Psychotria, Syzgium sandsicensis, Pouteria, Myrica, Lantana, Psidium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 14767 Kauai BISH 4/20/1995
46 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros montane wet forest with Melicope, Cheirodendron, Psychotria, Cyrtandra, Cyanea leptostegia, Tetraplasandra, Coprosma, Diplazium sanwichianum, Dubautia laeviagata, Dodonaea, Scaevola, Dianella, Rubus argutus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. wood, k.r. collector number: 14777 Kauai BISH 4/28/1995
47 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest with Elaeocarpus bifidus, Melicope clusiifolia, Vaccinium calycinum, Ilex anomala, Alyxia, Cheirodendron, Freycinetia, Poa sandwicensis, Wikstroemia, Dodonaea viscosa, Stenogyne purpurea, Cyrtandra. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 19494 Kauai BISH 3/31/2005
48 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros montane wet forest with Melicope, Cheirodendron, Psychotria, Cyrtandra, Cyanea leptostegia, Tetraplasandra, Coprosma, Diplazium sanwichianum, Dubautia laeviagata, Dodonaea, Scaevola, Dianella, Rubus argutus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 14777 Kauai BISH 4/28/1995
49 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Waimea canyon, Nawaimaka strem, south of Waialae valley Acacia koa- Metrosideros mesic forest Dodonaea viscosa, Leptecophylkla tameiameiae, Dianella sandwicensis, Pleomele aurea, Carex alligata, Kadua knudsenii, Cibotium, Dubautia laevigata, Elaeocarpus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 22866 Kauai BISH 5/10/2012
50 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 6809 Kauai BISH 2/10/1998
51 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Waimea canyon, Nawaimaka strem, south of Waialae valley Acacia koa- Metrosideros mesic forest Dodonaea viscosa, Leptecophylkla tameiameiae, Dianella sandwicensis, Pleomele aurea, Carex alligata, Kadua knudsenii, Cibotium, Dubautia laevigata, Elaeocarpus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 22866 Kauai BISH 5/10/2012
52 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest with Elaeocarpus bifidus, Melicope clusiifolia, Vaccinium calycinum, Ilex anomala, Alyxia, Cheirodendron, Freycinetia, Poa sandwicensis, Wikstroemia, Dodonaea viscosa, Stenogyne purpurea, Cyrtandra. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. et al. collector number: 19494 Kauai BISH 3/31/2005
53 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN A. A. Heller s.n. Kauai F 1895-10-11
54 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman & K. R. Wood 14777 F 4/28/1995
55 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood & S. P. Perlman 2543 F 5/10/1993
56 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 12941 Hawaii NHMUK 4/24/2008
57 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Bare sunny rock outcrops. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. walsh & s. p. perlman 17827 MIN 5/18/2018
58 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa-Metrosideros montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14656 Kauai PTBG 2/2/1995
59 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 6809 Kauai PTBG 2/10/1998
60 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 19494 Kauai PTBG 3/31/2005
61 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5693 Kauai PTBG 1/30/1995
62 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa- Metrosideros mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 17630 Kauai PTBG 8/7/2001
63 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa-Metrosideros montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14767 Kauai PTBG 4/20/1995
64 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 6758 Kauai PTBG 6/13/1994
65 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 19637 Kauai PTBG 6/23/2005
66 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12941 Kauai PTBG 4/24/2008
67 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa- Metrosideros mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 5432 Kauai PTBG 7/30/1996
68 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed montane wet forest, 7 m canopy, 90% closed native cover PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 17827 Kauai PTBG 5/18/2018
69 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 6758 Kauai PTBG 6/13/1994
70 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed montane wet forest, 7 m canopy, 90% closed native cover PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16511 Kauai PTBG 7/1/2015
71 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & a. asquith 5432 NHMUK 7/30/1996
72 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 10573 Kauai PTBG 2/12/2004
73 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16156 Kauai PTBG 11/20/2014
74 Schiedea helleri Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood, S. Walsh & S. P. Perlman 17827 Kauai US 5/18/2018
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