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Eurya degeneri

Kobuski (1935)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Pentaphylacaceae Genus: Eurya

Description

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Growth Form: Densely branched shrubs or trees

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

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Bibliography

Name Published In: J. Arnold Arbor. 16: 351 (1935)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1281 (Syn. E. degeneri = E. sandwicensis); Havran et al. 2024:194 (RESURRECT/K, DESCR, KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. Hono O Na Pali NAR, Hanakapiai headwaters via Pihea, central branch. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation Kadua affinis, Psychotria marianiana, P. hexandra, Coprosma kauaiensis, Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia, sandwicensis, Dubautia raillardioides, D. laxa, Melicope wawrana, M. clusifolia, Myrsine wawr Preserved_Specimen tree, 4m tall, small leaf form, vegetative, second tree on opposite side of stream ca. 20 m up steep bank. Wood, K.R. 15284 Kauai BISH 2012-11-08
2 Eurya degeneri Kauaikoi Stream; 5 mi walk from sugi grove Preserved_Specimen DLNR staff Kauai BISH 1982-08-29
3 Eurya degeneri Kokee, Hono O Na Pali NAR, Pihea Trail to Pihea Vista and out E along ridge. N running ridge of western Hanakapiai On NW side of ridge on steep slope Windswept Montane Metrosideros - Dicranopteris forest w/ Cheirodendron, Syzygium sandwicensis, Melicope clusiifolia, M. kavaiensis, Broussaisia arguta, Smilax melastomifolia, Trematolobelia kauaiensis, Lobelia X villosa, Myrsine, Vaccinium calycinum, V. dentatum Preserved_Specimen Tree 8 ft tall. Branches finely branched toward apexesd. Outer bud and calyx purple, fls urn shaped and cream color, slightly pendent. Lvs yellow-green and angled upward, margins convex. Bark red-brown. Tangalin, N. 2403 Kauai BISH 2010-09-27
4 Eurya degeneri Waimea Drainage basin, west side Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1016 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
5 Eurya degeneri Honopu drainage north of trail; acadia koa- metrosideros polymorpha montane mesic forest; w/Zanthoxylum dipetalum, dicranopteris linearis, hedyotis terminalis, pleomele aurea, bobea brevipes, psychotria mariniana, melicope anisata, M. barbigera, pouteria sandwicensis, dodonaea viscosa, Di Preserved_Specimen tree, 3m tall, vigorous, single tree along stream bank; mostly vegetative; with few flower buds Wood, K.R. 14008 Kauai BISH 2009-11-10
6 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. Hanakapiai headwaters, along crown ridge between Pihea and Wainiha Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest 5 - 8 m tall. W/ some sections dominated by Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, & Sticherus matting ferns, mixed with Broussaisia, Myrsine spp. Leptecophylla, Smilax, Syzygium sandwicensis, Stenogyne purpurea, Astelia Preserved_Specimen a tree, 3.5 m tall, stems dark brown, in early fl, 2 trees on rim in Dicranopteris. Wood, K.R. 13187 Kauai BISH 2008-07-22
7 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. Hono o Na Pali NAR, Hanakapiai headwaters, western branch, east of Moaalele. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation w/ Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Coprosma kauaiensis Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia, sandwicensis, Dubautia raillardioides, D. laxa, Melicope wawrana, M. clusiifolia, Myrsine w Preserved_Specimen trees, w-5 m tall, in early lower, 8 trees observed along this ridge, previously mapped. Wood, K.R. 15978 Kauai BISH 2014-07-01
8 Eurya degeneri Trailhead transects, Lehua maka noe ridge From Metrosideros-Eugenia forest. Preserved_Specimen Located 2 individuals, both less than 5 m height. Takeuchi, W.N. 2 Kauai BISH 1982-08-01
9 Eurya degeneri Waimea District. Mohihi, slopes and drainage north of Mohihi-Waialae trail from 2 mile marker Metrosideros mixed montane wet forest with some steep slopes dominated by matting ferns of Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, or Sticherus with Polyscias waialealae, Syzygium sandwicensis, Cheirodendron spp., Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum pyrularium, Psychotria mariniana, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Labordia degeneri, Melicope clusiifolia,, M. a Preserved_Specimen Tree, small leaf form, 8 meter tall, trunk 25 cm. diameter, dark brown with reddish tinge Wood, K.R. 16806 Kauai BISH 2016-04-21
10 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. Lumahai Valley, south facing side of ridge runjning below southern end of Namolokama. Syzygium sandwicensis, Cheirodendron forbesii, Ilex anomala, Dubautia knudsenii, Psychotria mariniana, Kadua affinis, Melicope wawraeana, Melicope feddei, Preserved_Specimen Tree, 5 meters tall, well branched, trunk dark brown with immature fruit, single tree, large leaf form, mapped. Wood, K.R. 17928 Kauai BISH 2018-08-21
11 Eurya degeneri Alakai bog, Kilohana lookout Metrosideros, Cheirodendron platyphyllum, Melicope clusiifolia, Coprosma elliptica, Dubautia paludosa, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Myrsine denticulata, Clermontia fauriei, Vaccinium calycinum, Ilex anomala, ferns Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub; thickly branched; small leaf; fruit reddish to dark purple Wood, K.R. 10574 Kauai BISH 2004-02-13
12 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. North of Alakai Trail and east of Pihea; along lip of Wainiha pali. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron Montane Wet Foreset with Hedyotis terminalis, Broussisia, Melicope spp., Dryopteris glabra, Myrsine wawrae, Labordia spp., Sadleria, Dryopteris crenalis. Preserved_Specimen 2 meter tall, many branched tree; rare in area; branches stiffly ascending. Wood, K.R. 4895 Kauai BISH 1996-01-02
13 Eurya degeneri Pihea forest area forest Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 172 Kauai BISH 1970-01-01
14 Eurya degeneri border of Waimea & Hanalei district; headwaters of Mohihi stream near Wainiha Pali metrosideros-cheirodendron-dicranopteris mixed wet forest; melicope clusifolia, scaevola glabra, broussaisia arguta, vaccinium calycina, syzygium sandwicensis, astelia argyrocoma, cibotium glaucum, leptecophylla tameiameiae, smilax melastomifolia, dubautia r Preserved_Specimen tree 5m tall; on rim of Wainia; vegetaive, mapped Wood, K.R. 15295 Kauai BISH 2012-11-16
15 Eurya degeneri Kokee, Waineke Swamp In open forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8675 Kauai BISH 1926-07-01
16 Eurya degeneri Waimea District. Kokee, End of Camp 10 Road, along Mohihi Stream. Tree about 50 ft. above drainage on N side above steep uluhe covered drop. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris Wet Montane Forest W/ Psychotria, Kadua, Bobea, Myrsine, nestegis, Cyanea spathulata, C. fissa (gayana), Kadua affinis, Saddleria, Cibotium, Syzgium, Dubautia latifolia, Eurya Preserved_Specimen Tree 12 ft tall, in deep uluhe, bark red-brown, new stem tips green. Leaf margins revolute w/serrations w/ purple tips. Top of leaf dark green, below Tangalin, N. 3353 Kauai BISH 2011-09-10
17 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. Hono O Na PaliNAR, Hanakapiai headwaters, western branch, east of Moaalele. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation with Kadua affinis, K. foggiana, Psychotria marinana, P. hexandra, Coprosma kauaiensis, Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicense, Dubautia raillardioides, D. laxa, Melicope wawrana, M. clusiifol Preserved_Specimen Large shrub or small tree, 2.5 meters tall, thickly branched with rounded form, with flower bud and mature fruit, several trees in immediate area, seed light brown, small, ca. 0.4 mm. diameter, semi-spheroid to semi-deltoid. Wood, K.R. 18866 Kauai BISH 2022-01-14
18 Eurya degeneri Waimea District. Upper headwaters of Mohihi south of Waiakoali flats, Na Pali Kona Forest Reserve. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest w/ Syzygium sandwicensis, Kadua affinis, Pittosporum gayanum, Ilex anomala, Melicope anisata, M. clusiifolia, Myrsine dentata, M. punctata, Psycotria hexandra, P. mariniana, Coprosma kauaiensis, Vacc Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3 m tall, well branched, small leaf form, in flower, corolla white-yellow, calyx green or w/ purple tinge, single tree, mapped. Wood, K.R. 17935 Kauai BISH 2018-09-20
19 Eurya degeneri Kokee, Waineke Swamp In open forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8675 Kauai BISH 1926-07-01
20 Eurya degeneri Waimea District. Waiakoali headwaters, south branch. Metrosideros-Dicranopteris-Diplopterygium pinnatum, Cheirodendron montane mixed wet forest and riparian vegetation with Coprosma waimeae, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Broussaisia arguta, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Melicope clusiifolia, Psychotria mariniana, Vaccinium calycinum, Polyscias waialeale, Syzygium sandwicensis, S Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3 meters tall,, well-branched, above stream on steep rim with Diplopterygium, single tree, some flowers, mapped. Wood, K.R. 17451 Kauai BISH 2017-06-27
21 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District, Limahuli Preserve, rim of Wainiha between Hono O Na Pali and Pali Eleele. Metrosideros open forest with mixed understory, Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Syzygium sandwicensis, Melicope wawrana, M. feddei, M. clusifolia, Scaevola procera, Broussaisia arguta, matting ferns Diplopterygium pinnatum, Dicranopteris linearis. Preserved_Specimen Trees 1-3 m tall, in flower and immature fruit, rare along rim. Wood, K.R. 12585 Kauai BISH 2007-10-14
22 Eurya degeneri Waimea District, Kawaikai Trail along Kawaikoi Stream near Sugi Grove; along stream Preserved_Specimen Small tree, about 15 ft. tall, with many erect, fine branches; white flowers Herbst, D.R. Kauai BISH 1981-09-09
23 Eurya degeneri Peapea, Manuahi Valley Ridge with Cheirodendron, Xylosma, Isodendrion Preserved_Specimen Tree, 8 m. high. Fruit purplish-black Gagné, W.C. 24 Kauai BISH 1970-09-07
24 Eurya degeneri Kalualea, Koloa, Kauai; T.H. Shrubby rainy ridge Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12.667 Kauai BISH 1939-12-31
25 Eurya degeneri Limahuli: upper east drainage between Pali Eleele and Hono O Na Pali Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Montane Wet Forest with windswept shrubland along ridges above forested drainage; rich forest with intact pteridophyte understory. Hesperomannia, Labordia lydgatei, Joinvillea ascendens, Cyanea remyi, Myrisne linearifolia, Chamaesyce remyi, Cyrtandra spp. Preserved_Specimen 2 m tall, moderately branched tree; stems gray-brown; leaves dark green above, paler below; peduncle light green; immature calyx green; 2 trees seen along descending ridge. Wood, K.R. 5696 Kauai BISH 1996-10-09
26 Eurya degeneri Waimea District. Kokee, End of Camp 10 Road, along Mohihi Stream. Tree about 50 ft. above drainage on N side above steep uluhe covered drop. 2 trees in this immediate area and 1 across on opposite ban. This is the smaller and more NE of the 2 trees. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris Wet Montane Forest W/ Psychotria, Kadua, Bobea, Myrsine, nestegis, Cyanea spathulata, C. fissa (gayana), Kadua affinis, Saddleria, Cibotium, Syzgium, Dubautia latifolia, Eurya Preserved_Specimen Tree 7 ft. tall, healthy, leaves dark green above, below yellow w/skin-like texture of reticulate venation. Bud closed dark purple. Le Tangalin, N. 3352 Kauai BISH 2011-09-19
27 Eurya degeneri trailhead transects, Lehua maka noe ridge from the Metrosideros-Eugenia forest Preserved_Specimen located 2 individuals, both less than 5 m height Takeuchi, W.N. 1 Kauai BISH 1982-08-01
28 Eurya degeneri Hanakapiai headwaters, along cronw ridge between Pihea and Wainiha. Metrosideros - Cheirodendron forest. Some sections dominated by Dicranopteris, mixed with Leptecophylla, Smilax, Stenogyne purpurea, Astelia argyrocoma, Vaccinium, Cibotium, Athyrium, Melicope. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3 m tall, on rim, small-leaf form, single tree observed in fl and early frt. Wood, K.R. 13140 Kauai BISH 2008-07-04
29 Eurya degeneri Alakai Swamp, N of Kilohana, near Wainiha Rim, T.N.C. survey of Hono O Napali N.A.R., transect 11 Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with Cibotium, Vaccinium, Myrsine, Rhynchospora, Viola, Melicope, Styphelia, Stenogyne, Drosera, Lagenifera, Dubautia paleata, Labordia, Coprosma. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 9226 Kauai BISH 1988-05-19
30 Eurya degeneri Laau, plateau on dividing ridge between Lumahai & Wainiha Valleys Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest w/ 8-10 m tall closed canopy, w/ Melicope clusiifolia, Myrsine wawraea, Kadua affinis, Smilax, Vaccinium, Ilex, Myrsine lessertiana, Dubautia laxa, Clermontia fauriei, Lobelia kauaensis, Cibotium, and Sadlera, terrestrially dominated by Peperomia hesperomannii with a great diversity of bryophytes. Preserved_Specimen Small-leaved form, representative voucher of numerous trees mapped in region, ca 100 trees spread over plateau. Wood, K.R. 14169 Kauai BISH 2010-04-07
31 Eurya degeneri summit of Haupu exposed ridge Preserved_Specimen spreading shrub. Ht. 4 m. MacDaniels, L.H. 899 Kauai BISH 1927-02-26
32 Eurya degeneri Waimea District: Kokee State Park, along Kawaikoi Stream Trail, aoubt .5 km northest of intersection with Pihea Trail diverse wet forest with Metrosideros dominant Preserved_Specimen Slender tree 3.5 m tall with 2 trunks from base attaining 10 cm in diam. Corolla fleshy, yellowish white, tips pale yellow; calyx lobes blackish green. Small population of 2 individuals on stream banks, endemic Lorence, D.H. 6273 Kauai BISH 1988-11-08
33 Eurya degeneri Alakai Swamp, N of Kilohana, near Wainiha Rim, T.N.C. survey of Hono O Napali N.A.R., transect 10 In Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest with Cibotium, Vaccinium, Myrsine, Rhynchospora, Viola, Melicope, Styphelia, Stenogyne, Drosera, Lagenifera, Dubautia paleata, Labordia, Coprosma. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 9225 Kauai BISH 1988-05-18
34 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District, Limahuli Valley. West side of ridge seperating Limahuli and Hanakapiai valleys, above waterfall almost undistrubed low elevation rainforest. Predominantly Metrosideros, Antidesma, Cibotium and Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen Single treelet of nine ft. on spine of ridge; trunk with dia. of four in.; petals five, greenish white Flynn, T.W. 2658 Kauai BISH 1987-12-10
35 Eurya degeneri Between Koaie and Mohihi Two bushes in Metrosideros-Dubautia-Cheirodendron rainforest Preserved_Specimen 1.5m ht. Nagata, K.M. 2145 Kauai BISH 1980-09-11
36 Eurya degeneri Hono O Na Pali NAR, Pohakea region, steep ridge above Hanakapiai Open Metrosideros mesic forest with adjacent transitional wet forest. W. Kadua affinis, Dicranopteris, Myrsine linearifolia, Scaevola procera, Xylosma hawaiiense, Cyrtandra paludosa, Lysimachia sp, Santalum pyrularium, Dubautia laevigata, Psychotria mariniana, Coprosma Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3m tall, bark medium to dark brown mottled with light lichen, large leaf form, mature fruit purple-black, single tree Wood, K.R. 14733 Kauai BISH 2011-07-28
37 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. Upper Limahuli Preserve, Wainiha or East side ridge between Pali Eleele & Hono O Na Pali. Into Wainiha side drainage, just below highest puu on ridge. Metrosideros-Dicranopteris-Diplopterygium-Cheirodendron Wet Forest W/ Pittosporum, Elaeocarpus bifidus, Scaevola, Syzgium, Antidesma, Cyrtandra, Melicope wawraeana, Kadua affinis, K. tryblium, Dubautia, Cyanea fissa, Diplopterygium, Ilex anomala, Broussaisia, Perrot Preserved_Specimen Tree about 15 ft tall w/ large leaves and few fruits. Tangalin, N. 2126 Kauai BISH 2009-07-22
38 Eurya degeneri Kokee moist valley Preserved_Specimen Shrub. Ht. 3m MacDaniels, L.H. 758 Kauai BISH 1927-02-17
39 Eurya degeneri Waimea DISTR., Waimea AHU., Alaka'i Swamp S on ridge overlooking gulches. Wet 'ohi'a forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory Preserved_Specimen Shrub; 2cm Bd; 1.25m tall Higashino, P.K. 9687 Kauai BISH 1981-05-16
40 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District; Kalalau Rim; North, below Pu'uokila Steep Diverse Montain Mesic Forest with; Remya montgomeryi, Nototrichium sp., Hedyotis acuminata, Phyllostegia electra, Myrsine linearifolia, Eurya sandwicensis, Melicope pallida; Weeds... Passaflora mollissima, Rubus argutus, Kalanchoe, Erigeron, Lonicera Preserved_Specimen 8 m tall tree; 40 cm diameter at base; in early fruit Wood, K.R. 1043 Kauai BISH 1991-07-07
41 Eurya degeneri Alakai, Kilohana Lookout, Wainiha Preserved_Specimen Shrub 4 ft. high. Rock, J.F.C. 17274 Kauai BISH 1920-01-29
42 Eurya degeneri Hanalei District. Hono O Na Pali NAR, Hanakapiai headwaters, western branch,, east of Moaalele. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation. w/Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Coprosma kauaiensis, Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Dubautia raillardioides, D. laxa, Melicope wawrana, M clusiifolia, Myrsine w Preserved_Specimen trees, 2-5 m tall in early flower, 8 trees observed along this ridge. Wood, K.R. 15897 Kauai BISH 2014-03-27
43 Eurya degeneri Hana Koa upper drainage; below Pihea Metrosideros-Cheirodendron Montane Wet Forest w/Cyrtandra longifolia, Diplazium sandwichianum, Dryopteris crinalis, Eurya sp. Threats: Rubus argutus, Pigs. Preserved_Specimen Many-branched tree; 5 meters tall. Bark red-brown with white-green lichen; NW over hanging vertical basalt walls; branchlets glabrous; leaves coriacious, light-green above, white-green below with yellow-white nerve; veins green or yellow-white. Wood, K.R. 3627 Kauai BISH 1994-10-09
44 Eurya degeneri Waimea District, Mohihi, slopes and drainage north of Mohihi-Waialae trail from 2 mile marker. Metrosideros mixed montane wet forest with some steep slopes dominated by matting ferns of Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, or Sticherus w/ Polyscias waialealae, Syzygium sandwicensis, Cheirodendron spp., Dodonaea viscosa, Santalum pyrularium, Psychotria mariniana, Perrotetia sandwicensis, Labordia degeneri, Melicope clusiifolia Preserved_Specimen Tree, 3 m tall, with mature fruit, 2 trees on ridge above stream, mapped Wood, K.R. 16810 Kauai BISH 2016-04-21
45 Eurya degeneri Waimea District; Kilohana Bog and Rain Gauge Bog Metrosideros-Rhynchospora flat open bog; with Carex montis-eeka, Drosera, Oreobolus, Dubautia spp., Myrsine spp., Cheirodendron. Preserved_Specimen Single tree 3 m. tall; stems red-brown; leaves light green above, paler below; with old fruit. Wood, K.R. 3674 Kauai BISH 1994-10-27
46 Eurya degeneri Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 671 Kauai BISH 1916-10-21
47 Eurya degeneri Wainiha Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 298 Kauai BISH 1910-01-01
48 Eurya degeneri Alakai Swamp trail at Kilohana terminus Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 197 Kauai BISH 1981-01-01
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