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Euphorbia herbstii

(W.L.Wagner) Oudejans (1989)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Euphorbia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small trees 3–8 m tall, diffusely branched in upper parts, glabrous.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite, distichous. Blades narrowly oblong or sometimes narrowly oblong–oblanceolate or narrowly oblong–elliptic, (6–)8–19.5 cm long, 1.8–3.8 cm wide. Apex bluntly acute to broadly obtuse, usually minutely emarginate. Base obliquely rounded or obliquely cuneate. Surfaces glabrous or puberulent at base; blade, thin, coriaceous. Margins entire. Petioles (1.5–)2–5 mm long, sparsely puberulent or glabrous. Stipules deltate, 1.5–3 mm long, erose.

Flowers: Flowers in cyathia 3–15 in branched, open, cymose inflorescences 7–17 cm long, peduncles 8–20 mm long, puberulent. involucre broadly campanulate, 1.5–2.5 mm high, 3.5–5 mm wide, puberulent, the glands 5–6, yellowish green, upper surface glabrous, lower surface puberulent, usually with a white appendage. Flowers unisexual and highly reduced. Pistillate flowers solitary, on a gynophore; staminate flowers in 5 groups or cymules, each with 1 to several flowers. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Male flower reduced to a single stamen, with an articulation at junction of pedicel and filament, subtended by slender bracteoles. Ovary superior, 3-carpellate; ovules 1 per cell, anatropous.

Fruit: Capsules green or sometimes tinged reddish purple; especially on angles; angled; 5–10 mm long; up to 8 mm in diameter; scarcely exserted from involucre; gynophores green; erect; exserted ca. 1 mm from involucre; puberulent. Seeds gray; broadly ellipsoid; 2.5–3 mm long; seed coat wrinkled.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Diverse mesic forest.

Elevation Range: (360–)500–760 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 67: 46 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:609 (O [as Chamaesyce herbstii]); Oudejans 1989:46/Govaerts et al. 2000:745 (COMBNOV:Syn. C. herbstii = Euphorbia herbstii); Steinmann & Porter 2002/Yang & Berry 2011 (molecular support for nesting of Chamaesyce within Euphorbia)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. r. fosberg 13073 Maui US 4/12/1936
2 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener, a. b. greenwell & w. hatheway 20699 Oahu US 7/30/1950
3 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 20699 Oahu US 7/30/1950
4 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O.; Greenwell, A. B.; Hatheway, W. 20699 Oahu US 7/30/1950
5 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Obata, J.; Garnett, B. 6294 Oahu US 8/13/1987
6 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oahu US
7 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman, j. obata & b. garnett 6294 Oahu US 8/13/1987
8 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Gillett, G. W. 1510 Oahu US 2/22/1964
9 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oahu US
10 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F. R. 13073 Oahu US 1936-00-00
11 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Obata, J. 6109 Oahu US 6/28/1987
12 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. gillett 1510 Oahu US 2/22/1964
13 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN n. krauss s.n. Oahu US 9/16/1933
14 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Krauss, N. H. s.n. Oahu US 9/16/1933
15 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herat, t. herat, r. collector number: 484 Oahu BISH 7/23/1973
16 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moist forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 13073 Oahu BISH 4/12/1936
17 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 20699 Oahu US 7/30/1950
18 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Swezey, O.H. s.n. Oahu BISH 10/9/1934
19 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dense woody vegetation; clay soil PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Gillett, G.W. 1510 Oahu BISH 2/22/1964
20 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Native rainforest in deep valley. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN bryan jr., e.h. collector number: 820 Oahu BISH 10/9/1934
21 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & j. obata 6109 Hawaii US 6/28/1987
22 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN gustafson, r. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 8/8/1985
23 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Above trails near Pteralyxia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Welton, P. 585 Oahu BISH 9/16/1990
24 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 20699 F
25 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener & i. degener 27927 Oahu F 4/23/1962
26 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Small colony in measic forest remnant, c. 45 degree slopes with talus slides interspersed over clay banks, native overstory with Pisonia sandwicensis, Urera glabra, cont. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN team collector number: 3746 Oahu BISH 1/24/1988
27 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On forested ridge near summit PRESERVED_SPECIMEN skottsberg, c.j.f. collector number: 384 Oahu BISH 8/30/1922
28 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa-Metrosideros lowland mesic forest with Pouteria, Pittosporum, Rauvolfia, Ochrosia, Eugenia reinwardtiana, Nestegis, Pteralyxia, Schinus, Flueggea, Hibiscus, Alectryon, Isodendrion. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 6294 Oahu BISH 8/13/1987
29 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Skottsberg, C.J.F. 384 Oahu BISH 8/30/1922
30 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herat, T. 484 Oahu BISH 7/23/1973
31 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Oahu diverse mesic forest with Alectryon, Elaeocarpus, Pouteria, Antidesma, Pisonia, Charpentiera, Melicope, Freycinetia, Claoxylon, Hibiscus, Pipturus, Passiflora suberosa, Labordia, Platydesma, Athyrium sandwichianum, Neraudia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 6109 Oahu BISH 6/28/1987
32 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lamoureux, c.h. collector number: 2433 Oahu BISH 10/20/1963
33 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN krauss, n.h. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 9/16/1933
34 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herat, T. 532 Oahu BISH 9/30/1973
35 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Small colony in measic forest remnant, c. 45 degree slopes with talus slides interspersed over clay banks, native overstory with Pisonia sandwicensis, Urera glabra, cont. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Team 3746 Oahu BISH 1/24/1988
36 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Small colony on embankment. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Montgomery, S.L. 1440 Oahu BISH 12/6/1969
37 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moist forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 13073 Oahu BISH 4/12/1936
38 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russ, G.W. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/1/1932
39 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shaded gully; associated with Metrosideros, Gouldia, Coprosma, Pteralyxia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 1470 Oahu BISH 12/27/1969
40 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Partly shaded gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 20699 Oahu BISH 7/30/1950
41 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Colony is 60 m below connector trail between Sophora tree and main S ridge; mixed mesic forest w/ Alectryon, Planchonella, Urera glabra, Pisonia, Bobea, Psychotria, cont. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 5111 Oahu BISH 1/15/1987
42 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing in open cattle pasture, with Reynoldsia, Osmanthus, Sophora, Dracaena, Nototrichium, and other dry forest trees. Deep soil phase. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herat, t. herat, r. collector number: 532 Hawaii BISH 9/30/1973
43 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Small colony on embankment. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN montgomery, s.l. collector number: 1440 Oahu BISH 12/6/1969
44 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dense woody vegetation; clay soil PRESERVED_SPECIMEN gillett, g.w. collector number: 1510 Oahu BISH 2/22/1964
45 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener & I. Degener 27927 Oahu F 4/23/1962
46 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener 20699 F
47 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing on outer sea wall of the Waikiki Natatorium. Waikiki, Oahu. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN funk, e.j. palmer, d.; robichaux, r. collector number: 80 GUAM 9/17/1978
48 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Oahu diverse mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 6109 Oahu PTBG 6/28/1987
49 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN swezey, o.h. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 10/9/1934
50 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shade of Pisonia, Xylosma, Metrosideros near foot of small spur in south section of gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nagata, K.M. 1550 Oahu BISH 1/31/1978
51 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa-Metrosideros lowland mesic forest with Pouteria, Pittosporum, Rauvolfia, Ochrosia, Eugenia reinwardtiana, Nestegis, Pteralyxia, Schinus, Flueggea, Hibiscus, Alectryon, Isodendrion. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. obata, j.; garnett, b. collector number: 6294 Oahu BISH 8/13/1987
52 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shaded gully; associated with Metrosideros, Gouldia, Coprosma, Pteralyxia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 1470 Oahu BISH 12/27/1969
53 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Gulch where Psidium cattleianum is invading. Native species include Hibiscus arnottianus, Labordia kaalae & Myrsine lessertiana. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Welton, P. 403 Oahu BISH 4/7/1990
54 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rich shaded gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 27927 Oahu BISH 4/23/1962
55 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Gustafson, R. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/7/1905
56 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 1770.O Oahu BISH 4/26/1912
57 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Krauss, N.H. s.n. Oahu BISH 9/16/1933
58 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Habitat generally dry, 45 degree slope. Soil mixed with talus rock. With Pisonia, Pipturus, Urera, Streblus and understory mostly of Athyrium ferns, 15 native trees, several seedlings and saplings. Largest tree 4.5 m x 15 cm. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Funk, E.J. 80 Oahu BISH 9/17/1978
59 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cliff face. On ridge top(most off cliff face), east face of ridge, exposed. On almost vertical cliff face. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN welton, p. vaan der lan, s. collector number: 403 Oahu BISH 4/7/1990
60 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Above trails near Pteralyxia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN welton, p. collector number: 585 Oahu BISH 9/16/1990
61 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Partly shaded gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. greenwell, a.; hatheway, w.h. collector number: 20699 Oahu BISH 7/30/1950
62 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shade of Pisonia, Xylosma, Metrosideros near foot of small spur in south section of gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN nagata, k.m. collector number: 1550 Oahu BISH 1/31/1978
63 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lamoureux, C.H. 2433 Oahu BISH 10/20/1963
64 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Oahu diverse mesic forest with Alectryon, Elaeocarpus, Pouteria, Antidesma, Pisonia, Charpentiera, Melicope, Freycinetia, Claoxylon, Hibiscus, Pipturus, Passiflora suberosa, Labordia, Platydesma, Athyrium sandwichianum, Neraudia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. obata, j.; garnett, b. collector number: 6109 Oahu BISH 6/28/1987
65 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1770.o Oahu BISH 4/26/1912
66 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Swezey, O.H. s.n. Oahu BISH 9/15/1933
67 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Native rainforest in deep valley. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Bryan Jr., E.H. 820 Oahu BISH 10/9/1934
68 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener & i. degener 28092 Oahu F 11/7/1962
69 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener & I. Degener 28092 Oahu F 11/7/1962
70 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa-Metrosideros lowland mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 6294 Oahu PTBG 8/13/1987
71 Euphorbia herbstii (W.L.Wagner) Oudejans Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Colony is 60 m below connector trail between Sophora tree and main S ridge; mixed mesic forest w/ Alectryon, Planchonella, Urera glabra, Pisonia, Bobea, Psychotria, cont. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. obata, j. collector number: 5111 Oahu BISH 1/15/1987
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