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Tetramolopium rockii

Sherff (1934)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Tetramolopium

dune tetramolopium, Joseph Rock's tetramolopium, pamakani

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Prostrate, decumbent, or mat-forming shrub, 5-20 cm tall.

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades spatulate Apex mucronate. Margins entire.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela)

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Not in flora
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Not in flora

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 95: 500 (1934)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN corn, c. collector number: s.n. Molokai BISH 5/17/1982
2 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. c. rock 10299 NY 3/7/1910
3 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Corn, C. Collector Number: s.n. Molokai BISH 5/17/1982
4 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN J. F. Rock 10299 F 3/1/1910
5 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 10299 NY 3/8/1910
6 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lithified or consolidated white coral sand dunes. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Lowrey 435 Molokai PTBG 7/24/1978
7 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sida fallax mixed shrubland, coastal dry. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 615 Molokai PTBG 2/27/1991
8 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 10299 GH 3/6/1910
9 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In lithified sand; abundant, yet localized. Sida fallax mixed shrubland, coastal dry with Chamaesyce skottsbergii, Sesbania, Jacquemontia, Chamaesyce degeneri, Scaveola sericea. Threats: Cattle. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s. collector number: 0615 Molokai BISH 2/27/1991
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