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Hesperomannia swezeyi

O.Deg. (1935)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 2–5 m tall.

Stems: Young stems and apical buds pubescent.

Roots:

Leaves: alternate Leaves broadly oblanceolate to obovate, sometimes elliptic Surfaces glabrous or nearly so, with lower leaf surface of young leaves sometimes being sparsely pubescent along 1/2–1/3 of midrib. Margins entire or sometimes crenate.

Flowers: Heads on stout sparsely puberulent peduncles 4 – 6 mm long; involucre in 5–8 series, magenta at anthesis, inner bracts 2.7–3.0 cm long; middle bracts 3.0 –3.5 cm wide. Pappus pink Corollas 2.0 cm long.

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

Ploidy:

Habitat: Wet Forests

Elevation Range: 360–760 m

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiiensis, Fam. 344: s.p. (1935)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:325 (as syn. of H. arborescens]); Morden & Ching-Harbin 2013:230 (RESURRECT/O, DESCR, KEY)

Morden, C. W., & Harbin, S. C. (2013). Evolution and Biogeographic Origins of the Endemic Hawaiian Genusn Hesperomannia (Asteraceae) 1. Pacific Science, 67(2), 219-235.

Occurrences

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