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Cheirodendron dominii

Krajina (1931)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Araliaceae Genus: Cheirodendron

‘ōlapa [olapa], lapalapa

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees or shrubs 2–7 m tall; secretory canals present in most parts.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (palmate). Opposite. Leaflets 3, very broadly ovate to depressed–ovate or subreniform, 3–6 cm long and usually wider. Apex acute to nearly truncate, apiculate. Base truncate to obtuse. Blades thin, coriaceous, chartaceous when dry. midvein, margins, petiolule, and petiole usually tinged purple, petiolule often laterally compressed. Margins caudate–dentate, almost spiny in appearance, the 3–8 teeth per side pointing out, with an upcurved tip, more than 1 mm long. Veins not raised on upper surface. Petioles base often broad and sheathing the stem. Petioles 5.5–8 cm long. Petiolules of leaflets 3–4.5 cm long, laterally compressed. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in terminal, erect, oppositely branched panicles of umbellules. Inflorescences 5–9.5 cm long. Bracts minute, subconnate, persistent, forming an involucel below the umbellules and pseudocalyx below each flower; pedicels jointed below the ovary. Pedicels 2–5 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect) and functionally staminate (the plants andromonoecious). Calyx of 5 short, basally connate teeth. Corolla of 5(6) petals, buds dark purple, purple externally, greenish within, valvate, caducous, triangular to ovate or oblong, apex inflexed. Stamens usually as many as and alternate with the petals, sometimes numerous, distinct, inserted at the edge of the epigynous nectary disk; 5, pale yellow, spreading. Ovary inferior, (2)3–4(5)-carpellate, carpels connate (rarely pseudomonomerous), with as many cells; ovules pendulous, 2 per cell, 1 abortive; styles as many as carpels, 1–1.5 mm long, connate to form a blunt, conical stylopodium surmounted by the circular stigmas.

Fruit: Drupes green; ripening dark purple; exocarp fleshy; globose; or laterally compressed and orbicular or oblate to ovoid or obovoid; 3–7.5 mm long; pyrenes cartilaginous; laterally compressed; as many as styles. [Gaudichaud–Beaupé; 1830; Gray; 1854a; Heller; 1897; Herat; 1981; Hochreutiner; 1925; Krajina; 1931; Leveille; 1911a; St. John; 1959; Seemann; 1864–1868; Sherff; 1951c; 1952a; 1954a; 1962]; subglobose; weakly (2)3–4(5)–sided (strongly ribbed when dry); 4–5 mm long (including styles). Seeds 1 per pyrene; embryo small.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in wet forest.

Elevation Range: 1,525–1,550 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Apparently quite rare. Cheirodendron dominii has leaves very similar to those of C. fauriei and an ovary and fruit like those of C. platyphyllum subsp. kauaiense. Nevertheless, while all 3 taxa are restricted to Kaua‘i, C. dominii<
  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada

Bibliography

Name Published In: Preslia 10: 94 (1931)

Other References

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Wagner et al. 1990:226 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, p. wood & s. p. perlman 3549 Kauai US 9/19/1994
2 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn & t. telfer 6022 Kauai US 6/17/1988
3 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Chelsea Osaki Osaki 71 Kauai PTBG 8/31/2013
4 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low, elfin cloud forest of Metrosideros spp., Cheirodendro n, & Pelea spp. Trees covered by bryophytes, interspersed with low shrubland of Metrosideros, Myrsine, and Vaccinium, and open boggy areas with native herbs (Oreobolus, Dichantheli um, Viola). PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 6022 Kauai PTBG 6/17/1988
5 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 4274 Kauai US 5/12/1995
6 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Royen, P. van; Davis, J. 11723 Kauai US 9/3/1977
7 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood & D. Boyton 11522 Kauai US 9/9/2005
8 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & r. gillespie 1851 Kauai US 5/2/1992
9 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & p. wood 3503 Kauai US 9/19/1994
10 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Wood, P.; Perlman, S. P. 3549 Kauai US 9/19/1994
11 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Gillespie, R. 1851 Kauai US 1992-00-00
12 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed wet forest with matting ferns, riparian vegetation, bogs and pseudobogs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R. 14871 Kauai US 2/7/2012
13 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 3660 Kauai US 10/25/1994
14 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 4274 Kauai US 5/12/1995
15 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & d. boyton 11522 Kauai US 9/9/2005
16 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron Montane Wet Forest w/ Bogs and windward steep saturated walls of basalt. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3549 Kauai PTBG 9/19/1994
17 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed wet forest with matting ferns, riparian vegetation, bogs and pseudobogs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14871 Kauai US 2/7/2012
18 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Boyton, D. 11522 Kauai US 9/9/2005
19 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN p. van royen & j. davis 11723 Kauai US 9/3/1977
20 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hitchcock, A. S. 15463 Kauai US 1916-00-00
21 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Flynn, T. W.; Telfer, T. 6022 Kauai US 6/17/1988
22 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa- Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis mesic- wet forest. With Cheirodendron spp., Scaevola procera, Bobea brevipes, Dodonaea viscosa, Ilex anomala, Coprosma kauaensis, Psychotria greenwelliae, Santalum f.v. pyrularium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 23046 Kauai BISH 10/11/2012
23 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Wood, P. 3503 Kauai US 9/19/1994
24 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 3660 F 10/25/1994
25 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest with 60% cover of Metrosideros at 9 m tall and 30% cover of Cheirodendron at 7 m tall, diverse understory with Melicope clusiifolia, M. wawrana, Vaccinium calycinum, Broussaisia arguta, Trematolobelia kauaiensis, Lobelia hypoleuca, rich fern understory with Athyrium microphyllum, Sadleria pallida, Asplenium polyodon, abundant terrestrial and epiphytic moss. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 11522 Kauai BISH 9/9/2005
26 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN huber, h.f.j. gill collector number: 22 Kauai BISH 8/21/1964
27 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information in bog PRESERVED_SPECIMEN DLNR staff s.n. Kauai BISH 10/10/1982
28 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information mixed wet forest with matting ferns, riparian vegetation, bogs and pseudo-bogs Vaccinium calycinum, Leptecophylla tameamea, Melicope clusiifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Coprosma elliptica, Kadua affinis, Dianella sandwicensis, Dubautia paleata, Peperomia hesperomannii, Cibotium gla PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: 14871 Kauai BISH 2/7/2012
29 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane bogs dissected w/ riparian veg of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. W/ mixed sedges and grasses including Rhynchospora chinensis, R. rugosa lavarum, Dichanthelium, Deschampsia, Machaerina, herbs of Plantago pachyphylla, Viola shrubs of Metrosideros, Dubau PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 12284 Kauai BISH 3/6/2007
30 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Huber, H.F.J. 22 Kauai BISH 8/21/1964
31 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa- Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis mesic- wet forest. With Cheirodendron spp., Scaevola procera, Bobea brevipes, Dodonaea viscosa, Ilex anomala, Coprosma kauaensis, Psychotria greenwelliae, Santalum f.v. pyrularium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 23046 Kauai BISH 10/11/2012
32 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest patches and open bogs Machaerina angustifolia, Labordia waialeale, Metrosideros waialeale, Bidens forbesii, Plantago pachyphylla, Cheirodendron domini, Coprosma elliptica, Peperomia, Myrsine lessertiana, Deschampsia, Vacci PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 24308 Kauai BISH 2010-00-00
33 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. perlman, s.; wood, k.r. collector number: 3376 Kauai BISH 7/19/1991
34 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cranwell, L.M. 3053 Kauai BISH 8/23/1938
35 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low, wet elfin cloud forest of Metrosideros spp., Cheirodendron, & Pelea spp. trees covered by bryophytes, interspersed with low shrubland of Metrosideros, Myrsine, and Vaccinium, and open boggy areas w/native herbs [SEE COMMENT]. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. flynn, t.; telfer, t. collector number: 6022 Kauai BISH 6/17/1988
36 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest w/ bogs and windward steep saturated walls of basalt. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. wood, p.; perlman, s. collector number: 3549 Kauai BISH 9/19/1994
37 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest w/ bogs and windward steep saturated walls of basalt. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 3549 Kauai BISH 9/19/1994
38 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Bog margin PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Medeiros, A.C. 506 Kauai BISH 9/1/1983
39 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open shrubbery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN van royen, p. davis, j.; perlman, s. collector number: 11723 Kauai BISH 9/3/1977
40 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane bogs dissected w/ riparian veg of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. W/ mixed sedges and grasses including Rhynchospora chinensis, R. rugosa lavarum, Dichanthelium, Deschampsia, Machaerina, herbs of Plantago pachyphylla, Viola shrubs of Metrosideros, Dubau PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. demotta, m. collector number: 12284 Kauai BISH 3/6/2007
41 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. With Cheirodendron trigynum, Ilex anomala, Melicope clusifolia, Machaerina angustifolia, Cibotium, Clermontia fauriei, Trematolobelia kauaiensis, Vaccinium calycinum, Dubautia laxa, Hedychium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 23056 Kauai BISH 10/19/2012
42 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8869 Kauai BISH 10/20/1911
43 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8869 Kauai BISH 10/20/1911
44 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open shrubbery PRESERVED_SPECIMEN van Royen, P. 11723 Kauai BISH 9/3/1977
45 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 3376 Kauai BISH 7/19/1991
46 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. boynton, d. collector number: 11522 BISH 9/9/2005
47 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 14871 Oahu BISH 2/7/2012
48 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information ground PRESERVED_SPECIMEN cranwell, l.m. selling, o.; skottsberg, c. collector number: 3053 Molokai BISH 8/23/1938
49 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Bog margin PRESERVED_SPECIMEN medeiros, a.c. collector number: 506 Kauai BISH 9/1/1983
50 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. With Cheirodendron trigynum, Ilex anomala, Melicope clusifolia, Machaerina angustifolia, Cibotium, Clermontia fauriei, Trematolobelia kauaiensis, Vaccinium calycinum, Dubautia laxa, Hedychium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 23056 Kauai BISH 10/19/2012
51 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information mixed wet forest with matting ferns, riparian vegetation, bogs and pseudo-bogs Vaccinium calycinum, Leptecophylla tameamea, Melicope clusiifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Coprosma elliptica, Kadua affinis, Dianella sandwicensis, Dubautia paleata, Peperomia hesperomannii, Cibotium gla PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 14871 Kauai BISH 2/7/2012
52 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information lush weed in open koa forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN CM
53 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Chelsea Osaki Osaki 70 Kauai PTBG 8/31/2013
54 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet windswept Dicranopteris-Metrosideros-Cheirodendron Ridge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 2630 Kauai PTBG 5/26/2012
55 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8117 Kauai PTBG 1/6/2000
56 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron mixed wet forest with matting ferns, riparian vegetation, bogs and pseudo-bogs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14871 Kauai PTBG 2/7/2012
57 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest with 60% cover of Metrosideros at 9 m tall and 30% cover of Cheirodendron at 7 m tall. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 11522 Kauai PTBG 9/9/2005
58 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed bogs along rolling hills of pali in wind swept area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3660 Kauai PTBG 10/25/1994
59 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane bogs dissected w/ riparian veg of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12284 Kauai PTBG 3/6/2007
60 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros - DIcranopteris linearis wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 23056 Kauai PTBG 10/19/2012
61 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3503 Kauai PTBG 9/19/1994
62 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron short statured wet forest with open bog habitat dissected by headwater drainages PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16252 Kauai PTBG 1/21/2015
63 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN a. s. hitchcock 15463 Kauai US 10/22/1916
64 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet mixed communities. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1851 Kauai PTBG 5/2/1992
65 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 4274 Kauai PTBG 5/12/1995
66 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Cheirodendron forest patches and open bogs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 24308 Kauai PTBG 1/21/2015
67 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low, wet elfin cloud forest of Metrosideros spp., Cheirodendron, & Pelea spp. trees covered by bryophytes, interspersed with low shrubland of Metrosideros, Myrsine, and Vaccinium, and open boggy areas w/native herbs [SEE COMMENT]. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 6022 Kauai BISH 6/17/1988
68 Cheirodendron dominii Krajina Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8158 Kauai PTBG 2/1/2000
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