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Cyrtandra kamoolaensis

H.St.John (1987)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Gesneriaceae Genus: Cyrtandra

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrub ca. 2 m tall.

Stems: Stems rounded to angular, pubescent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades elliptic, 9–15 cm long x 4–8 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Base cuneate above and below. Surfaces puberulous. Margins entire or toothed. Petioles 1–4.5 cm long, pubescent, base sometimes clasping the stem or perfoliate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 1 to numerous in cymes 4–5 cm long, usually in the upper leaf axils, pedunculate or sessile, peduncles with minute to large and foliaceous, distinct or occasionally connate bracts, those of pedicels smaller. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx 2–5(6)-lobed, 23–28 mm long, pubescent, lobes 21–25 mm long, oblanceolate, deciduous or persistent in fruit. Corolla 25–27 mm long, pubescent. Stamens 5, inserted about halfway up corolla tube, the 2 upper Stamens fertile, others staminodial, +/– with abortive anthers; fertile anthers coherent positioned in throat of corolla tube, dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits or occasionally by apical pores.

Fruit: Fruit a fleshy or firm berry; ovoid; ellipsoid to cylindrical; occasionally subglobose; often tipped by the persistent stylar beak. Seeds numerous; ellipsoid; minute; usually less than ca. 1 mm long; the surface reticulate.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 63: 499 (1987)

Other References

St. John 1987f:499 (SPNOV/K, DESCR); Wagner et al. 1990:739 (accepted as a valid species, but not given full treatment due to publication deadline)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris-Diplopterygium-Cheirodendron Wet Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 2614 Kauai PTBG 4/10/2010
2 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Highly disturbed forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 6299 Kauai PTBG 6/9/1990
3 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lowland wet forest and shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 7290 Kauai PTBG 11/19/1992
4 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner 6299 US
5 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Lowland Wet Forest w/ saturated stream walls. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2241 Kauai PTBG 1/9/1993
6 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Lowland Wet Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3261 Kauai PTBG 6/24/1994
7 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner & t. w. flynn 6299 Kauai US 6/9/1990
8 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 1493 Kauai US 12/11/1991
9 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. gon & m. white 7133 Maui US 2/5/1998
10 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner & t. w. flynn 6301 Kauai US 6/9/1990
11 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Gon, S.; White, M. 7133 Kauai US 2/5/1998
12 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, s. p. perlman & k. wood 7324 Hawaii US 1/29/1993
13 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Flynn, T. W. 6299 Kauai US 6/9/1990
14 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubland and patches of lowland wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R. 14534 Kauai US 2/24/2011
15 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & m. query 12003 Hawaii US 8/8/2006
16 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Query, M. 1567 Kauai US 1/23/1992
17 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lowland wet forest, in shade. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Perlman, S. P.; Wood, K. 7324 Kauai US 1993-00-00
18 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner 6301 US
19 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, j. lau & s. p. perlman 2241 Kauai US 1/9/1993
20 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 1493 Kauai US 12/11/1991
21 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Query, M. 12003 Kauai US 8/8/2006
22 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Lau, J.; Perlman, S. P. 2241 Kauai US 1/9/1993
23 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Flynn, T. W. 6301 Kauai US 6/9/1990
24 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubland and patches of lowland wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14534 Kauai US 2/24/2011
25 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & m. query 1567 Kauai US 1/23/1992
26 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubland and patches of lowland wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 14534 Kauai US 2/24/2011
27 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Windswept shrubland and patches of lowland wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 14534 Kauai BISH 2/24/2011
28 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros open forest 2-10% cover @ 7-10 m tall. W/ mixed understory 30% cover @ 2-5 m tall w/ Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, Syzygium sandwicensis, Melicope wawrana, M. feddei, M. clusiifolia, Scaevola procera, Broussaisia arguta, and 30-70% PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 12003 Kauai BISH 8/8/2006
29 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros, Pisonia, Psidium, Albizia, Dicranopteris, Lantana, Broussaisia, Diplazium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 3314 Kauai BISH 4/7/1989
30 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN macdaniels, l.h. collector number: 646 Kauai BISH 2/11/1926
31 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Highly disturbed forest of Metrosideros, Pisonia umbellifera, Psidium guajava, Syzygium sandwicensis, and Dicranopteris on slopes. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 6301 Kauai BISH 6/9/1990
32 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rain forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN MacDaniels, L.H. 646 Kauai BISH 2/11/1926
33 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros - Acacia montane mesic forest Alphitonia ponderosa, Santalum pyrularium, Kadua affins, Coprosma waimeae, Ilex anomala, Cheirodendron trigynum, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Scaevola procera, Dodonaea viscosa, Dubautia laevigata, Bidens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wagner, w.l. et al. collector number: 6301 Kauai BISH 6/9/1990
34 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Windswept shrubland and patches of lowland wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: 14534 Kauai BISH 2/24/2011
35 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha, Antidesma, Syzygium, Broussaisia, Boehmeria, Perrottetia, pteridophytes, Cyanea PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 7338 Kauai BISH 1/29/1993
36 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros open forest 2-10% cover @ 7-10 m tall. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12003 Kauai PTBG 8/8/2006
37 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Closed Metrosideros lowland wet forest, 8-12 m canopy, surrounded by steep valley walls with Dicranopteris and mixed shrubs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15928 Kauai PTBG 4/23/2014
38 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Windswept shrubland and patches of lowland wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14534 Kauai PTBG 2/24/2011
39 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Highly disturbed forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 6301 Kauai PTBG 6/9/1990
40 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed lowland wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7133 Kauai PTBG 2/5/1998
41 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Closed Metrosideros lowland wet forest, 8-12 m canopy, surrounded by steep valley walls PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16342 Kauai PTBG 3/3/2015
42 Cyrtandra kamoolaensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lowland wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 7338 Kauai PTBG 1/30/1993
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