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Wikstroemia hanalei

Wawra (1875)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Wikstroemia

‘ākia [akia], kauhi

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect shrubs.

Stems: Stems sparsely branched, internodes up to 9 cm long, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades elliptic, (11–)15–21(–25) cm long, (4–)5–7(–7.5) cm wide. Apex acute to acuminate. Base acute. Surfaces glabrous, leaves thin, membranous. Margins entire. Pinnately veined. Petioles 6–10 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in peduncles 10–17 mm long, hirsute, often recurved, rachis conical and elongated, 3–20 mm long, glabrous, pedicels 1–2 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), glabrous. Calyx tube ca. 10 mm long, outer lobes 3.4–3.8 mm long, inner lobes 2.3–2.7 mm long. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 8, the lower whorl included, the upper whorl sometimes shortly exserted. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovules solitary and pendulous.

Fruit: Fruit red; ellipsoid; 10–13 mm long; ca. 6 mm in diameter. fruit drupaceous. Seeds without endosperm.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range: ca. 330 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Beiträge zur Flora der Hawaischen Inseln. Flora 58: 185 (1875)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1286 (K); Wood et al. 2019/Christensen 49 BISH (EXTINCT, 1976)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Wikstroemia hanalei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 116 Kauai BISH 1909-08-02
2 Wikstroemia hanalei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 105 Kauai BISH 1909-07-01
3 Wikstroemia hanalei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 105 Kauai BISH 1909-07-01
4 Wikstroemia hanalei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 116 Kauai BISH 1909-08-02
5 Wikstroemia hanalei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 548 Kauai BISH 1916-10-09
6 Wikstroemia hanalei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wawra, H. 2020 Kauai BISH
7 Wikstroemia hanalei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details near base of vertical cliffs Preserved_Specimen Christensen, C. 49 Kauai BISH 1976-08-23
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