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Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia

(A.Gray ex H.Mann) Sherff (1936)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Euphorbia

‘ākoko, ‘akoko [akoko], ‘ekoko, koko, kōkōmālei

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or small trees (0.4–)1–8(–9) m tall.

Stems: Stems prostrate to erect, pubescent, flowering branches often nodose, 1–4(–6) mm in diameter.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite, distichous. Blades oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate to elliptic or linear, (4–)10–70(–80) mm long, (3–)5–30(–40) mm wide. Apex acute to obtuse, retuse or mucronulate. Base cuneate to obtuse, oblique. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces glabrous to pilose or villous, sometimes glaucous. Margins entire. Petioles (0.5–)1–5(–6) mm long, glabrous to villous. Stipules acute to rounded–triangular, 1–4(–6) mm long, glabrous to villous, erose, ciliate.

Flowers: Flowers in cyathia in short or open branched cymes or solitary in the leaf axils, peduncles (0.5–)2–10(–19) mm long, glabrous to villous. involucre campanulate, (1–)1.5–3 mm high, 2–4mm wide, glabrous to villous, glands 4–5, green or red, glabrous to pilose. Flowers unisexual and highly reduced. Pistillate flowers solitary, on a gynophore; staminate flowers in 5 groups or cymules, each with 1 to several flowers. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Male flower reduced to a single stamen, with an articulation at junction of pedicel and filament, subtended by slender bracteoles. Ovary superior; styles yellow, green, or red, bifid less than ½ to more than ½ their length, 0.5–1(–1.5) mm long, glabrous to pubescent; stigma thickened.

Fruit: Capsules green to brown; ovoid to rounded–triangular; (0.5–)2–4 mm long; glabrous to pubescent; gynophores erect; exserted 0.5–1 mm from involucre; glabrous to pubescent. Seeds brown to gray; (0.5–)1–2(–2.5) mm long; tetragonal to obcompressed; smooth to rugose.

Ploidy: 2n = ca. 38*

Habitat: Mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 300–1500 m

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
Lana'i Extirpated
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 97: 597. (1936)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:606 (L, M [as Chamaesyce celastroides var. lorifolia]); Govaerts et al. 2000:692/Yang & Berry 2011 (Syn. C. c. var. lorifolia = E. c. var. lorifolia); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs./Nagata 3513 BISH (L†, 1986)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry forest on lava Preserved_Specimen Little Jr., E.L. 31133 Maui BISH 1976-08-26
2 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details moist woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 22654 Lanai BISH 1947-04-06
3 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Confined mostly to ridges. Common on a`a` lava in dry open native forest. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 703 Maui BISH 1967-11-11
4 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry sclerophyll forest Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5464 Maui BISH 1984-10-07
5 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry lava plain Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 868 Maui BISH 1980-08-06
6 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry forest on aa. Preserved_Specimen Webster, G.L. 13879 Maui BISH 1968-06-25
7 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sunny ledges Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 25117 Maui BISH 1959-03-27
8 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry forest on aa.eg. mostly on aa lava flows. Preserved_Specimen Webster, G.L. 13922 Maui BISH 1968-06-25
9 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Eucalyptus forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 28372 Lanai BISH 1963-08-19
10 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry, open rocky Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. 281 Maui BISH 1924-01-02
11 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In scrubby ridgeside forest with Metrosideros, Dracaena, Dicranopteris, Pittosporum, Xylosma, Schinus, Psidium cattleianum. Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 2867 Lanai BISH 1986-10-04
12 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ridge Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 48352 Maui BISH 1967-03-25
13 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details gulch Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8560 Maui BISH 1910-09-01
14 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry shrub covered pahoehoe Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12507 Maui BISH 1939-08-15
15 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details small gulch in old lava flow Preserved_Specimen Olson, G.E. 90 Maui BISH 1937-08-23
16 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On cliff wall. Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 430 Maui BISH 1983-06-28
17 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cultivated. Landscaped garden area. Surrounded by a 4 foot buffer of mowed grass with other outplantings. W/ outplantings of Pritchardia sp., Artemisia australis, Scaevola sp., Hibiscus sp. Preserved_Specimen Walsh, S. 180 Kauai BISH 2015-12-18
18 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details slopes; with Metrosideros, Schinus, Diospyros Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 3513 Lanai BISH 1986-06-04
19 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details arid hill Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8074 Maui BISH 1927-07-10
20 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 25034 Maui BISH 1959-04-02
21 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 223 Lanai BISH 1913-06-01
22 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2091 Maui BISH 1920-03-24
23 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8073 Lanai BISH 1910-07-23
24 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 115 Lanai BISH 1913-06-01
25 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2472 Maui BISH 1985-12-18
26 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Maui BISH 1913-01-01
27 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 167 Lanai BISH 1927-04-23
28 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 22611 Lanai BISH 1947-04-04
29 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2044 Maui BISH 1920-03-20
30 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 578 Lanai BISH 1929-08-20
31 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. 85 Maui BISH 1955-12-21
32 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 26862 Maui BISH 1972-06-30
33 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 139 Lanai BISH 1913-06-01
34 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Gillett, G.W. 2028 Maui BISH 1966-11-26
35 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1812 Maui BISH 1920-03-02
36 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2048 Maui BISH 1920-03-20
37 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19779 Lanai BISH 1949-08-01
38 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 212 Lanai BISH 1927-09-09
39 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 66 Lanai BISH 1913-08-01
40 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 419 Maui BISH 1983-06-27
41 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 131 Lanai BISH 1913-09-28
42 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1811 Maui BISH 1920-03-02
43 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Palumbo, D. 105 Lanai BISH 1983-05-25
44 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 389 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
45 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 212 Lanai BISH 1927-09-09
46 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 167 Lanai BISH 1924-04-23
47 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 14809 Maui BISH 1916-09-24
48 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2048 Maui BISH 1920-03-20
49 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1104 Maui BISH 1919-08-10
50 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 366 Lanai BISH 1917-09-01
51 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In area, native veg. mostly on aa lava flows, in Erythrina sandwicensis lowland dry forest with Reynoldsia sandwicensis, Nesoluma polynesicum, Sida fallax, Chenopodium oahuense, Achyranthes splendens var. splendens, Diospyros sandwicensis, Nototrichium sandwicensis, Rauvolfia sandwicensis, Chamaesyce, Myoporum, Capparis, Acacia koaia, Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 6710 Maui BISH 1987-10-28
52 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Dodonaea, Myoporum, Planchonella, pasture grass Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 1673 Maui BISH 1978-07-05
53 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 25034 Maui BISH 1959-04-02
54 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Decadent forest Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 19779 Lanai BISH 1949-08-04
55 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1104 Maui BISH 1919-08-10
56 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. BISH
57 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In lava flows. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1905 Maui BISH 1984-01-13
58 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sandy isthmus Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 389 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
59 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details dry lava plains Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 868 Maui BISH 1980-08-06
60 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Confined mostly to ridges. Common on a`a` lava in dry open native forest. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 703 Maui BISH 1967-11-11
61 Euphorbia celastroides var. lorifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details outer forest Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 45 Lanai BISH 1913-08-01
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