Dubautia pauciflorula

H.St.John & G.D.Carr (1981)

This name is accepted

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

kūpaoa [kupaoa], na‘ena‘e [naenae]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Upright (erect) or subscandent shrub, 0.5–3 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades oblanceolate Apex acuminate or attenuate. Base attenuate. Margins serrate/dentate.

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 108(2): 202 (1981)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:303 (K); Carr 1999:154 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros, Hibiscus, Clidemia, Scaevola Preserved_Specimen 6' shrub; leaf bases with some purple; inflorescence branches purple; corolla orange Flynn, T.W. 2384 Kauai BISH 1987-09-30
2 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH 1911-01-01
3 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
4 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet forest same location as #488: Ohia/Hesperomannia/Cyanea forest w/clay substrate in deep shade. Restricted to ridge, plants scattered. Preserved_Specimen Trees 6-8ft; spread 6ft; diam.1.5 inches. Flowers yellow, seed not yet set. Perlman, S. 479 Kauai BISH 1979-09-12
5 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 275 Kauai BISH 1909-08-01
6 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet lowland forest; Metrosideros, Antidesma, Dicranopteris, Melicope clusiifolia, M. wawraeana, Psychotria mariniana, P. wawrae, Hedyotis terminalis, Broussaisia arguta Preserved_Specimen 2-3 m tree, moderately branched; stems brown gray, leaves medium to dark green; disk florets yellow, calyx purple, inflorescence purple, white hairs; flower, fruit Wood, K.R. 10973 Kauai BISH 2004-11-08
7 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dicranopteris, Metrosideros, Syzygium, Hedyotis, Psychotria, Machaerina Preserved_Specimen 8' shrub; leaves dark, semi-glossy green above, whitish-green below; flowering stems tinged maroonish-brown; immature flower buds whitish-green Flynn, T.W. 3448 Kauai BISH 1989-07-07
8 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On hilltop above strea. Full sun. Wet Lowland Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Forest w/ Scaevola gaudichaudiana, Syzyglum, Cheirondendron, Antidesma, Diplopteryglum pinnatum, Melicope feddei, Antidesma, Polyscias oahuensis, Kadua affinis, Ilex anomola, Pipturus, Psychotria mariniana, W Preserved_Specimen Sprawling patch about 4 x 4 ft. Leaves dark green above w/purple at base. Stem and inflorescence w/purple. Flowers yellow, slight honey smell at 4pm. Branching opposite and turnate w/side branches veering and procumbent. Healthy and robust Tangalin, N. 2187 Kauai BISH 2009-09-14
9 Dubautia pauciflorula Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet forest with Metrosideros, Hesperomannia and Cyanea. Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 1131 Kauai BISH 1979-09-24