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Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia

(Sherff) G.D.Carr (1985)

This name is accepted

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

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or small trees up to 7 m tall;

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades lanceolate, oblanceolate, or oblong Apex acuminate, or caudate. Base attenuate or clasping. Margins ciliate or serrate/dentate.

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in mesic to wet forest; 300-2100 m.

Elevation Range: 300–2100 m

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Allertonia 4(1): 80 (1985)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:304 (K); Carr 1999:155 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 9012 Kauai BISH 1911-10-01
2 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Closed Metrosideros lowland wet forest, 8-12 meter canopy, surrounded by steep valley walls with Dicranopteris and mixed shrubs, understory dominated by Antidesma, Syzygium, Broussaisia, Perrottetia, Cyrtandra spp., Psychotria spp., Dubautia spp., Labordia spp., Coprosma waimeae, Cheirodendron spp. Preserved_Specimen Trees, 2.5 meter tall, well branched, florets orange to reddish-brown with D. knudsenii, locall common Wood, K.R. 16337 Kauai BISH 2015-03-03
3 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details stream banks; trees, pteridophytes, Gunnera; saturated, rocky Preserved_Specimen 25-35 cm stem, single, woody; disc florests brownish yellow-range Lorence, D.H. 5334 Kauai BISH 1987-07-23
4 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open meadow Transsecting up stream from Drinking Glass. Growing with Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Melicope clusifolia, Gheirodendron, Leptecophylla Preserved_Specimen Tree 15 ft. tall. Multi-branched, lvs light green w/puybecence below. Petioles purple, light green bracts, purple flower bases and flws. With flower and some old seed. Tangalin, N. 1793 Kauai BISH 2008-09-20
5 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros wet forest with wet cliff communities W/ Cheirodendron Pipturus spp., Dubautia, Cyrtandra, Kadu centranthoides, K. elatior, K. foggiana, Psychotria, Melicope, Machaerina, Ischne, with ferns of Microlepia, Asplenium, Christella, Deparia Preserved_Specimen shrub or small tree, 2 m tall, trunk and stems light brown, leaves glossy dark green, yellow-green at base, with old capitulescences, ca 10 plants observed, associated with D. syndetica Wood, K.R. 12784 Kauai BISH 2008-01-12
6 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros lowland wet forest and shrubland surrounded by ca. 1000 meter cliffs with Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Antidesma platyphyllum var. hillebrandii, Pipturus albidus, P. ruber, P. kauaiensis, Urera glabra, Kadua centranthoides, Touchardia latifolia, Dianella sandwicens Preserved_Specimen Shrub of small tree, moderately brasnched, 1.5 meters tall, disk florets yellow or tinged purple, small colony in Blue Hole Wood, K.R. 18813 Kauai BISH 2021-09-29
7 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Low undisturbed wet forest of small, stunted trees & shrubs (Metrosideros, Bobea, Perrottetia, etc.) with ground cover of Pteridophytes, Gunnera, Cyrtandra, & Cyanea, growing over saturated, rocky ground. Growing on cliff & around base of 320 deg NW facing cliff wall Preserved_Specimen 50 cm tall shrub, disk florets yellow-orange. Wood, K.R. 1127 Kauai BISH 1991-08-06
8 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros wet forest with wet cliff communities W/ Cheirodendron Pipturus spp., Dubautia, Cyrtandra, Kadu centranthoides, K. elatior, K. foggiana, Psychotria, Melicope, Machaerina, Ischne, with ferns of Microlepia, Asplenium, Christella, Deparia Preserved_Specimen shrub or small tree, 2 m tall, stems light brown, leaves glossy medium green with old capitulescences, ca 10 plants observed. Wood, K.R. 12768 Kauai BISH 2008-01-12
9 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros Lowland Wet Forest patches and Shrubland W/ Antidesma, Broussaisia, Kadua, Machaerina, Freycinetia, Coprosma granadensis, Scaevoal, Diplazium, Elaphglossum, Peperomia, Sadleria, Syzygium, Cyanea, Dubautia, Gunnera, Christella, Cyrtandra hein Preserved_Specimen Small shrubs 4 ft tall, branched at 45d angle. Inflo hanging and upright, hairs on peduncle, purple at base. Flower yellow w/ some purple tint 6-10 per head. Seed germinating in old inflos on plant. Tangalin, N. 3941 Kauai BISH 2014-09-30
10 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros lowland wet forest and shrubland surrouned by about 1000 meter cliffs with Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Antidesma platyphyllum var. hillebrandii, Pipturus albidus, Urera glabra, Kadua centranthoides, Touchardia latifolia Dianella sandwicensis, Polyscias oahuensis. Preserved_Specimen Tree, 1.5 meters tall, with old inflorescence, mapped, uncommon. Wood, K.R. 17268 Kauai BISH 2017-02-21
11 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros Lowland Wet Forest patches and Shrubland W/ Antidesma, Broussaisia, Kadua, Machaerina, Freycinetia, Coprosma granadensis, Scaevola, Diplazium, Elaphglossum, Peperomia, Sadleria, Syzygium, Cyanea, Dubautia, Gunnera, Christella, Cyrtandra hein Preserved_Specimen Shrub about 2 ft tall with old inflorescence brown and hanging w/ seed. Leaves fleshy, becoming stiff w/ age, underside light green w/ dark green venation, top dark green. Inflo w/ numerous conspicuous bracts, pappus white? Tangalin, N. 3939 Kauai BISH 2014-09-30
12 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Low undisturbed wet forest of small, stunted trees & shrubs (Metrosideros, Bobea, Perrottetia, etc.) with ground cover of Pteridophytes, Gunnera, Cyrtandra, & Cyanea, growing over saturated, rocky ground. Collected above first waterfall before entering Blue Hole. Epiphytic on large rock along streambed. Preserved_Specimen 2.5 m tall shrub, in flower, florets yellow-orange. Wood, K.R. 1347 Kauai BISH 1991-11-04
13 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros wet forest with wet cliff communities W/ Cheirodendron Pipturus spp., Dubautia, Cyrtandra, Kadu centranthoides, K. elatior, K. foggiana, Psychotria, Melicope, Machaerina, Ischne, with ferns of Microlepia, Asplenium, Christella, Deparia Preserved_Specimen shrub or small tree, 2 m tall, stems light brown, leaves glossy medium green with old capitulescences, ca 10 plants observed. Wood, K.R. 12768 Kauai BISH 2008-01-12
14 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 9012 Kauai BISH 1911-10-01
15 Dubautia plantaginea subsp. magnifolia Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 9012 Kauai BISH 1911-10-01
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