Dubautia syndetica

G.D.Carr & Lorence (1998)

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) shrub, 1–2(–3) m tall.

Stems: vegetative stems glabrous to sparsely hispidulous, mostly pale, gray-brown when dry, the leaf scars mostly glabrous, flowering stems usually hispid

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate 4-16 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide Apex acuminate. Base attenuate or petioloid. Margins ciliolate or 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: Novon 8(1): 4 (1998)

Other References

Carr & Lorence 1998:4 (SPNOV/K, DESCR); Herbst & Wagner 1999:14 (DESCR); Carr 1999:156 (KEY)

Carr, G. D., & Lorence, D. H. (1998). A New Species of Dubautia (Asteraceae-Madiinae) from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands. Novon, 4-7.

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation w/ Kadua affinis, Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Coprosma kauaiensis Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrottetia, sandwicensis, Dubautia raillardioides, D. laxa, Melicope wawrana, M. clusiifolia, Myrsine w Preserved_Specimen tree, 3 m tall, moderately branched, disk florets yellow-orange, bracts purple, occasional with D. raillardiodies, D. Knudsenii Wood, K.R. 15986 Kauai BISH 2014-07-02
2 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris low statured wet forest with wind swept ridges and riparian vegetation with Ilex anomala, Machaerina angustifolia, Gahnia beecheyi, Cheirodendron platyphylla, Psychotria mariniana, Dubautia laxa, Broussaisal arguta, Syzygium sandwicensis, Melicope feddei, Odontosoria chine Preserved_Specimen Shrub, 1-2 meters tall, in flower, receptacular bracts purple, florets mostly purple, some yellow, occasional with D. laxa subsp. Hirsuta. Wood, K.R. 18198 Kauai BISH 2019-05-23
3 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Montane Wet Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris Forest Antidesma, Scaevola, Broussaisia arguta, Kadua, Ilex anomola, Melicope, Antidesma, Kadua affinis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Gahnia, Dubautia, Myrsine wawraea, Bidens, Pipturus, Diplopterygium pinnatum Preserved_Specimen 5 ft. tall in low Uluhe. Lvs with purple margin, base of leaf streaked w/ purple. Outter disk floret purple, style/stigma purple Tangalin, N. 2456 Kauai BISH 2010-12-22
4 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Diverse wet forest dominated by Metrosideros spp.; Antidesma, Psychotria, Perrottetia, Hedyotis tryblium, Cyrtandra spp., Labordia spp., Broussaisia, Dubautia, Melicope spp., Freycinetia, Syzygium, Tetraplasandra and with mixed open patches of Dicranopteris/Diplopterygium especially on the sides & crest of the ridge. Preserved_Specimen Tree of 10 ft.; leaves dark glossy green above, mat whitish green below with glossy dark green veins; receptacular bract purplish. Flynn, T.W. 4589 Kauai BISH 1991-04-13
5 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron wet forest and deeply carved drainage with riparian vegetation w/ Kadua affins, Psychotria mariniana, P. hexandra, Coprosma kauensis, Syzygium sandwicensis, Perrotetia sandwicensis, Dubautia raillardioides, D. laxa, Melicope wawrana, M. clusiifolia, Myrsine w Preserved_Specimen Tree, 4 m tall, moderately branched, with older inflorescence Wood, K.R. 15987 Kauai BISH 2014-07-02
6 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details SW of Kapalaoa in diverse forest of Metrosideros spp., Tetraplasandra spp., Cheirodendron, Psychotria, Labordia spp., Syzygium, Cyrtandra spp., Wikstroemia, Broussaisia, Coprosma, Sadleria, Cibotium, Hedyotis spp., Diplazium, Athyrium, Marchantia, and invaded by Psidium cattleianum and Rubus rosifolius. Preserved_Specimen Shrub of six ft.; leaves dark mat green above, whitish-green below; receptacular bracts blaskish at base, purplish above; corolla purplish. Flynn, T.W. 4625 Kauai BISH 1991-04-20
7 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros lowland wet forest W/ Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Perrotettia sandwicensis, Cheirodendron forbesii, Brousassia arguata, [arguta] Machaerina angustifolia, Bidens campylotheca subsp. campylotheca, Cyanea spp, Cyrtand Preserved_Specimen Shrub about 12 feet tall. Old flower. Walsh, S. 732 Kauai BISH 2019-08-20
8 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Low wet forest of Metrosideros waialealae, M. polymorpha, Cheirodendron, Antidesma, Tetraplasandra, Melicope, Ilex, Syzygium, with areas invaded by Psidium cattleianum and Melastoma candidum. Preserved_Specimen Densely branching shrub or treelet 1.5m tall, lvs dull dark green above, veins sunken, pale green beneath, second degree veins visible. Inflorescence with green axes, heads with dark purple involucres, disc florets pale yellowish, fading pale purple. Lorence, D.H. 6782 Kauai BISH 1991-05-13
9 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen corolla greenish-yellow Flynn, T.W. 1116 Kauai BISH 1985-06-06
10 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen juvenile foliage Carr, G.D. 1499 Kauai BISH 1985-06-01
11 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros polymorpha, Syzygium sandwicensis, Antidesma, Tetraplasandra, Cheirodendron, Psychotria, shrubs, ferns, Cyrtandra Preserved_Specimen 2 m tree; leaves smooth, dicolorous, strigillose, stems and petioles pale green Lorence, D.H. 6694 Kauai BISH 1991-01-29
12 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub 2 meter ht with fruit. 30-50 plants Perlman, S. 22311 Kauai BISH 2010-12-17
13 Dubautia syndetica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Carr, G.D. 1500 Kauai BISH 1985-06-01