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Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides

Sherff (1936)

This name is accepted

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

‘akoko, ‘ekoko, koko, kōkōmālei

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Subshrubs.

Stems: Stems erect or ascending, 0.2–1(–2) m long, pilose to villous, glabrate, flowering branches occasionally nodose, 0.5–2 mm in diameter.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite, distichous, sometimes repand. Blades elliptic to oblanceolate, 20–25(–32) mm long, 3–12 mm wide. Apex acute to rounded, retuse or mucronulate. Base cuneate to rounded, oblique. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces pilose to villous, at least on midvein and at basal margin. Margins serrate or entire. Petioles (1–)1.5–4 mm long, pilose to villous. Stipules rounded–triangular, 0.5–1 mm long, glabrous to villous, ciliate, erose.

Flowers: Flowers in cyathia solitary in the leaf axils, peduncles 0.5–1(–1.5) mm long, pilose to villous. involucre campanulate, 1–2 mm high, 1–2 mm wide, glabrous to pilose, glands 4(5), yellowish green to red, glabrous or pilose below. 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 green to white or red, bifid ca. ½ their length, 0.5–1 mm long, glabrous to sparsely villous; stigma thickened.

Fruit: Capsules green; 1.5–2 mm long; glabrous or sparsely tomentose; gynophores recurved; becoming erect just prior to dehiscence; exserted 1–2 mm from involucre; villous. Seeds gray to brown; 1–1.3 mm long; rugose.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Coastal vegetation and dry shrubland; apparently restricted to calcareous substrates.

Elevation Range: 5–200 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic
Kaho'olawe Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 97: 589 (1936)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:615 (Mo, EM, Ka [as Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. vaccinioides]); Govaerts et al. 2000:835/Yang & Berry 2011 (Syn. C. s. var. vaccinioides = E. s. var. vaccinioides); Forbes 2010.M BISH (M†, 1920)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. BISH
2 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides On small limestone kipuka SW of Moomomi sanddunes On small limestone kipuka sanddunes. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8065 Molokai BISH 1928-04-29
3 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Kamiloloa Dry pastures. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 891 Molokai BISH 1980-09-29
4 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Makakupaia Arid forehill with Sesbania. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 27552 Molokai BISH 1961-06-30
5 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Up ridge called Kapulei to east of white mountain Kaholoapele and back in east gully Growing on arid cliff near mango trees in east gully. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8053 Molokai BISH 1928-06-25
6 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Mahana, back of Ka Lae o Ka Laau Among Ilima. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 14029 Molokai BISH 1918-05-21
7 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Molokai Project- Transect 1, W Makakupaia Ridge Open mixed scrub. Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 82.029 Molokai BISH 1982-11-26
8 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Mahana, back of Ka Lae o Ka Laau Among Ilima. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 14029 Molokai BISH 1918-05-21
9 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Second eastern gulch, Wawaia On arid cliffs. (same as 8053) Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8056 Molokai BISH 1928-07-27
10 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides One of the dry valleys between Kamalo & Kaunakakai (Precise locality not known) Dry valley. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8061 Molokai BISH 1928-07-29
11 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Up ridge called Kapulei to east of white mountain Kaholoapele and back in east gully Growing on arid cliff near mango trees in east gully. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 8053 Molokai BISH 1928-06-25
12 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides W side of Kamohio Bay, large talus slope w/ small drainage gulch on N end of talus Large talus slope w/ small drainage gulch, slope 60 degrees, W exposure. Veg.-blooming Capparis, Prosopis, Portulaca, Nicotiana, Jacquemontia & Boerhavia. Preserved_Specimen Clarke, G. 387 Kahoolawe BISH 1980-04-22
13 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides West end flats Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 14072 Molokai BISH 1918-04-01
14 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides East Maui, S slope of Haleakala, Auwahi Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2010 Maui BISH 1920-03-18
15 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides East Maui, S slope of Haleakala, Auwahi Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2010 Maui BISH 1920-03-18
16 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides East Maui, S slope of Haleakala, Auwahi Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2010 Maui BISH 1920-03-18
17 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Pohakuloa, 1 m W of Trig.(sp?) Station Preserved_Specimen Pekelo Jr., N. 49 Molokai BISH 1961-12-06
18 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides East Maui, S slope of Haleakala, Auwahi Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2010 Maui BISH 1920-03-18
19 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides [Hawaiian Islands; U.S.A.; Molokai; Hawaii; Maui Preserved_Specimen Russell, C.A. Molokai BISH 1987-10-22
20 Euphorbia skottsbergii var. vaccinioides Kanapou Bay Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Kahoolawe BISH
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