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Dubautia microcephala

Skottsb. (1926)

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: Shrubs or small trees up to ca. 4 m tall, with relatively few, spreading branches.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades lanceolate, linear, or oblanceolate Apex acuminate. Base attenuate, petioloid, or clasping. Margins eciliolate or serrate/dentate.

Flowers:

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

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in mesic forest; 570–1;275 m

Elevation Range: 570–1,275 m

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 277 (1926)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:302 (K); Carr 1999:153 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meebold, A. 26338 Kauai BISH 1938-11-01
2 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5477 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
3 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated plants; Poa mannii, Stenogyne campanulata, Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Hedyotis sp. nov., Nototrichium sp. nov., Dubautia sp. nov., Acacia koa, Dryopteris unidentata, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Vaccinium dentatum, Lipochaeta, Wilkesia, Lobelia niihauensis, Chamaesyce. Preserved_Specimen 1 m tall shrub; in bud and early flower; florets yellow, fragrant; 50 plants in area. Wood, K.R. 1186 Kauai BISH 1991-09-03
4 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5478 Kauai BISH 1909-09-30
5 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 9003 Kauai BISH 1911-10-11
6 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5185 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
7 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Chock, A.K. 1125 Kauai BISH 1955-09-02
8 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5185 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
9 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Meebold, A. 26338 Kauai BISH 1938-11-01
10 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 399 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
11 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 399 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
12 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 9003 Kauai BISH 1911-10-11
13 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Skottsberg, C.J.F. 947 Kauai BISH 1922-10-29
14 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated plants; Poa mannii, Stenogyne campanulata, Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Nototrichium sp. nov., Dubautia, Acacia koa, Dryopteris unidentata, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Vaccinium dentatum, Lipochaeta, Wilkesia, Lobelia niihauensis, Chamaesyce, Lepidium, Exocarpos, Rumex. Preserved_Specimen 75 cm tall shrub; 20 plants in area; florets yellow-orange. Wood, K.R. 1224 Kauai BISH 1991-09-15
15 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Drainage to W. of Puu o Kila; Montane Mesic Basalt Cliffs w/Chamaesyce, Lysimachia, Eragrostis variabilis, Panicum lineale, Nototrichium, Carex, Bidens sandwicensis. Preserved_Specimen 1 m. tall, w/grey bark; young stems yellow-green; leaves glossy, med-green; florets yellow-orange; twisting shrub, diffusely branching. Wood, K.R. 3612 Kauai BISH 1994-10-05
16 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated plants; Gouania, Schiedea sp., Peucedanum, Poa mannii, Hedyotis, Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Nototrichium sp. nov., Dubautia, Dryopteris unidentata, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Vaccinium, Lipochaeta, Wilkesia, Lobelia niihauensis, Lepidium, Nestegis, Hibiscus kokio, Eragrostis. Preserved_Specimen 40 cm tall sub-shrub; in flower and fruit; florets yellow-orange; 2 plants in area; vigorous; 290 deg. NW aspect. Wood, K.R. 1397 Kauai BISH 1991-11-20
17 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris transtional mesic to wet forest mixed understory of Coprosma waimeae, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Ilex anomala, Melicope clusiifolia, M. kauaiensis, Pittosporum gayanum, Kadua affinis, Perrottetia sandiwcensis, Myrsine linearifolia, Dubau Preserved_Specimen tree, 2.5 m tall, trunk gray, ca. 5 trees, several more trees to the west Wood, K.R. 15186 Kauai BISH 2012-08-16
18 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open places in Metrosideros forest with Scaevola Preserved_Specimen Carlquist, S. 14 Kauai BISH 1953-08-14
19 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on vertical wall of side gulch with Peucedanum sandwicensis, Poa mannii, Neraudia kauaiensis, 2 trees near each other, uncommonDiospyros-Acacia-Metrosideros montane mesic forest. With Diospyros sandwicensis, D. hillebrandii, Alphitonia ponderosa, Pisonia sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Pleomele aurea, Psychotria mariniana, Kadua affinis, Coprosma waimeae, C. foliosa, Myrsine lan Preserved_Specimen tree, 2 meters tall, Wood, K.R. 15913 Kauai BISH 2014-04-03
20 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Poa mannii, Hedyotis, Stenogyne campanulata, Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Nototrichium, Dryopteris unidentata, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Vaccinium dentatum, Lipochaeta, Wilkesia, Lobelia niihauensis, Chamaesyce, Lepidium, Exocarpos, Rumex, Erigeron, Rubus, Verbena, Lantana, Setaria, Kalanchoe, Lythrum Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub; flower; florets yellow-orange Wood, K.R. 1231 Kauai BISH 1991-09-18
21 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Hedyotis, Chamaesyce, Hibiscadelphus, Nototrichium, Stenogyne campanulata, Poa mannii, Melicope pallida, Lysimachia, Lobelia niihauensis Preserved_Specimen 75 cm shrub; old inflorescende with seed Wood, K.R. 626 Kauai BISH 1991-03-03
22 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Densely shrubby slope Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub 8 ft high Degener, O. 23955 Kauai BISH 1955-09-23
23 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Near stream Preserved_Specimen Coarse 6 ft shrub Degener, O. 20502 Kauai BISH 1950-02-07
24 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Poa mannii, Hedyotis, Stenogyne campanulata, Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Nototrichium, Dryopteris unidentata, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Vaccinium dentatum, Lipochaeta, Wilkesia, Lobelia niihauensis, Chamaesyce, Lepidium, Exocarpos, Rumex, Erigeron, Rubus, Verbena, Lantana, Setaria, Kalanchoe, Lythrum Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub; florets yellow Wood, K.R. 1230 Kauai BISH 1991-09-18
25 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Diospyros-Acacia-Metrosideros montane mesic forest w/Diospyros sandwicensis, D. hillebrandii, Alphitonia ponderosa, Pisonia sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Chrysodracon aurea, Psychotria mariniana, Kadua affinis, Coprosma waimeae, C. foliosa, Myrsine Preserved_Specimen tree 2 m tall, on vertical wall of side gulch with Peucedanum sandwicensis, Poa mannii, Neraudia kauaiensis, 2 trees near each other Wood, K.R. 16478 Kauai BISH 2015-06-08
26 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Montane wet mixed community w/sedges, grasses & bryophytes. Area steep w/ little or no animal destruction. Assoc. plants Cyanea sylvestris, Dubautia, Dicranopteris, Trematolobelia, Vaccinium, Cheirodendron, Cyrtandra kauaiensis, Perrottetia ssp, Mariscus, Sadleria, Coprosma, Hedyotis tryblium. Weeds: Rubus argutus & R. rosifolius, Hedychium garderarianum, Erigeron cont Preserved_Specimen 2 m tall tree, in fruit Wood, K.R. 1344 Kauai BISH 1991-10-31
27 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Native coastal dry cliff with Lepidium serra, Lipochaeta connata, Lobelia niihauensis, Bidens, Sida, Artemisia, Eragrostis variabilis, Wilkesia, Chamaesyce, Peucedanum, Hibiscus kokio, Canthium, Mariscus, Carex, Nototrichium sp nov, Melicope pallida. Preserved_Specimen No flowers or fruit. Perlman, S. 12694 Kauai BISH 1992-04-02
28 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open rain forest Preserved_Specimen 10 ft high, few long branches, not yet flowering season Degener, O. 23855 Kauai BISH 1955-09-07
29 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Abundant in area steep montane mesic forest, w/Remya montgomeryi, Nototrichium sp., Schiedea membranacea, Phyllostegia electra, Myrsine linearifolia, Eurya sandwicensis, Melicope pallida, Rauvolfia, Euphorbia haeleeleana, weeds: Passiflora mollissima, Rubus argutus, Kalanchoe, Erigeron, Lonicera. Preserved_Specimen 2 m tall shrub, in early bud. Wood, K.R. 1103 Kauai BISH 1991-08-05
30 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Densely shrubby slope Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub 8 ft high Degener, O. 23988 Kauai BISH 1955-09-23
31 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Densely shrubby slope Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub 8 ft high Degener, O. 23988 Kauai BISH 1955-09-23
32 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Clearing Preserved_Specimen Large sprawling tangle up to 8 ft high Degener, O. 20510 Kauai BISH 1950-01-31
33 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details N facing steep slope; Pouteria, Pittosporum, Nestegis, Cheirodendron, Scaevola procera, Coprosma kauaiensis, Bobea brevipes, Pleomele aurea, Dicranopteris linearis, Melicope anisata, Ilex, Xylosma hawaiiense, Elaeocarpus, Perrottetia, Passiflora mollissima, Myrica faya, Rubus argutus, Hedychium gardnerianum Preserved_Specimen 1.5 m shrub; flower yellow Perlman, S. 18657 Kauai BISH 2003-10-22
34 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Poa mannii, Lysimachia glutinosa, Melicope pallida, Hedyotis, Nototrichium, Dubautia, Acacia koa, Dryopteris unidentata, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Vaccinium dentatum, Lipochaeta, Wilkesia, Erigeron, Rubus, Kalanchoe, Lythrum Preserved_Specimen 40 cm shrub; in early bud and old seed Wood, K.R. 1153 Kauai BISH 1991-08-20
35 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep Diverse Montane Mesic Forest with; Remya montgomeryi, Nototrichium sp., Hedyotis acuminata; Nothocestrum longifolium, Schiedea membranacea, Phyllostegia electra, Myrsine linearifolia, Eurya sandwicensis, Melicope pallida, Rauvolfia, Euphorbia haeleeleana; Weeds... Passiflora mollissima, Rubus argutus, Kalanchoe, Erigeron, Lonicera. Preserved_Specimen 1 m tall bushy shrub; in early bud; 3 plants growing on steep cliff; north aspect. Wood, K.R. 1101 Kauai BISH 1991-08-05
36 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated plants; Dubautia sp. nov., Hedyotis sp. nov., Hibiscus kokio subsp. saintjohnianus, Melicope pallida, Peucedanum, Pritchardia, Pleomele, Antidesma, Bidens. Weeds; Passaflora, Lonicera, Kalanchoe, Lanta, Rubus. Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 1190 Kauai BISH 1991-09-05
37 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dry to mesic cliffs having Acacia koaia-Chamaesyce celastroides and with Panicum lineale, Eragrostis variabilis, Carex meyenii, Poa mannii, Dryopteris unidentata, Doryopteris decora, Artemisia australis, Gouania meyenii, Neraudia sp. Preserved_Specimen Few-branched shrub 75 cm tall; branches upright, gray-brown. Disk florets yellow-orange. Wood, K.R. 3639 Kauai BISH 1994-10-14
38 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Hedyotis, Chamaesyce, Hibiscadelphus, Nototrichium, Stenogyne campanulata, Poa mannii, Melicope pallida, Lysimachia, Lobelia niihauensis Preserved_Specimen 50 cm shrub; in flower; florets yellow Wood, K.R. 1247 Kauai BISH 1991-09-23
39 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sunny, shrubby bank Preserved_Specimen Slender branched shrubs 5-8 ft high just coming into flower Degener, O. 23892 Kauai BISH 1955-09-14
40 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details above upper drainage, closed to open mixed mesic forest, talus slopes; Metrosideros, Diospyros, Cheirodendron fauriei, Antidesma platyphylla, Pouteria sandwicensis, Pleomele aurea, Dodonaea viscosa, Pritchardia minor, Microlepia strigosa, Diplazium sandwichianum, Dryopteris fusco-atra Preserved_Specimen 2.5 m tree; moderately branched; inflorescence pyramidal, purple peduncle and rachis, disk florets yelllow orange surrounded by dark purple receptacular bracts; trunk gray brown, peeling bark Wood, K.R. 12138 Kauai BISH 2006-09-17
41 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small tree ca 2 m tall Carr, G.D. 915 Kauai BISH 1976-04-16
42 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Flower reddish Rock, J.F.C. 9003 Kauai BISH 1911-10-11
43 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small tree ca 2 m tall Carr, G.D. 915 Kauai BISH 1976-04-16
44 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Erect shrub with erect to lax inflorescences, florets yellow Herbst, D.R. 2165 Kauai BISH 1971-10-01
45 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small tree ca 2 m tall Carr, G.D. 1044 Kauai BISH 1977-10-17
46 Dubautia microcephala Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small tree ca 2 m tall Carr, G.D. 1043 Kauai BISH 1977-10-17
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