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Dubautia plantaginea

Gaudich. (1830)

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 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; 300-2;100 m

Elevation Range: 300–2100 m

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Kaho'olawe Not in flora
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Voy. Uranie: 468 (1830)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dubautia plantaginea Kawaihau District. Blue Hole, Wailua river north fork, base of Mt. Waialeale Metrosideros wet cliff With Lysimachia iniki, Lysimachia pendens, Machaerina angustifolia, Kadua elatior, Kadua centranthoides, Bidens forbesii, Pipturus, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Diplazium sandwichianum, Plantago princeps Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1.5 meter ht with flower and fruit Perlman, S. 24163 Kauai BISH 2014-09-30
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