Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Hibiscus kokio subsp. saintjohnianus
Collector Name:
K. R. Wood
Collection Date:
April 29, 2000
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Waimea District
Locality:
Kuia drainage, below confluence of upper branches.
Plant Description:
2--4 m tall, moderately branched tree, in brown granular soil, ca 20 trees along steeply dropping ridge with north aspect above gulch bottom and near Polypodium helleri pop., in flower, corolla orange.
Habitat:
Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest with patches of diverse mesic.
Associated Species:
Alphitonia ponderosa, Psychotria greenwelliae, Melicope ovata & M. barbigera, Pouteria sandwicensis, Tetraplasandra kauaiensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Wikstroemia furcata, Styphelia tameiameiae.
Comments:
Leaf material removed for study of genetic diversity of Hibiscus kokio and related species. Nora Gavin-Smyth, Chicago Botanica Gardens, Dec 2024
Date of Record Creation:
September 13, 2011
Date of Last Update:
December 23, 2024
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