Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Pipturus kauaiensis
Collector Name:
Natalia Tangalin
Collection Date:
February 15, 2012
Observers:
Christine Alevizos, Tess Tarling
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Kawaihau District
Locality:
Wailua, Blue Hole, N. fork of the Wailua River, back wall, shrub covered ridge NE side of main stream.
Plant Description:
In nonflowing rocky stream bed. Smooth red-brown bark. Arching branches w/ procumbent branchlets. Young stems glaucous. Underside of leaf glaucous. Reticulate venation. Fruit white opaque on stem w/ embedded tan seeds.
Habitat:
Metrosideros Lowland Wet Forest and Shrubland.
Associated Species:
Antidesma, Broussaisia, Kadua, Machaerina, Freycinetia, Coprosma granadensis, Scaevola, Diplazium, Elaphglossum, Peperomia, Sadleria, Syzygium, Cyanea, Dubautia, Gunnera, Christella, Cyrtandra heinrichii, C. wawrae, C. paludosa, C. pickeringii, Cordyline, Sphaeropteris cooperi, Psidium cattleianum, Buddleja asiatica.
Date of Record Creation:
June 15, 2012
Date of Last Update:
March 23, 2023
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