Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Hibiscus kokio subsp. kokio
Collector Name:
K. R. Wood
Collection Date:
September 22, 2012
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Plant Description:
tree, 2 m tall, moderately branched, corolla red, immature fruit, ca. 15 plants observed during rappel on east face of Iole peak, cuttings made, NTBG Acc. # 120561
Habitat:
Metrosideros-Dicranopteris lowland wet shrubland with small pockets of mixed wet forest below ridgeline
Associated Species:
with Broussaisia arguta, Melicope feddei, Psychotria mariniana & P. wawrae, Kadua affinis, Antidesma platyphylla, Alyxia stellata, Syzygium sandwicensis, Dubautia laxa
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:
December 18, 2012
Date of Last Update:
December 23, 2024
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