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Boehmeria Grandis
''Boehmeria grandis'', commonly called ʻakolea, is a flowering species of the Urticaceae family that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. ʻakolea can be found in mesic to wet forests across Hawaiʻi along streams, on ridges, and valley floors. Multiple sources have cited observations in Makaua Gulch on Oʻahu. The ʻakolea can look like and be confused with its endemic counterpart Māmaki (''Pipturus albidus'') of the same family. However, differences in ʻakolea's appearance come from its exerted stamens, the tightly grouped seeds on the branches of Māmaki, and subtle differences between the leaves of both that can be difficult to notice. Ecosystem services ʻakolea is one of the four endemic host plants for the pulelehua (''Vanessa tameamea''), meaning the pulelehua butterflies and caterpillars will only reproduce where these host plants are found. Other pulelehua host plants include Māmaki, Olonā (''Touchardia latifolia''), and Ōpuhe (''Urera glabra'') and ('' U. kaalae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boehmeria
''Boehmeria'' is a genus of 47 species of flowering plants in the nettle family Urticaceae. Of the species, 33 are indigenous to the Old World and 14 to the New World; no species is indigenous to both the Old and New Worlds. The species include herbaceous perennials, shrubs and small trees. Although related to the similar-looking species of the stinging nettles of genus ''Urtica'', species of ''Boehmeria'' do not have stinging hairs. Because of the similarity in appearance, some species are commonly called "false nettles". This genus is named in honor of the German botanist, Georg Rudolf Boehmer. Fossil record 14 fossil fruits of †''Boehmeria sibirica'' have been extracted from borehole samples of the Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland. Cultivation and uses One species, ramie (''Boehmeria nivea'') is an important fibre crop. Some are also used as ornamental plants. ''Boehmeria'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urticaceae
The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus ''Urtica''. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus ''Urtica'', ramie (''Boehmeria nivea''), māmaki ('' Pipturus albidus''), and ajlai ('' Debregeasia saeneb''). The family includes about 2,625 species, grouped into 53 genera according to the database of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Christenhusz and Byng (2016). The largest genera are '' Pilea'' (500 to 715 species), '' Elatostema'' (300 species), ''Urtica'' (80 species), and '' Cecropia'' (75 species). '' Cecropia'' contains many myrmecophytes. Urticaceae species can be found worldwide, apart from the polar regions. Description Urticaceae species can be shrubs (e.g. '' Pilea''), lianas, herbs (e.g. ''Urtica'', '' Parietaria''), or, rarely, trees ('' Dendrocnide'', '' Cecropia''). Their leaves are usually entire and bear stipules. Urticating (stinging) hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pipturus Albidus
''Pipturus albidus'', known as ''māmaki'' (sometimes ''waimea'', for its resemblance to olomea) in Hawaiian and known as Waimea pipturus in English, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of . ''Māmaki'' is a small tree that reaches a height of and a trunk diameter of . Uses Medicinal Native Hawaiians made a treatment for illnesses known as ''ea'' and ''pāaoao'' from the fruit. They also combined fresh ''māmaki'' leaves with hot stones and spring water to produce herbal tea that was an effective treatment for general debility. Today, packages of dried ''māmaki'' leaves are commercially produced. Non-medicinal The bast fibres were used by Native Hawaiians to make ''kapa'' (bark cloth) and ''kaula'' (rope). Ecology ''P. albidus'' is the preferred host plant for the caterpillars of the Kamehameha butterfly (''Vanessa tameamea''). ''Māmaki'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamehameha Butterfly
The Kamehameha butterfly (''Vanessa tameamea'') is one of the two species of butterfly endemic to Hawaii, the other is '' Udara blackburni''. The Hawaiian name is ''pulelehua''. This is today a catch-all native term for all butterflies; its origin seems to be ''pulelo'' "to float" or "to undulate in the air" + ''lehua'', "reddish," or "rainbow colored," probably due to the predominant color of the ''Metrosideros polymorpha'' flower: an animal that floats through the air, from one ''lehua'' to another. Alternatively, it is called ''lepelepe-o-Hina'' – roughly, "Hina's fringewing" – which is today also used for the introduced monarch butterfly. The Kamehameha butterfly was named the state insect of Hawaii in 2009, due to the work of a group of fifth-graders from Pearl Ridge Elementary. These 5th graders (Robyn-Ashley Amano, Ryan Asuka, Kristi Kimura, Jennifer Loui, Toshiro Yanai and Jenna Yanke) proposed the butterfly as the state insect to various legislators as a pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchardia Latifolia
''Touchardia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, Urticaceae. It is monotypic containing a single species, ''Touchardia latifolia'', commonly known as olonā in Hawaiian. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Etymology The genus name of ''Touchardia'' is in honour of Philippe Victor Touchard (1810–1879), a French vice-admiral. The Latin specific epithet of ''latifolia'' means long flat leaves. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Voy. Bonite, Bot. Vol.3 on table 94 in 1848. Description Typical to many Hawaiian plants, olonā does not have the stinging hairs of its mainland cousins. It is found on all the main Hawaiian islands except Kahoolawe and Niihau. Olonā has alternate leaves whose shape greatly varies depending upon the environment from thin lancolate to broad elliptic. The large range in leaf variation once divided ''T. latifolia'' into more than 10 species, which are currently considered to be one. Olonā typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urera Kaalae
''Urera kaalae'', opuhe, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It inhabits slopes and gulches in mesic forests at elevations of . Currently it is restricted to the southern and central parts of the Waianae Mountains. Associated plants include maile (''Alyxia oliviformis''), hame (''Antidesma platyphyllum''), '' Asplenium kaulfusii'', ''Athyrium'' spp., āwikiwiki (''Canavalia'' spp.), pāpala (''Charpentiera'' spp.), akoko (''Euphorbia'' spp.), poolā (''Claoxylon sandwicense''), ēlama (''Diospyros hillebrandii''), ''Doryopteris'' spp., iei.e. (''Freycinetia arborea''), manono ('' Hedyotis acuminata''), ''Hibiscus'' spp., olopua (''Nestegis sandwicensis''), māmaki (''Pipturus albidus''), hala pepe ('' Dracaena'' spp.), ālaa ('' Pouteria sandwicensis''), kōpiko (''Psychotria'' spp.), heuhiuhi ('' Senna gaudichaudii''), aiai ('' Paratrophis pendulina''), ōpuhe ('' Touchardia sandwicensis''), and maua ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulelehua Shelter Flap
The Kamehameha butterfly (''Vanessa tameamea'') is one of the two species of butterfly endemic to Hawaii, the other is ''Udara blackburni''. The Hawaiian name is ''pulelehua''. This is today a catch-all native term for all butterflies; its origin seems to be ''pulelo'' "to float" or "to undulate in the air" + ''lehua'', "reddish," or "rainbow colored," probably due to the predominant color of the ''Metrosideros polymorpha'' flower: an animal that floats through the air, from one ''lehua'' to another. Alternatively, it is called ''lepelepe-o-Hina'' – roughly, "Hina's fringewing" – which is today also used for the introduced monarch butterfly. The Kamehameha butterfly was named the state insect of Hawaii in 2009, due to the work of a group of fifth-graders from Pearl Ridge Elementary. These 5th graders (Robyn-Ashley Amano, Ryan Asuka, Kristi Kimura, Jennifer Loui, Toshiro Yanai and Jenna Yanke) proposed the butterfly as the state insect to various legislators as a proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
