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Kokia (plant)
''Kokia'', with the common name treecotton, is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. All species within the genus are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands in the state of Hawaii. Species * ''Kokia cookei'' O.Deg. - Molokai treecotton (Molokai) * '' Kokia drynarioides'' (Seem.) Lewton - Hawaiian treecotton Island of Hawaii * ''Kokia kauaiensis'' (Rock) O.Deg. & Duvel - Kauai Kokio (Kauai Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island ...) * '' Kokia lanceolata'' Lewton References External links * * Endemic flora of Hawaii Malvaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gossypieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokia Cookei
''Kokia cookei'' is a small, deciduous tree commonly known as the kokio, Molokai treecotton, Cooke's kokio, or Molokai kokio. Distribution This species is only known to have existed in the lowlands of western Molokai island of the Hawaiian Islands. Presumably, its native habitat was lowland dry forests on the leeward western end of the island. This was all but cut down by Polynesian settlers, around the year 1000 CE, to make room for agriculture. It seems to have been noted by these settlers, as suggested by the native name ''hau heleula'' ("entirely red '' hau''").''Kokia cookei'' . Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) (2002). Retrieved 21 April 2011. The three trees initially found grew near Mahana, northeast of Puu Nana. at ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molokai
Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length and width with a usable land area of , making it the fifth-largest in size of the main Hawaiian Islands and the List of islands of the United States by area, 27th largest island in the United States. It lies southeast of Oahu, Oahu across the wide Hawaiian islands channels, Kaʻiwi Channel and north of Lanai, Lānai, separated from it by the Hawaiian islands channels, Kalohi Channel. The island's agrarian economy has been driven primarily by cattle ranching, pineapple production, sugarcane production and small-scale farming. Tourism comprises a small fraction of the island's economy, and much of the infrastructure related to tourism was closed and barricaded in the early 2000s when the primary landowner, Molokai Ranch, ceased operations due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Flora Of Hawaii
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokia (plant)
''Kokia'', with the common name treecotton, is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. All species within the genus are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands in the state of Hawaii. Species * ''Kokia cookei'' O.Deg. - Molokai treecotton (Molokai) * '' Kokia drynarioides'' (Seem.) Lewton - Hawaiian treecotton Island of Hawaii * ''Kokia kauaiensis'' (Rock) O.Deg. & Duvel - Kauai Kokio (Kauai Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island ...) * '' Kokia lanceolata'' Lewton References External links * * Endemic flora of Hawaii Malvaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gossypieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokia Lanceolata
''Kokia lanceolata'', the Wailupe Valley treecotton, was a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It was the only species of ''Kokia'' to occur on the island of Oahu and originally known from the hills of Makapu'u, Koko Head Koko Head is the headland that defines the eastern side of Maunalua Bay along the southeastern side of the Island of Oahu in Hawaii. On its western slope is the community of Portlock, a part of Hawaii Kai. Koko Head (at 642 ft or 196 m) is a ... and Wailupe Valley. It became extinct not long after its discovery in the 1880s, most likely due to grazing pressure from cattle and goat ranching. References lanceolata Biota of Oahu Endemic flora of Hawaii Extinct flora of Hawaii Plant extinctions since 1500 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gossypieae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kauai
Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island in the United States. Nicknamed the Garden Isle, Kauai lies 73 miles (117 km) across the Kauai Channel, northwest of Oahu. This island is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and the Na Pali Coast State Park. The United States Census Bureau defines Kauai as census tracts 401 through 409 of Kauai County, Hawaii, which comprises all of the county except the islands of Kaʻula, Lehua and Niihau. The 2020 United States census population of the island was 73,298. The most populous town is Kapaa. Etymology and language Hawaiian narrative locates the name's origin in the legend of Hawaiiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Kauai after a favorite son; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Rock
Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884 – 1962) was an Austrian-American botanist, explorer, geographer, linguist, ethnographer and photographer. Life Josef Franz Karl Rock was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a steward of a Polish count. As a result of a generally unhappy childhood and his father's determination that he become a priest, Rock set off on a wandering life in late adolescence. After a few precarious years traveling around Europe, he emigrated to the United States in 1905. He eventually ended up in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1907, where he would remain for 13 years. Although Rock had no tertiary education, a fact about which he was sensitive and often dissembled, he had a remarkable capability for foreign languages; by the time he reached Hawaii he had a reasonable command of more than half a dozen, including Chinese. Hawaii (1907-1920) Initially Rock taught Latin and natural history at Mills College (now known as Mid-Pacific Institute). With little formal background in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokia Kauaiensis
''Kokia kauaiensis'', the Kauai treecotton or Kauai Kokio, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Kauai, Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of . Associated plants include ahakea ('' Bobea'' spp.), koa ('' Acacia koa''), lama (''Diospyros sandwicensis''), manono (''Hedyotis'' spp.), hala pepe ('' Pleomele aurea''), aupaka ('' Isodendrion'' spp.), papala kepau ('' Pisonia'' spp.), olopua (''Nestegis sandwicensis''), ōhia hā ('' Syzygium sandwicensis''), hame ('' Antidesma'' spp.), maile (''Alyxia oliviformis''), ālaa ('' Pouteria sandwicensis''), aiai (''Streblus pendulinus''), alahee ('' Psydrax odorata''), uluhe (''Dicranopteris linearis''), aloalo ('' Hibiscus'' spp.), mēhamehame ('' Flueggea neowawraea''), alani ('' Melicope'' spp.), palapalai lau lii ('' Asplenium laciniatum''), oheohe (''Tetraplasandra'' spp.), akoko ('' Euphorbia celastroides''), nehe (''Lipochaeta spp''), aalii ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii (island)
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii ) is the List of islands of the United States by area, largest island in the United States, located in the U.S. state, state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of High island, volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean. With an area of , it has 63% of the Hawaiian archipelago's combined landmass. However, it has only 13% of Hawaiʻi's population. The island of Hawaiʻi is the third largest island in Polynesia, behind the two main List of islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand. The island is often referred to as the Island of Hawaii or Hawaii Island to distinguish it from the state. It is also referred to as the Big Island. Administratively, the island is coextensive with Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 200,629. The county seat and largest town is Hilo, Hawaii, Hilo. There are no Municipal corporation, incorporated cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berthold Carl Seemann
Berthold Carl Seemann (25 February 1825, in Hanover, Germany – 10 October 1871, in Nicaragua, Central America), was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America. In 1844 he travelled to the United Kingdom to study botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. On the recommendation of Sir WJ Hooker, he was appointed naturalist on the voyage of exploration of the American west coast and Pacific by Henry Kellett on HMS ''Herald'', 1847–1851, along with the naturalists Thomas Edmondston, and John Goodridge. The expedition returned via Hawaii, Hong Kong and the East Indies, calling at the Cape in March 1851. Here he met up with his old acquaintance Zeyher, and with Baur and Juritz they climbed Table Mountain on 13 March 1851, Ecklon being unwell and unable to accompany them. On 16 March Zeyher introduced him to Bowie at Wynberg. He left the Cape on 27 March and was back in England on 6 June 1851. The botanical resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kokia Drynarioides
''Kokia drynarioides'', commonly known as Hawaiian tree cotton, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. It inhabits dry forests at elevations of . Associated plants include āheahea (''Chenopodium oahuense''), aalii ('' Dodonaea viscosa''), hala pepe ('' Pleomele hawaiiensis''), wiliwili (''Erythrina sandwicensis''), uhiuhi ('' Caesalpinia kavaiensis''), kōlea (''Myrsine lanaiensis''), aiea ('' Nothocestrum latifolium''), kuluī (''Nototrichium sandwicense''), ālaa ('' Planchonella sandwicensis''), ohe kukuluāeo (''Reynoldsia sandwicensis''), māmane (''Sophora chrysophylla''), and maua ( ''Xylosma hawaiensis'' var. ''hillebrandii''). It is threatened by habitat loss and competition with invasive species, such as fountain grass (''Pennisetum setaceum ''Cenchrus setaceus'', commonly known as crimson fountaingrass, is a C4 perennial bunch grass that is native to open, scrubby habitats in East Africa, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Degener
Otto Degener (May 13, 1899 – January 16, 1988) was a botanist and conservationist who specialized in identifying plants of the Hawaiian Islands. Biography Degener was born May 13, 1899 in East Orange, New Jersey. Degener graduated from the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now University of Massachusetts Amherst). Intending to spend a year as a tourist, he arrived in Hawaii but decided to stay. He received his MA from the University of Hawaii in 1922 and his PhD from Columbia University. He taught Botany at the University of Hawaii from 1925 to 1927, and was the first naturalist for what are now Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park. In 1932, Degener started the first book on Hawaiian plants published since that of William Hillebrand in 1888. It was titled ''Flora Hawaiiensis'', and published in several volumes over his lifetime. On January 10, 1953 he married the botanist Isa Irmgard Hansen, whom he met in Berlin in 1952. They collected plants together in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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