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Melicope Knudsenii
''Melicope knudsenii'', commonly known as Olokele Valley melicope or Knudsen's melicope, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, that is Endemism, endemic to Hawaii. It inhabits montane Hawaiian tropical rainforests#Mixed mesic forests, mesic forests dominated by ''Acacia koa'', ''Metrosideros polymorpha'', and ''Dicranopteris linearis'' on Kauai, Kauai (Olokele Valley and Waimea Canyon State Park, Waimea Canyon) and East Maui (Auwahi). Associated plants include ''Syzygium sandwicensis'', ''Cheirodendron trigynum'', ''Myrsine lessertiana'', ''Ilex anomala'', ''Alphitonia ponderosa'', ''Zanthoxylum dipetalum'', ''Kadua terminalis'', ''Pleomele aurea'', ''Bobea'' spp., ''Tetraplasandra waimeae'', ''Xylosma hawaiensis'', ''Eurya sandwicensis'', ''Psychotria mariniana'', ''Melicope anisata'', ''Melicope barbigera'', ''Pouteria sandwicensis'', ''Dodonaea viscosa'', and ''Dianella sandwicensis''. It is threatened by habitat loss. Like other Hawaiian ''Melicope'', this spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hillebrand
Wilhelm or William Hillebrand (November 13, 1821 – July 13, 1886) was a German physician. He practiced medicine in several different countries, including for over 20 years in the Hawaiian islands. In 1850, Hillebrand lived at what is now Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu and gained acknowledgement as a botanist. Life and career Hillebrand was born on November 13, 1821, in Nieheim, Province of Westphalia, Prussia. His father was Judge Franz Josef Hillebrand, and mother Louise Pauline Konig. He studied medicine at Heidelberg and Berlin, and practiced at Paderborn. He sought a warmer climate to recover from a lung problem, (perhaps tuberculosis), first traveling to Australia in 1849, and then the Spanish East Indies, Philippines. Hillebrand then went to San Francisco and finally arrived in the Kingdom of Hawaii, Hawaii on December 22, 1850. He stayed for a little over 20 years and made significant contributions to local medical practice. He was able to speak the Hawaiian langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilex Anomala
''Ilex anomala'', commonly known as Hawai'i holly, kāwau or aiea, is a species of holly that is endemic to Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat .... It inhabits mixed mesic and wet forests at elevations of on all main islands. References External links Trees of Hawaii Endemic flora of Hawaii anomala Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{tree-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodonaea Viscosa
''Dodonaea viscosa'', also known as the broadleaf hopbush, is a species of flowering plant in the ''Dodonaea'' (hopbush) genus that has a cosmopolitan distribution in Tropics, tropical, Subtropics, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia and Australasia. ''Dodonaea'' is part of Sapindaceae, the soapberry family. This species is notable for its extremely wide distribution, which it achieved only over the last 2 million years (from its region of origin in Australia) via oceanic dispersal. Harrington and Gadek (2009) referred to ''D. viscosa'' as having "a distribution equal to some world’s greatest transoceanic dispersers". Common names The common name hopbush is used for ''D. viscosa'' specifically and also for the genus as a whole. In the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, this plant is called ''virāli'' (விராலி). Australian common names include: broad leaf hopbush, candlewood, giant hopbush, narrow leaf hopbush, sticky hopbus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouteria Sandwicensis
''Pouteria sandwicensis'' is a species of flowering tree in the sapodilla family, Sapotaceae, that is endemic to the main islands of Hawaii. Names for this species in the Hawaiian language include ''Ālaa'', ''Āulu'' and ''Ēlaa''. Description ''Ālaa'' inhabits dry, coastal mesic, and mixed mesic forests at elevations of . ''Ālaa'' reaches a height of and a trunk diameter of . The thick bark is grey and fissured, with an orange inner layer. The leaves are alternate, thick, leathery, oblong or elliptical, and measure long and wide. The upper surfaces of the leaves are glabrous and shiny green, while the lower surfaces are dull and may feature bronze or reddish brown pressed hairs. The hairs are sometimes found only on the tips of new leaves (see photo gallery below). Inflorescences with one to four bell-shaped flowers are found at the bases of leaves. The fruit, a berry, is in diameter and yellow, orange, or purplish black. Each fruit contains one to five seeds, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melicope Barbigera
''Melicope'' is a genus of about 240 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from the Hawaiian Islands across the Pacific Ocean to tropical Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Melicope'' have simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers arranged in panicles, with four sepals, four petals and four or eight stamens and fruit composed of up to four follicles. Description Plants in the genus ''Melicope'' have simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, or sometimes whorled. The flowers are arranged in panicles and are bisexual or sometimes with functionally male- or female-only flowers. The flowers have four sepals, four petals and four or eight stamens. There are four, sometimes five, carpels fused at the base with fused styles, the stigma similar to the tip of the style. The fruit is composed of up to four follicles fused at the base, each with one or two seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Melicope'' was fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melicope Anisata
''Melicope'' is a genus of about 240 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from the Hawaiian Islands across the Pacific Ocean to tropical Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus ''Melicope'' have simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers arranged in panicles, with four sepals, four petals and four or eight stamens and fruit composed of up to four follicles. Description Plants in the genus ''Melicope'' have simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, or sometimes whorled. The flowers are arranged in panicles and are bisexual or sometimes with functionally male- or female-only flowers. The flowers have four sepals, four petals and four or eight stamens. There are four, sometimes five, carpels fused at the base with fused styles, the stigma similar to the tip of the style. The fruit is composed of up to four follicles fused at the base, each with one or two seeds. Taxonomy The genus ''Melicope'' was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychotria Mariniana
''Psychotria mariniana'', the forest wild coffee or ''kōpiko'', is a tree endemic to Hawaii. The plant belongs to the Rubiaceae (coffee) family, subfamily Rubioidae. It is a tree of varying size with a dark bark, shiny leaves, and orange oval fruit. A distinctive line of glands along the bottom of the central vein of each leaf connects this plant to the Hawaiian word for it, since ''piko'' means navel (in Hawaiian). The word ''kōpiko'' applies to all the Hawaiian plants in the genus ''Psychotria''. See also * Kopiko (confectionery) Kopiko is an Indonesian brand of coffee confectioneries originally produced in Indonesia by Mayora Indah. It is named after the ''kōpiko'' coffee bean, found in Hawaii. Kopiko Coffee Candy is currently available in over 80 countries around the ... References External links * A page about growing kōpiko in gardens(Google Books). A hiking page referring to kōpiko(Google Books) * * mariniana Endemic flora of Hawaii Plants describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurya Sandwicensis
''Eurya sandwicensis'', the ānini or wānini, is a species of flowering plant in the family Pentaphylacaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References Endemic flora of Hawaii Trees of Hawaii sandwicensis Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{tree-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xylosma Hawaiensis
''Xylosma hawaiensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. Common names include Hawai'i brushholly, ''maua'', and ''ae'' (Maui only). Description ''Xylosma hawaiensis'' is a small deciduous tree, reaching a height of . The alternate, elliptical leaves are long, wide, and produced on thin petioles in length. Young leaves are bronze green, reddish, or copper-colored with red veins, aging to shiny dark green on top and slightly shiny green on bottom. Twigs are initially dark red and mature to a dark brown. Racemes long are produced at the bases of new leaves or the back of leaves. The dioecious flowers are greenish or reddish and in diameter. Female plants produce abundant berries A berry is a small, pulpy, and often edible fruit. Typically, berries are juicy, rounded, brightly colored, sweet, sour or tart, and do not have a stone or pit, although many pips or seeds may be present. Common examples are strawberries, raspb ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetraplasandra Waimeae
''Tetraplasandra'' is a no longer recognised genus of plants in the ivy family, Araliaceae. They are small to medium trees, (rarely shrubs or large trees) of mesic to wet forests.Porter P. Lowry II. 1990. "Araliaceae", pages 224-237. In: Warren L. Wagner, Derral R. Herbst, and Sy H. Sohmer. ''Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii'', Revised Edition, 1999. Bishop Museum Press: Hololulu Some authors have recognized as many as 19 species in ''Tetraplasandra'',Earl Edward Sherff. 1955. "Revision of the Hawaiian members of the genus ''Tetraplasandra'' A. Gray". ''Fieldiana: Botany'' 29(2):49-142. while others have recognized as few as six. In 2007, the authors of a scientific paper recommended that the genus be divided into nine species.Annemarie Costello and Timothy J. Motley. 2007. "Phylogenetics of the Tetraplasandra Group (Araliaceae) Inferred from ITS, 5S-NTS, and Morphology". ''Systematic Botany'' 32(2):464-477. In 2010, all of these nine species were included in '' Polyscias'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobea
''Bobea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. All species in this genus are endemic to Hawaii. ''Bobea'' was named for Jean-Baptiste Bobe-Moreau by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré in 1830 in his book ''Voyage de l'Uranie''. The wood of ''Bobea'' is hard, wearable, and yellow. It was used for the gunwales of Polynesian voyaging canoes. The gunwales of modern canoes are sometimes painted yellow in imitation of the wood that is no longer widely available. Species * ''Bobea brevipes'' A.Gray – ''Ahakea lau lii'' (Kauai, Oahu) * ''Bobea gaudichaudii'' ( Cham. & Schltdl.) H.St.John & Herbst – ''Ahakea lau nui'' (Kauai, Molokai, Maui, island of Hawaii) * '' Bobea sandwicensis'' (A.Gray) Hillebr. – ''Ahakea'' (Oahu, Molokai, Lānai, Maui) * '' Bobea timonioides'' (Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleomele Aurea
''Dracaena aurea'', the golden hala pepe, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of . It is a small evergreen tree, usually tall, but sometimes reaches . The gray, straight trunk does not have bark and is in diameter. The sword-shaped leaves are long and wide. It was first described by Horace Mann Jr. as ''Dracaena aurea'' in 1867. In 1914, N. E. Brown moved it to the genus ''Pleomele''. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families rejects the move. References aurea Aurea, golden in Latin, may refer to: * Aurea (car), a former Italian automobile manufactured in Turin from 1921 to 1930 * Aurea (singer) (born 1987), Portuguese singer * Aurea Alexandrina, a kind of opiate or antidote * Áurea, a municipality in ... Endemic flora of Hawaii Biota of Kauai Trees of Hawaii Plants described in 1867 Taxa named by Horace Mann Jr. Flora without expected TNC co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
