Remya Kauaiensis
''Remya kauaiensis'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name of Kauai remya. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by the degradation of its habitat. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. This shrub usually grows up to about tall,''Remya kauaiensis''.
Center for Plant Conservation. but can reach up to .''Remya kauaiensis''.
The Nature Conservancy. It has many vine-like spreading branches with fuzzy tips. The toothed leaves are green on the upper surfaces and are coated in white hair ...
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Metrosideros Polymorpha
''Metrosideros polymorpha'', the ''ōhia lehua'', is a species of flowering evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is endemic to the six largest islands of Hawaii. It is a highly variable tree, being tall in favorable situations, and a much smaller prostrate shrub when growing in boggy soils or directly on basalt. It produces a brilliant display of flowers, made up of a mass of stamens, which can range from fiery red to yellow. Many native Hawaiian traditions refer to the tree and the forests it forms as sacred to Pele, the volcano goddess, and to Laka, the goddess of hula. Ōhia trees grow easily on lava, and are usually the first plants to grow on new lava flows. It is a common misconception that the word ''ōhia'' is used to refer to the tree and that the word ''lehua'' refers only to its flowers. ''The Hawaiian Dictionary'' (Pukui and Elbert 1986: 199) defines ''lehua'' with these words: "The flower of the ''ōhia'' tree... ''also the tree itself'' mphasis ...
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Nestegis Sandwicensis
''Nestegis sandwicensis'', commonly known as Hawai'i olive or ''olopua'', is a species of flowering tree in the olive family, Oleaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is found on all major islands at elevations of in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests, and, especially, dry forests. It usually reaches a height of with a trunk diameter of , but may reach in height with a trunk diameter of . Uses Native Hawaiians used the hard wood of ''olopua'' to make ''au koi'' (adze handles), ''apuapu'' (rasps for making fish hooks), ''ōō'' (digging sticks), ''lāau melomelo'' (fishing lures), ''pou'' (house posts), ''pāhoa'' (daggers), ''pīkoi'' (tripping weapons similar to a rope dart), and spears. Because the wood burned well even if green, it was used as ''wahie'' (firewood Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not highly processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fue ...
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Myrsine Knudsenii
''Myrsine knudsenii'', the Kokee colicwood, is a species of tree in the primrose family. It is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss. This is a shrub or tree growing up to 4.5 meters tall with flowers occurring in clusters along the branches.''Myrsine knudsenii''.

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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 ...
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Leptecophylla Tameiameiae
''Leptecophylla tameiameiae'', known as or in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands. The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaii. It grows as a tree up to tall in forests and as a shrub in height elsewhere. Its small needle-like leaves are whitish underneath, dark green above. The round berries range in color from white through shades of pink to red. ''Pūkiawe'' is found in a variety of habitats in Hawaii at elevations of , including mixed mesic forests, wet forests, bogs, and alpine shrublands. Ecology is a hardy, adaptive, and morphologically variable plant that occupies a variety of ecosystems, from dry forest up to alpine bogs and shrublands. Despite being common, it is difficult to propagate, taking months to years for seeds to germinate and growing very slowly. The and other birds eat the berries of this shrub and thus distribute it. Human Uses Native Ha ...
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Kadua Affinis
''Kadua'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Rubiaceae. It comprises 29 species,''Kadua'' At: World Checklist of Rubiaceae At: Kew Gardens Website. (see ''External links'' below). all restricted to Polynesia. Twenty-two of these are Endemism, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Some of the species are common at high elevation. Others are single-island endemics or very rare, and a few are probably Extinction, extinct. ''Kadua affinis'' is widely Range (biology), distributed in Hawaii and is Polymorphism (biology), polymorphic.David J. Mabberley. 2008''Mabberley's Plant-Book''third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. p. 448 The type species for the genus is ''Kadua acuminata''.''Kadua'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see ''External links'' below). ''Kadua'' was formerly included in a broadly defined and polyphyletic ''Hedyotis'', which encompassed, in addition to ''Kadua'', species now placed in ''Oldenlandia'', ''Oldenlan ...
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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 ...
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Dicranopteris Linearis
''Dicranopteris linearis'' is a common species of fern known by many common names, including Old World forked fern, ''uluhe'' ( Hawaiian), and ''dilim'' ( Filipino). It is one of the most widely distributed ferns of the wet Old World tropics and adjacent regions, including Polynesia and the Pacific.Russell, A. E., et al. (1998)The ecology of the climbing fern ''Dicranopteris linearis'' on windward Mauna Loa, Hawaii.''Journal of Ecology'' 86 765. In parts of the New World tropics its niche is filled by its relative, ''Dicranopteris pectinatus''. This rhizomatous fern spreads via cloning, spreading along the ground and climbing on other vegetation, often forming thickets 3 metres deep or more. The stem grows from the rhizome, branches at a 45° angle, and forms fronds that continue to bud and branch. In this way the growth can continue for a long distance as the plant forms a mat, grows over itself in layers, and spreads.Romanchak, E., et alThe propagation and production of uluhe f ...
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Dianella Sandwicensis
Dianella may refer to: * ''Dianella'' (beetle), a species and genus of beetle in the family Carabidae now known as ''Diamella'' * ''Dianella'' (gastropod), a genus of freshwater snails in the family Hydrobiidae * ''Dianella'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants * Dianella, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Australia ** Dianella White Eagles Dianella White Eagles Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Perth. It was established by the local Serbian Australian community in 1978 as Dianella Serbia. In 2023, the club will compete in the Football West Sta ...

Claoxylon Sandwicense
''Claoxylon'' is a flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, comprising dioecious subshrubs to small trees. It was first described as a genus in 1824. The genus is distributed in paleotropical areas: Madagascar through South and Southeast Asia, Malesia to Melanesia, Hawaii, and Australia. Half of the species are in Malesia. According to a molecular phylogenetic study by Wurdack, Hoffmann & Chase (2005), ''Claoxylon'' is sister to ''Erythrococca'' (50 species, Africa), and together they form the top of a Hennigian comb-like phylogeny.Forster, P.I. (2007). A taxonomic revision of ''Claoxylon'' A.Juss. (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7: 451-472. The genus ''Claoxylon'' is usually easily recognizable because the dried leaves in herbariums of most species are rough (few are smooth). ;Species ;Formerly included moved to other genera ''(Acalypha, Croton, Discoclaoxylon, Erythrococca, Lobanilia, Macaranga, Mallotus, Micrococca, Orfilea ''Orfilea'' is ...
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Chamaesyce Atrococca
''Chamaesyce'' is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that ''Chamaesyce'' is deeply nested within the broader '' Euphorbia''. Specifically, ''Chamaesyce'' is very closely related to plants like '' Euphorbia pulcherrima'', the popular poinsettia (this and related plants have also been given in their own genus, ''Poinsettia'', but are also well nested within ''Euphorbia''). Currently, all species have now been reclassified as species of '' Euphorbia''. Specifically, this group now belongs to ''Euphorbia'' subgenus ''Chamaesyce'' section ''Anisophyllum'' (which can be abbreviated ''Euphorbia'' sect. ''Anisophyllym''). Taxonomically speaking, ''Chamaesyce'' is considered a synonym of ''Euphorbia''. ''Euphorbia'' sect. ''Anisophyllum'' is a large group with about 365 species. ''Euphorbia'' sect. ''Anisophyllum'' differs from other ''Euphorbia'' species in a number of characteristics. Perhaps the most important is the presence of C4 ...
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