Biology:Polyscias sandwicensis
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Short description: Species of tree
| Polyscias sandwicensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Polyscias |
| Species: | P. sandwicensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyscias sandwicensis (A.Gray) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Reynoldsia sandwicensis A.Gray | |
Polyscias sandwicensis (formerly Reynoldsia sandwicensis), known in Hawaiian as the 'ohe makai[3] or ʻOhe kukuluāeʻo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii.
It is a Hawaiian dry forest tree, adapted by being deciduous and losing its leaves during the regular summer drought.[4] It reaches a height of 4.6–15 m (15–49 ft) high with a trunk diameter of 0.5–0.6 m (1.6–2.0 ft).[5] It can be found at elevations of 30–800 m (98–2,625 ft) on most main islands. Polyscias sandwicensis generally inhabits lowland dry forests, but is occasionally seen in coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests.[6] It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Polyscias sandwicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33683A9796374.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/33683/9796374. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "Polyscias sandwicensis (A.Gray) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-463840.
- ↑ "Reynoldsia sandwicensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RESA. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "'Ohe makai". Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative. https://www.waikoloadryforest.org/plants/ohe-makai/.
- ↑ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "ʻOhe makai, Hawaiian reynoldsia". Common Forest Trees of Hawaii. United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Reynoldsia_sandwicensis.pdf.
- ↑ "ohe makai". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=ohe_makai.
External links
- "Reynoldsia sandwicensis". Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/rey-sand.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q28526720 entry
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