Biology:Styphelia tameiameiae

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Styphelia tameiameiae
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S. tameiameiae
Binomial name
Styphelia tameiameiae
Synonyms

Cyathodes tameiameiae Cham. & Schltdl.[1]
Styphelia douglasii (A.Gray) Skottsb.[2]
Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Cham. & Schltdl.) C.M.Weiller[3]

Styphelia tameiameiae, known as pūkiawe or maiele in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands.[4] The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. It grows as a tree up to 4.6 m (15 ft) tall in forests and as a shrub 0.9–3 m (3.0–9.8 ft) 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.[2] Pūkiawe is found in a variety of habitats in Hawaii at elevations of 15–3,230 m (49–10,597 ft), including mixed mesic forests, wet forests, bogs, and alpine shrublands.[5]

References

  1. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Styphelia tameiameiae | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2009-11-18 }}
  2. 2.0 2.1 Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989) (PDF). Pūkiawe. United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Styphelia_tameiameiae.pdf. 
  3. "Epacridaceae Leptecophylla tameiameiae ( Cham. & Schltdl. ) C.M.Weiller". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=829F579CBD2BCF2C1558FDB4555C06D8?id=1012590-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Bjsessionid%3D829F579CBD2BCF2C1558FDB4555C06D8%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_isAPNIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3DEpacridaceae%26find_genus%3D%26find_isGCIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3D%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_isIKRecord%3Dtrue%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal. Retrieved 2009-11-19. 
  4. "Styphelia tameiameiae". Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/sty-tame.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-18. 
  5. "Pukiawe". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultslite.asp?search=pukiawe. Retrieved 2009-11-18. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3024342 entry