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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Uahi-A-Pele, Uahiapele
Description
Family Rutaceae
The Rutaceae are herbs, shrubs , and trees with glandular punctate , commonly strongly smelling herbage comprising about 150 genera and 1,500 species that are further characterized by the common occurrence of spines and winged petioles . The leaves are alternate or opposite, simple or palmately or pinnately compound , or sometimes heathlike or reduced to spines; stipules are absent. The flowers are often sweet-scented, nearly always bisexual , and are actinomorphic or sometimes zygomorphic. The calyx consists of 3-5 distinct or basally connate sepals and the corolla consists of 3-5 distinct or sometimes connate petals or rarely the petals are lacking. The androecium consists of distinct or sometimes connate stamens that are commonly obdiplostemonous , that is in two whorls with the outer whorl opposite the petals. However, sometimes there may be (1)3-4 whorls or rarely up to 60 stamens. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of commonly 2-5 or more, often incompletely connate carpels that may be united only basally or apically, either one or an equal number of styles , and a superior ovary with usually 2-5 or more locules, each bearing 1-several axile ovules. Generally, an intrastaminal nectary disk is situated between the stamens and the ovary. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Physical Description
Habit: Tree
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Melicope barbigera Gray
- Pelea balloui Rock
- Pelea mannii Hbd. p.p.
- Pelea olowaluensis St. John
- Pelea ukeleteensis St. John
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Melicope
There are approximately 263 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. aberrans · M. accedens · M. acronychioides · M. acuminata · M. adscendens (Alani) · M. aequata · M. affinis · M. alba · M. albiflora · M. anisata (Mokihana) · M. auriculata · M. australasica · M. awadan · M. bakeri · M. balankazo · M. balloui (Alani) · M. barbigera (Uahi-A-Pele) · M. beccarii · M. belahe · M. bonwickii · M. borbonica · M. borbonica var. acuminata · M. boweriana · M. brachiata · M. bracteata · M. brassii · M. broadbentiana · M. buennemeijeri · M. burmahia · M. burttiana · M. calycina · M. capillacea · M. carrii · M. chapelieri · M. chapelieri var. sessilis · M. chooreechillum · M. christophersenii (Christophersen's Pelea) · M. chunii · M. cinerea (Manena) · M. clathrata · M. clemensiae · M. clusiifolia (Clusia-Leaf Pelea) · M. confusa · M. contermina · M. coodeana · M. coriacea · M. corneri · M. cruciata (Cross-Bearing Pelea) · M. cucullata · M. cucullata var. robustior · M. curranii · M. degeneri (Degener's Pelea) · M. denhamii · M. densiflora · M. dielsii · M. discolor · M. diversifolia · M. doormani-montis · M. dubia · M. elleryana (Pink Evodia) · M. elliptica (Leiohi'iaka) · M. emarginata · M. erromangensis · M. erythrococca · M. euneura · M. fareana · M. fatuhivensis · M. feddei (Hiiaka) · M. fellii · M. flaviflora · M. floribunda · M. fulva · M. gjellerupii · M. glabella · M. glaberrima · M. glabra · M. glabriflora · M. glomerata · M. grandifolia · M. grisea · M. grisea var. crassifolia · M. halconensis · M. haleakalae (Haleakala Melicope) · M. haupuensis (Alani) · M. hawaiensis (Manena) · M. hayesii · M. helferi · M. heterophylla · M. hivaoaensis · M. homeophylla · M. homoeophylla · M. hookeri · M. hosakae (Honolulu Melicope) · M. iboensis · M. incana · M. indica · M. inopinata · M. irifica · M. jonesii · M. jugosa
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2664765
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-196017
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1040075
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:774260-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 196017
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDRUT0A050
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PEBA4
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49826
