Melicope quadrangularis

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Melicope puauluensis (St. John) T. G. Hartley & B. C. Stone • Pelea cauliflora St. John • Pelea pseudoanisata Rock • Pelea pseudoanisata var. oblanceolata (St. John) B. C. Stone • Pelea puauluensis St. John

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melicope

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

M. adscendens (Alani) · M. anisata (Mokihana) · M. balloui (Rock Pelea) · M. barbigera (Uahi-A-Pele) · M. christophersenii (Christophersen's Pelea) · M. cinerea (Manena) · M. clusiifolia (Clusia-Leaf Pelea) · M. cruciata (Cross-Bearing Pelea) · M. degeneri (Degener's Pelea) · M. elleryana (Pink Evodia) · M. elliptica (Leiohi'iaka) · M. feddei (Hiiaka) · M. haleakalae (Haleakala Melicope) · M. haupuensis (Alani) · M. hawaiensis (Manena) · M. hosakae (Honolulu Melicope) · M. kaalaensis (Kaala Melicope) · M. kavaiensis (Kauai Melicope) · M. knudsenii (Knudsen's Melicope) · M. lydgatei (Alani) · M. macropus (Kaholuamanu Melicope) · M. makahae (Makaha Valley Melicope) · M. mauii (Maui Melicope) · M. molokaiensis (Molokai Melicope) · M. mucronulata (Alani) · M. munroi (Lanahale) · M. nealiae (Kokee Plateau Melicope) · M. oahuensis (Oahu Melicope) · M. obovata (Obovate Melicope) · M. orbicularis (Honokahua Melicope) · M. ovalis (Wild Pelea) · M. ovata (Eggshape Melicope) · M. pallida (Alani) · M. paniculata (Alani) · M. peduncularis (Boxfruit Alani) · M. pseudoanisata (Kohala Summit Melicope) · M. puberula (Hairy Melicope) · M. quadrangularis (Four-Angled Pelea) · M. radiata (Kapu Melicope) · M. reflexa (Alani) · M. rotundifolia (Round-Leaf Pelea) · M. saint-johnii (St John's Pelea) · M. sandwicensis (Gray's Pelea) · M. volcanica (Volcanic Melicope) · M. waialealae (Alani Wai) · M. wailauensis (Wailau Melicope) · M. wawraeana (Monoa Melicope) · M. zahlbruckneri (Zahlbruckner's Melicope)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 528.
• The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 349.

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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Melicope quadrangularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2664796
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-196049
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:946535-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 320450
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 196049
• IUCN ID: 222576
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDRUT0A1N0
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: Q1ZA
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MEQU3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49699

Footnotes

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Melicope quadrangularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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