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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Haleakala Starviolet, Leafy Bluet
Description
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are trees , shrubs , or infrequently herbs comprising about 450 genera and 6,500 species, including some lianous forms. The leaves are simple and usually entire, and are opposite or sometimes whorled ; stipules are present and interpetiolar . The flowers are nearly always bisexual and actinomorphic , often heterostylous, and usually are in cymose inflorescences. The calyx is mostly somewhat reduced and 4-5-lobed or sometimes the lobes are obsolete or rarely one of them greatly expanded and brightly colored . The sympetalous corolla is mostly 4-5-lobed, occasionally with 3 or up to 10 lobes. The androecium consists of as many stamens as corolla lobes and is adnate to the corolla tube or epigynous zone, alternate with the lobes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of 2 or seldom more carpels, a single style, and a nearly always inferior ovary with the number of locules equaling the number of carpels, each with 1-many axile ovules. An epigynous nectary disk is usually present. The fruit is variable, sometimes forming multiples . -- Gerald Carr.
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- 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
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Gentianales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Genus:
Wiegmannia
()
- Specific epithet:
foliosa
- (Hillebr.) ined.
- Botanical name: - Wiegmannia foliosa (Hillebr.) ined.
- Specific epithet:
foliosa
- (Hillebr.) ined.
- Genus:
Wiegmannia
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Gentianales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Hedyotis foliosa (Hillebr.) Fosberg • Kadua foliosa Hillebr.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Wiegmannia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
W. centranthoides (Forest Starviolet) · W. cookiana ('awiwi) · W. cordata (Kopa) · W. coriacea (Kio'ele) · W. degeneri (Degener's Bluet) · W. elatior ('uiwi) · W. foggiana (Fogg Bluet) · W. foliosa (Haleakala Starviolet) · W. formosa (Maui Starviolet) · W. knudsenii (Knudsen's Bluet) · W. laxiflora (Mann's Bluet) · W. littoralis (Littoral Bluet) · W. parvula (Rockface Starviolet) · W. st.-johnii (Na Pali Beach Hedyotis) · W. tryblium (Kalalau Valley Starviolet)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- 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 April 06, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- 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, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9964144
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-214675
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 35018
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDRUB0W0K0
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: HEFO2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2856143
