Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Dense-flowered Charpenttiera, Napali Coast Papala, Papala
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: Tree
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
A tree
of moist forests
, especially in gulch
bottoms
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland [more info]
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
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
()
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Rubiales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Rubiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- Coffee Family
- Subfamily:
Amaranthoideae
()
- Tribe:
Amarantheae
()
- Genus:
Charpentiera
()
- Gaudichaud-Beaupré, in Freycinet, 1829
- Specific epithet:
densiflora
- Sohmer
- Botanical name: - Charpentiera densiflora Sohmer
- Specific epithet:
densiflora
- Sohmer
- Genus:
Charpentiera
(
- Tribe:
Amarantheae
(
- Subfamily:
Amaranthoideae
(
- Family:
Rubiaceae
(
- Order:
Rubiales
(
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: Sohmer Publication
: Brittonia 24(3): 292 (1972).
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Charpentiera
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. densiflora (Dense-Flowered Charpenttiera) · C. elliptica (Elliptic-Leaf Charpentiera) · C. obovata (Broadleaf Papala) · C. ovata (Egg-Leaf Charpentiera) · C. ovata var. niuensis (Koolau Range Papala) · C. ovata var. ovata (Koolau Range Papala) · C. tomentosa (Papala) · C. tomentosa var. maakuaensis (Waianae Range Papala) · C. tomentosa var. tomentosa (Waianae Range Papala)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Charpentiera densiflora. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2646947
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-20788
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13740664
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60103-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 20788
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 60103-1
- IUCN ID: 199448
- MoBot NameID: 1100436
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDAMA08010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CHDE3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 30291
Footnotes
- Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Charpentiera densiflora. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
