Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Noni Kuahiwi
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 , Shrub
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology: Sometimes dominating lowland rainforest.[1].
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
- Superorder:
Gentiananae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Morinda lanaiensis H. St. John • Morinda sandwicensis f. glabrata O. Deg. • Morinda sandwicensis O. Deg. • Morinda sandwicensis var. glabrata (O. Deg.) H. St. John • Morinda sandwicensis var. hosakae H. St. John
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Morinda
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. angustifolia (Narrow-Leaved Indian Mulberry) · M. citrifolia (Cheese Fruit) · M. cochinchinensis (Large-Fruited Morinda) · M. jasminoides (Jasmine Morinda) · M. officinalis (Medicinal Indian Mulberry) · M. parvifolia (Small-Leaved Indian Mulberry) · M. royoc (Redgal) · M. trimera (Noni Kuahiwi) · M. umbellata boninensis (Common Indian Mulberry) · M. umbellata umbellata (Common Indian-Mulberry)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 512.
- The Hawaiian forester and agriculturist. Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Co., 1904-1933. url p. 87.
- The Plant world. Baltimore [etc.]Plant World Association [etc.] url p. 210, p. 214.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 369.
- The indigenous trees of the Hawaiian Islands / by Joseph F. Rock. Honolulu: J.F. Rock; 1913. url p. 467, p. 468.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- 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, 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 Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Morinda trimera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-129957
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:756505-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 35074
- IUCN ID: 224431
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDRUB18050
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MOSA2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 48306
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Morinda trimera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
