Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ericales > Ericaceae > Leptecophylla > Leptecophylla tameiameiaeLeptecophylla tameiameiae (pukiawe)Synonyms: Cyathodes banksii; Cyathodes douglasii; Cyathodes douglasii struthioloides; Cyathodes douglasii var. struthioloides; Cyathodes imbricata; Cyathodes imbricata struthioloides; Cyathodes imbricata var. struthioloides; Cyathodes imbricata var. volcanica; Cyathodes imbricata volcanica; Cyathodes macraeana; Cyathodes tameiameiae (homotypic); Cyathodes tameiameiae brownii; Cyathodes tameiameiae chamissoi; Cyathodes tameiameiae collina; Cyathodes tameiameiae f. collina; Cyathodes tameiameiae f. montana; Cyathodes tameiameiae macraeana; Cyathodes tameiameiae montana; Cyathodes tameiameiae var. brownii; Cyathodes tameiameiae var. chamissoi; Cyathodes tameiameiae var. macraeana; Cyathodes tameiameiae var. societas; Cyathodes tameiameiae var. societatis; Leptecophylla imbricata; Styphelia douglasii (homotypic); Styphelia douglasii struthioloides; Styphelia douglasii var. struthioloides; Styphelia grayana; Styphelia tameiamei var. brownii; Styphelia tameiamei var. hexamera; Styphelia tameiamei var. marquesensis; Styphelia tameiameia f. marquesensis; Styphelia tameiameiae (homotypic); Styphelia tameiameiae brownii; Styphelia tameiameiae f. marquesensis; Styphelia tameiameiae hexamera; Styphelia tameiameiae var. brownii; Styphelia tameiameiae var. hexandra; Styphelia tameiameiae var. marquesensis; Styphelia tameiameiae var. tameiameiae; Styphelia tameiameii Styphelia tameiameiae, known as pūkiawe or maiele in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands. The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. It grows as a tree up to 4.6 m (15 ft) tall in forests and as a shrub 0.9–3 m (3.0–9.8 ft) in height elsewhere. Its small needle-like leaves are whitish underneath, dark green above. The round berries range in color from white through shades of pink to red. Pūkiawe is found in a variety of habitats in Hawaii at elevations of 15–3,230 m (49–10,597 ft), including mixed mesic forests, wet forests, bogs, and alpine shrublands. |
Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Structure [1] | Shrub |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4OBSERVATIONS ON DISTRIBUTION, DIET, AND BREEDING OF THE HAWAIIAN THRUSH, CHARLES van RIPER III AND J. MICHAEL SCOTT, Condor, 81:65-71, 1979 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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