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Cheirodendron 
Cheirodendron trigynum on Maui Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Araliaceae Subfamily: Aralioideae Genus: Cheirodendron
Nutt. ex Seem.Species - Cheirodendron bastardianum
- Cheirodendron dominii
- Cheirodendron fauriei
- Cheirodendron forbesii
- Cheirodendron platyphyllum
- Cheirodendron trigynum
Cheirodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the ivy family, Araliaceae. All six species in the genus are endemic to Polynesia. The five Hawaiian species are generally called ʻōlapa, and occur in wet forests on all major islands as well as some mesic forests, such as Kipuka Puaulu.
Species
- Cheirodendron bastardianum (Decaisne) Frodin (Marquesas Islands)[1] (= C. marquesense)
- Cheirodendron dominii Kraj. Kauaʻi[2]
- Cheirodendron fauriei Hochr. (Kauaʻi)[2]
- Cheirodendron forbesii (Sherff) Lowry (Kauaʻi)[2]
- Cheirodendron platyphyllum (Hook. & Arn.) Seem. - Lapalapa (Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)[3]
- C. platyphyllum ssp. kauaiense
- C. platyphyllum ssp. platyphyllum
- Cheirodendron trigynum (Gaudich.) A.Heller (main islands of Hawaiʻi)[4]
- C. trigynum ssp. helleri
- C. trigynum ssp. trigynum
References
- ^ Florence, J. (1998). Cheirodendron bastardianum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2009-03-24.
- ^ a b c "olapa, lapa, lapalapa". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=olapa. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989) (PDF). Lapalapa. United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/data/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Cheirodendron_platyphyllum.pdf.
- ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989) (PDF). ʻŌlapa, common cheirodendron. United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/data/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Cheirodendron_trigynum.pdf.
External links
- "ʻŌlapa". Native Hawaiian Plants. Kapiʻolani Community College. http://old.kcc.hawaii.edu/campus/tour/plants/polapa.htm.
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