Tetraplasandra

Tetraplasandra
ʻOhe mauka (Tetraplasandra oahuensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Subfamily:	Aralioideae
Genus:	Tetraplasandra A.Gray[1]
Species
Tetraplasandra flynnii Tetraplasandra gymnocarpa Tetraplasandra hawaiensis Tetraplasandra kavaiensis Tetraplasandra oahuensis Tetraplasandra waialealae Tetraplasandra waimeae[2]
Synonyms
Dipanax Seem. Pterotropia Hillebr. Triplasandra Seem.[1]

Tetraplasandra is a genus of flowering plants in the ivy family, Araliaceae. It comprises seven species, all of which are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Species

• Tetraplasandra flynnii Lowry & K.R.Wood
• Tetraplasandra gymnocarpa (Hillebr.) Sherff (Oʻahu)^[3]
• Tetraplasandra hawaiensis A.Gray – ʻOheʻohe (island of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi)^[4]
• Tetraplasandra kavaiensis (H.Mann) Sherff (=T. turbans)
• Tetraplasandra oahuensis (A.Gray) Harms (=T. waianensis) – ʻOhe mauka^[2]
• Tetraplasandra waialealae Rock (Kauaʻi)^[3]
• Tetraplasandra waimeae Wawra – ʻOhe kikoʻolā (Kauaʻi)^[3]

Formerly placed here

• Munroidendron racemosum (C.N.Forbes) Sherff (as T. racemosa C.N.Forbes)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Genus: Tetraplasandra A. Gray". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-04-02. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11996. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "GRIN Species Records of Tetraplasandra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11996. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "ohe mauka, oheohe, ohe, ohe kikioola (T. wameae)". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=ohe_ohe. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
4. ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "ʻOheʻohe" (PDF). Common Forest Trees of Hawaii (Native and Introduced). United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Tetraplasandra_hawaiiensis.pdf. 

External links

Media related to Tetraplasandra at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Tetraplasandra at Wikispecies

• "Tetraplasandra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=29401.