Bobea

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Bobea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Cinchonoideae
Tribe:	Guettardeae[1]
Genus:	Bobea Gaudichaud[2]
Type species
Bobea elatior Gaudichaud
Species
Bobea brevipes Bobea elatior Bobea sandwicensis Bobea timonioides

Bobea is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. All species in this genus are endemic to Hawaii. .^[3] Bobea was named for Jean-Baptiste Bobe-Moreau by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré in 1830 in his book Voyage de l'Uranie(Voyage of the Uranus).

The wood of Bobea is hard, wearable, and yellow. It was used for the gunwales of Polynesian voyaging canoes. The gunwales of modern canoes are sometimes painted yellow in imitation of the wood that is no longer widely available.

Species

• Bobea brevipes A.Gray - ʻAhakea lau liʻi (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu)^[4]
• Bobea elatior Gaud. - ʻAhakea lau nui (Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, Maui, island of Hawaiʻi)^[4]
• Bobea sandwicensis (A.Gray) Hillebr. - ʻAhakea^[5] (Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui)^[4]
• Bobea timonioides (Hook.f.) Hillebr. - ʻAhakea (Maui, island of Hawaiʻi)^[4]

References

1. ^ "Genus Bobea". Taxonomy. UniProt. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/153736. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 
2. ^ "Bobea Gaud.". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=35153. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
3. ^ Warren L. Wagner, Derral R. Herbst, and Sy H. Sohmer. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Revised Edition, 1999. Bishop Museum Press: Hololulu
4. ^ ^{a b c d} "ahakea, ahakea lau lii (B. brevipes), akupa (B. brevipes), ahakea lau nui (B. elatior)". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=ahakea. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
5. ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989) (PDF). ʻAhakea. United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/data/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Bobea_sandwicensis.pdf. 

External links

• Bobea At: [1] At: Hawaiian Native Plant Genera At: [2] At: People At: UH Botany