| Styphelia tameiameiae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Styphelia |
| Species: | S. tameiameiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Styphelia tameiameiae (Cham. & Schlecht.) F.Muell., 1867 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cyathodes tameiameiae Cham. & Schltdl.[1] |
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Styphelia tameiameiae, known as Pūkiawe in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands.[4] 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.[2] Pūkiawe is found in a variety of habitats in Hawaii at elevations of 15–3,230 m (49–10,600 ft), including mixed mesic forests, wet forests, bogs, and alpine shrublands.[5]
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