Pleomele aurea

Pleomele aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Pleomele
Species: P. aurea
Binomial name
Pleomele aurea
(H.Mann) N.E.Br., 1867

Pleomele aurea (Golden Hala Pepe) is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 120–1,070 m (390–3,510 ft).[1] It is a small evergreen tree, usually 4.6–7.6 m (15–25 ft) tall, but sometimes reaches 12 m (39 ft). The gray, straight trunk does not have bark and is 0.3–0.9 m (0.98–3.0 ft) in diameter. The sword-shaped leaves are 20–51 cm (7.9–20 in) long and 1–3 cm (0.39–1.2 in) wide.[2]

It was first described by Horace Mann Jr. as Dracaena aurea in 1867. In 1914 N. E. Brown renamed the species Pleomele aurea.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "hala pepe, ieie, kuhaʻo, ku la". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=hala_pepe. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
  2. ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989) (PDF). Halapepe, golden dracaena. United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Pleomele_aurea.pdf. 
  3. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=534111-1. Retrieved 24 March 2009. 
  4. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=539965-1. Retrieved 24 March 2009. 

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