Alectryon macrococcus

Alectryon macrococcus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Sapindoideae
Tribus: Cupanieae
Genus: Alectryon
Species: Alectryon macrococcus

Name

Alectryon macrococcus Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 20: 255 (1890)

• Qeyd: this name is based on "Mahoe, gen. nov.?" by Hillebrand, Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 86 (1888).
• Type: W. Hillebrand s.n. (Lectotype: K [​K000701704^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Linney 1988: 69]; Isolectotype: K [​K000701705^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, collected in 1870, determined by Linney on 8 April 1985]; 'Isotypes': BISH {BISH1016502 (586942)^{(JSTOR, JSTOR)}, BISH1016503 (581855)^{(JSTOR, JSTOR)} [with J.M. Lydgate]} [both collected at pali of Kalaupapa, Molokai]).
  • Qeyd: St. John & Frederick (1949: 300) designated a lost specimen at B (destroyed in 1943; monochrome photos available in St. John & Frederick 1949 and Linney 1988: 69) which was later rejected by Linney (1988).
• Type locality: [United States of America. Hawaii:] Hawaiian Islands, in Molokai on the pali of Kalaupapa and in Oahu on the S. W. slope of Mt. Kaala (left branch of Makaleha).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Alectryon mahoe H.St.John & Frederick, Pacific Sci. 3: 296 (–299) (1949); not accepted by Linney (1988: 73) [cited as A. macrococcus var. macrococcus] and Wagner et al. (1999) [cited as A. macrococcus]
    • Type: L. Frederick & K. Sakimura 185 (21 avqust 1947, in flower and fruit; Holotype: BISH [BISH1016504 (579825)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; Isotypes: BISH {BISH1016505 (579824)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, BISH1016506 (579823)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}}, US [​US00095319 (2592817 A)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Type locality: [United states of America.] Hawaiian Islands, Oahu: Puu Kanehoa, South Huliwai Gulch, 2,100 ft. elev.; in open forest with Neraudia sp., Fagara semiarticulata [= Zanthoxylum kauaense A.Gray], and Planchonella sp.
  • Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney, Pacific Sci. 41: 73 (1987 publ. 1988)
    • Type: E.L. Little, Jr. 31122 (26 avqust 1976; Holotype: BISH [BISH1016501 (423454)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]; cf. US [​US00585077 (3280747)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, without type indication]).
    • Type locality: [United States of America.] Hawaii, [Maui]: Eight miles east of Ulupalakua, dry forest on lava, 3000–3500 ft.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (Hawaiian Is.). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Radlkofer, L. 1890. Ueber die Gliederung der Familie der Sapindaceen. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-physikalischen Classe der K. b. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 20: 105–379. Google Books. Reference page. , p. 255

Additional references

• Hillebrand, W. (†). 1888. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams. London: Williams & Norgate; New York: B. Westermann & Co.; Heidelberg: Carl Winter. BHL Reference page. 
• St. John, H. & Frederick, L. 1949. A Second Hawaiian Species of Alectryon (Sapindaceae). Hawaiian Plant Studies 17. Pacific Science 3(4) 296–301. hdl: 10125/8938 Reference page. 
• Linney, G. 1987[1988]. Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Changes in Hawaiian Alectryon (Sapindaceae). Pacific Science 41(1–4): 68–73. hdl: 10125/1021 Reference page. 
• Wagner, W., Herbst, D. & Sohmer, S. 1999. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication 91: 1–1918. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Alectryon macrococcus Radlk. (Critically Endangered) - Assessed by M.M. Bruegmann & V. Caraway on 30 April 2003.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Alectryon macrococcus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 noyabr 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Alectryon macrococcus. Published online. Accessed 18 noyabr 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Alectryon macrococcus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 18 noyabr 2023.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Alectryon macrococcum. Accessed: 2023 noyabr 22.

Vernacular names

English: Mahoe
Hawaiʻi: ʻalaʻalahua

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