Overview
These plants harbor a blue-green alga that is capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen. This species has perfect flowers sometimes mixed with male and female flowers scattered throughout the inflorescence.
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Haha
Common Names in Hawaiian:
'ape'ape
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Haloragales
()
- Family:
Gracillarioidea
()
- Genus:
Gunnera
()
- Linnaeus, 1767
- Specific epithet:
petaloidea
- Gaud.
- Botanical name: - Gunnera petaloidea Gaud.
- Specific epithet:
petaloidea
- Gaud.
- Genus:
Gunnera
(
- Family:
Gracillarioidea
(
- Order:
Haloragales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Gunnera eastwoodae St. John
- Gunnera kaalensis (Krajina) St. John
- Gunnera makahaensis St. John
- Gunnera mauiensis (Krajina) St. John
- Gunnera molokaiensis St. John
Notes
Publishing author : St .John Publication : in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, xxv. 388 (1946). Publishing author: St.John Publication: in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, xxv. 389 (1946) Basionym author: (Kroj.) Publishing author: St.John Publication: in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, xxv. 394 (1946). Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gunnera
There are approximately 100 species in this genus:
G. aequatoriensis · G. albocarpa · G. amicorum · G. annae · G. antioquensis · G. apiculata · G. arenaria · G. atropurpurea · G. atropurpurea var. munchicana · G. berteroi · G. bogotana · G. bolivari · G. boliviana · G. bracteata · G. brasiliensis · G. brephogea · G. calthaefolia · G. caucana · G. chilensis · G. colombiana · G. commutata · G. cordifolia · G. cuatrecasii · G. densiflora · G. dentata · G. diazii · G. dominii · G. eartwoodiae · G. ecuadoriana · G. erosa · G. falklandica · G. flavida · G. fulvida · G. garciae-barrigae · G. glabra · G. hamiltonii · G. hernandezii · G. herteri · G. insignis (Poorman's Umbrella) · G. insularis · G. kaalaensis · G. kauaiensis ('ape'ape) · G. kauariensis · G. killipiana · G. laxiflora · G. lobata · G. lozanii · G. macrophylla (Gunnera) · G. magellanica (Gunnera) · G. magellanica 'Osorno' · G. magnifica · G. makahaensis · G. manicata (Dinosaur Food) · G. margaretae · G. masafuerae · G. mauiensis · G. mexicana · G. microcarpa · G. mixta · G. molokaiensis · G. monoica · G. morae · G. ovata · G. peltata · G. perpensa (River Pumpkin) · G. perpense · G. peruviana · G. petaloidea (Haha) · G. petaloides · G. pilosa · G. pittierana · G. plicata · G. prorepens · G. prorepens small · G. prorepens var. aurea · G. pyramidalis · G. quitoensis · G. reichei · G. rheifolia · G. saint-johnii · G. sanctae-marthae · G. scabra · G. schindleri · G. schultesii · G. silvioana · G. steyermarkii · G. strigosa · G. tacueyana · G. tajumbina · G. talamanca · G. talamancana · G. tamanensis · G. tayrona · G. tinctoria (Chilean Gunnera) · G. tinctoria 'Nana' · G. tinctoria var. meyerii · G. venezolana · G. vestita · G. wendlandii · G. × mixta
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Further Reading
- An outline of plant geography, by Douglas Houghton Campbell. New York, The Macmillan company, 1926. ENG url p. 258, p. 366, p. 380.
- Annales botanices systematicae. Auctore Guilielmo Gerardo Walpers. Lipsiae, Sumtibus F. Hofmeister, 1848-68. LAT url p. 684.
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 76.
- Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington [etc., Washington Academy of Sciences] ENG url p. 205.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 581.
- Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Honolulu: The Museum, 1899-1949. ENG url p. 392, p. 61.
- Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston[Boston Society of Natural History]1862-1878. ENG url p. 534, p. 541.
- Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston: Metcalf and Co., 1848-[1958] ENG url p. 165, p. 514, p. 514.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. ENG url p. 381, p. 383, p. 386, p. 387, p. 388, p. 389, p. 392, p. 418.
- Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. [Honolulu: Hawaiian Entomological Society] ENG url p. 117, p. 305, p. 74.
- The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Kt. / by Joseph Dalton Hooker. London: Reeve, Brothers, 1844-1860. ENG url p. 274.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2651053
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-27065
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13743022
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 27065
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDGUN01070
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: GUMA2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 38783
