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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Dwarf Iliau
Description
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Physical Description
Species Wilkesia hobdyi
Freely branching decumbent to erect (< 7dm high) shrub with stout stems crowned by rosetted leaves. Diagnostic features of the species include free branching of the stem axis near ground level, leaves in whorls of 7-9 that join to form a basal sheath around the stem, and mostly unbranched peduncles. Flowering has been observed in June, September, October, and December.
Habit: Shrub
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Wilkesia
()
- Specific epithet:
hobdyi
- St. John
- Botanical name: - Wilkesia hobdyi St. John
- Specific epithet:
hobdyi
- St. John
- Genus:
Wilkesia
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 24:128. 1971
Name verified on 08-Apr-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Mar-1997
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Wilkesia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
W. grayanum · W. gymnoxiphium (Iliau) · W. hobdyi (Dwarf Iliau)
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Further Reading
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- Carr, G. 1985. Allertonia 4:60.
- Carr, G.D. 1982. Unpublished status survey of Wilkesia hobdyi St. John (Hobdy's iliau). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p.24.
- Carr, G.D. 1985. Monograph of the Hawaiian Madiinae (Asteraceae): Argyroxiphium, Dubautia, and Wilkesia. Allertonia. 4: 1-123.
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
- Miller, Ken. 1992 June 23, 1992. Two more Hawaii plants given federal protection. Honolulu Star Bulletin; Honolulu, HI. 1 pp.
- Sakai, A.K.; Wagner, W.L.; Ferguson, D.M.; Herbst, D.R. 1995. Origins of Dioecy in the Hawaiian Flora. Ecology. 76, 8: 2517-2529.
- St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
- USFWS. (2001). Unpublished data. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817. Accessed: 2001.
- USFWS. 1976. Proposed Endangered Status for 1700 U.S. Plants. Federal Register. 41: 24523-24572.
- USFWS. 1989. Proposed endangered status for the plant, Wilkesia hobdyi (dwarf illiau). Federal Register. 54, 189: 40444-40447.
- USFWS. 2000. Determinations of Whether Designation of Critical Habitat is Prudent for 81 Plants and Proposed Designations for 76 Plants From the Islands of Kauai and Niihau, Hawaii; [Proposed Rule]. Federal Register. 65, 216: 66807-66885.
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants - on-line resource. (US Fish & Wildl List)
- Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. (F Hawaii)
- Wagner, W. L. et al. 1999. Hawaiian vascular plants at risk:1999. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 60:21.
- Wagner, W.L.; Bruegmann, M.M.; Herbst, D.R; Lau, J.Q.C. 1999. Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum Press Honolulu.
- Witter, M. S. 1990. Evolution in the Madiinae: Evidence from enzyme electrophoresis. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 77, 1: 110-117.
- Wood, K.R.; LeGrande, M. 2002. Biological Inventory of Upper Pohakuao Valley North & South Falls Region, Na Pali Coast State Park, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, with information concerning the distribution and abundance of Flueggea neowawraea (Euphorbiaceae) & Oceanodroma castro (Hydrobatidae). Special Report Prepared for the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of State Parks. p.21.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Carr, Gerald
- Center for Plant Conservation Plant Profile for Wilkesia hobdyi. Accessed January 15, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 01, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2664936
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-196323
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:260491-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 319866
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 196323
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: Q245
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: WIHO3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 66999
