Ilex anomala, commonly known as Hawai'i holly, kāwaʻu, or ʻaiea in Hawaii, is a species of holly.[2] It is native to the Hawaiian Islands and the Marquesas Islands and Society Islands of French Polynesia.[1]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Aquifoliales |
Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
Genus: | Ilex |
Species: | I. anomala
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Ilex anomala | |
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On Hawaii it inhabits mixed mesic and wet forests at elevations of 600–1,400 m (2,000–4,600 ft) on all main islands.[3] In the Marquesas Islands it is a characteristic canopy tree in low-canopied cloud forests above 1000 meters elevation, along with the trees Cheirodendron bastardianum and Metrosideros collina and climbers of Freycinetia spp.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ilex anomala Hook. & Arn." Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Kāwaʻu, Hawaiian holly" (PDF). United States Forest Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ^ "kawa'u, kaawa'u, 'aiea". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ^ "Marquesas tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
External links
editMedia related to Ilex anomala at Wikimedia Commons