Piper

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Hawaii

• County/Municipio

  Kauai Co.

• Locality

  Kawaiiki Valley, off Kaluahaulu ridge, N facing slope, just below the ridge and above the Diellia erecta f. alexandri fence.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1158 m. (3799 ft.)

• Coordinates

  22.0917, -159.628

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  933

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et. Coordinates of Kawaiiki Valley were located. Geographic radial was approximated as the halved distance between coordinates and the center of nearest named place, Oneopaewa Valley (925 m). Final uncertainty was found using the MaNIS Georef. Calc.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

V&'N
BOTANICAL
Pardeé
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PIPERACEAE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
KAUAI: Kawaiiki Valley, off Kaluahaulu ridge, N facing slope, just below the
ridge and above the Diellia erecta f. alexandri fence. Mixed Mesic Forest
canopy of A. koa and Metrosideros polymorpha w/ Nestegis, Perrottetia
sandwicensis, Coprosma, Charpentiera, Hillebrandia sandwicensis, Ilex
anomala, Tetraplasandra, Cheirodendron trigynum, Dianella sandwicensis,
Fba sandwicensis, Luzula, Rumex, Dryopteris fusco-atra,
Terrestrial, upright. Stem pubescent, purple near base, green toward apex,
some plants red. Lvs light green below w/ raised mid and 2 lateral veins.
Adaxial leaf surace dark green. Abaxial surface It green w/ pubescence.
Lowermost lvs round and w/ red patches below. Growing on talus and leaf
litter.
Lat/Long: 01" 0
Elev: 3800 ft = 1158 m
Natalia Tangalin 1967
Wendy Kishida, Laura Arnold, Ruth Aguraiuja
07 APR 2009
NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN HERBARIUM (PTBG)
04159041