Ilex anomala
| Kāwaʻu | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Ilex |
| Species: | I. anomala |
| Binomial name | |
| Ilex anomala | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ilex anomala, commonly known as Hawai'i holly, kāwaʻu, or ʻaiea in Hawaii, is a species of holly.[3] It is native to the Hawaiian Islands and the Marquesas Islands and Society Islands of French Polynesia.[2]
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.[4] 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.[5]
References
- ↑ Walsh, S.; Rhodes, L.; Maxted, N. (2025). "Ilex anomala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T20678554A20695046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T20678554A20695046.en.
- 1 2 "Ilex anomala Hook. & Arn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 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
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