Wood Kenneth R, Appelhans Marc S, Wagner Warren L
National Tropical Botanical Garden, 3530 Papalina Road, Kalāheo, HI 96741, USA.
Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
PhytoKeys. 2017 Aug 3(83):119-132. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.83.13442. eCollection 2017.
K.R. Wood, Appelhans & W.L. Wagner (section Pelea, Rutaceae), a new endemic tree species from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, is described and illustrated with notes on its distribution, ecology, conservation status, and phylogenetic placement. The new species differs from its Hawaiian congeners by its unique combination of distinct carpels and ramiflorous inflorescences arising on stems below the leaves; plants monoecious; leaf blades (5-)8-30 × (4-)6-11 cm, with abaxial surface densely tomentose, especially along midribs; and very long petioles of up to 9 cm. Since its discovery in 1988, 94 individuals have been documented and are confined to a 1.5 km region of unique high canopy mesic forest. represents a new Critically Endangered (CR) single island endemic species on Kaua'i.
描述并举例说明了来自夏威夷群岛考艾岛的一种新的特有树种——K.R. 伍德、阿佩汉斯和W.L. 瓦格纳（芸香科贝利阿属），并对其分布、生态、保护状况和系统发育位置做了注释。该新物种与其夏威夷同属植物的不同之处在于其独特的组合：心皮明显，叶下茎上着生有总状花序；植株雌雄同株；叶片（5-）8-30×（4-）6-11厘米，背面密被绒毛，尤其是沿中脉；叶柄极长，可达9厘米。自1988年发现以来，已记录到94株个体，它们局限于一个1.5公里的独特高树冠湿润森林区域。它是考艾岛上一种新的极度濒危（CR）单岛特有物种。
