''Cheirodendron'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

in the family

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. All six species in the genus are

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. The five

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an species are generally called ''ōlapa'', and occur in wet forests on all major islands as well as some mesic forests, such as Kipuka Puaulu.

Species

*'' Cheirodendron bastardianum'' (Decaisne) Frodin (

Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' (North Marquesan) and ' (South Marquesan Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of ...

) (= ''C. marquesense'') *'' Cheirodendron dominii'' Kraj. Kauai *'' Cheirodendron fauriei'' Hochr. (Kauai) *'' Cheirodendron forbesii'' (Sherff) Lowry (Kauai) *'' Cheirodendron platyphyllum'' (

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)

Seem. Berthold Carl Seemann (25 February 1825, in Hanover, Germany – 10 October 1871, in Nicaragua, Central America), was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America. In 1844 he trav ...

- ''Lapalapa'' (

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, Kauai) **''C. platyphyllum'' ssp. ''kauaiense'' **''C. platyphyllum'' ssp. ''platyphyllum'' *''

Cheirodendron trigynum ''Cheirodendron trigynum'', also known as ''Ōlapa'' or common cheirodendron, is a species of flowering plant in the ginseng family, Araliaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a medium-sized tree, reaching a height of and a trunk diameter of ...

'' ( Gaudich.)

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(main islands of

) **''C. trigynum'' ssp. ''helleri'' **''C. trigynum'' ssp. ''trigynum''

References

External links

* Araliaceae Apiales genera {{Araliaceae-stub