Zanthoxylum hawaiiense
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| Zanthoxylum hawaiiense | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Zanthoxylum |
| Species: | Z. hawaiiense |
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| Zanthoxylum hawaiiense Hillebr. |
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Zanthoxylum hawaiiense, commonly known Aʻe or Hawaiʻi pricklyash, is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It can be found at elevations of 550–1,740 m (1,800–5,710 ft) in dry forests, where it grows on lava flows, and mixed mesic forests on the Island of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Zanthoxylum is from the Greek ξανθὸν ξύλον, meaning "yellow wood"[3]
[edit] References
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Zanthoxylum hawaiiense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 August 2007.
- ^ "ae, manele, heae". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=ae_Z. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/zanthoxylum.htm
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