Cheirodendron

Cheirodendron
	Cheirodendron trigynum on Maui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Subfamily:	Aralioideae
Genus:	Cheirodendron; Nutt. ex Seem.
Species
	Cheirodendron bastardianum; Cheirodendron dominii; Cheirodendron fauriei; Cheirodendron forbesii; Cheirodendron platyphyllum; Cheirodendron trigynum;

Cheirodendron is a genus of flowering plant in the ivy family, Araliaceae. All six species in the genus are endemic to Polynesia. The five Hawaiian species are generally called ʻōlapa, 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)^[1] (= C. marquesense)
Cheirodendron dominii Kraj. Kauaʻi^[2]
Cheirodendron fauriei Hochr. (Kauaʻi)^[2]
Cheirodendron forbesii (Sherff) Lowry (Kauaʻi)^[2]
Cheirodendron platyphyllum (Hook. & Arn.) Seem. - Lapalapa (Oʻahu, Kauaʻi)^[3]
- C. platyphyllum ssp. kauaiense
- C. platyphyllum ssp. platyphyllum
Cheirodendron trigynum (Gaudich.) A.Heller (main islands of Hawaiʻi)^[4]
- C. trigynum ssp. helleri
- C. trigynum ssp. trigynum

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^ ^a ^b ^c "olapa, lapa, lapalapa". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Lapalapa" (PDF). United States Forest Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "ʻŌlapa, common cheirodendron" (PDF). United States Forest Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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