Kāwaʻu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species:
I. anomala
Binomial name
Ilex anomala
Hook. & Arn. (1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Byronia anomala (Hook. & Arn.) A.Heller (1896)
  • Byronia helleri H.Lév. (1911)
  • Byronia hookeri Steud. (1840)
  • Byronia sandwicensis Endl. (1836)
  • Byronia taitensis A.Gray (1854)
  • Ilex hawaiensis S.Y.Hu (1967)
  • Ilex marquesensis F.Br. (1935)
  • Ilex sandwicensis Loes. (1897)
  • Ilex taitensis (A.Gray) J.W.Moore (1933)
  • Polystigma hookeri Meisn. (1839)

Ilex anomala, commonly known as Hawai'i holly, kāwaʻu, or ʻaiea in Hawaii, is a species of holly.[2] It is native to the Hawaiian Islands and the Marquesas Islands and Society Islands of French Polynesia.[1]

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.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ilex anomala Hook. & Arn." Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Marquesas tropical moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

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