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| | FINAL RULE: 12 HAWAIIAN PLANTS, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Montane forests, occupying elevations between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,000 and 6,000 ft), are dry to mesic on the leeward slopes of the islands of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii. |
 | | The four varieties (anomala, laxiflora, longibracteata, and princeps) are distinguished by the branching and pubescence of the stems; the size, pubescence, and venation of the leaves; the density of the inflorescence; and the orientation of the flowers (Wagner et al90). |
 | | princeps was known from Nuuanu Pali and Kalihi in the Koolau Mountains of Oahu (HHP 1992i28 to 1992i30). |
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