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Trees, Plants, Algae & Limu of Kauaʻi
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Actinella punctata var. alakaiensis
Actinella punctata var. alakaiensis
Actinella punctata var. alakaiensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Aphanocapsa lilacina
Aphanocapsa lilacina
Aphanocapsa lilacina is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Brasilonema burkei
Brasilonema burkei
Brasilonema burkei is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Bryopsis
Bryopsis hypnoides
Bryopsis hypnoides is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Bryopsis pennata
Bryopsis pennata
Bryopsis pennata is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Caulerpa sertularioides
Caulerpa sertularioides
Caulerpa sertularioides is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Caulerpa taxifolia
Caulerpa taxifolia
Caulerpa taxifolia is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi; local form is native. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Cladophora sericea
Cladophora sericea
Cladophora sericea is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Cladophora vagabunda
Cladophora vagabunda
Cladophora vagabunda is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Cyanosarcina radialis
Cyanosarcina radialis
Cyanosarcina radialis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Desmonostoc geniculatum
Desmonostoc geniculatum
Desmonostoc geniculatum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Desmonostoc vinosum
Desmonostoc vinosum
Desmonostoc vinosum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Dictyopteris plagiogramma
Dictyopteris plagiogramma
Dictyopteris plagiogramma is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Bishop Museum occurrence search includes specimen locality Kauai side. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Dictyosphaeria versluysii
Dictyosphaeria versluysii
Dictyosphaeria versluysii is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Diprora haenaensis
Diprora haenaensis
Diprora haenaensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Described from a Kauaʻi cave; later molecular work revisited its placement. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Euglena sp.
Euglena sp.
Euglena sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754219. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Eunotia abbottiae
Eunotia abbottiae
Eunotia abbottiae is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Eunotia smithiae
Eunotia smithiae
Eunotia smithiae is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Goleter apudmare
Goleter apudmare
Goleter apudmare is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Klebsormidium sp.
Klebsormidium sp.
Klebsormidium sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754201. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Komarekiella atlantica
Komarekiella atlantica
Komarekiella atlantica is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Primary 2017 study includes one strain from Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Kovacikia muscicola
Kovacikia muscicola
Kovacikia muscicola is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Kumanoa alakaiensis
Kumanoa alakaiensis
Kumanoa alakaiensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Described from Kōkeʻe State Park, Kauaʻi in Sherwood et al. (2014). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Laurencia nidifica
Laurencia nidifica
Laurencia nidifica is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Micrasterias truncata
Micrasterias truncata
Micrasterias truncata is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754203. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Microspora pachyderma
Microspora pachyderma
Microspora pachyderma is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Microspora sp.
Microspora sp.
Microspora sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp; specimen group includes Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Microthamnion kuetzingianum
Microthamnion kuetzingianum
Microthamnion kuetzingianum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754205. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Mougeotia sp.
Mougeotia sp.
Mougeotia sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Navicymbula symmetrica
Navicymbula symmetrica
Navicymbula symmetrica is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Nostoc cavernicola
Nostoc cavernicola
Nostoc cavernicola is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Described in 2016 Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
limu kā kanaka
Nostoc commune
The name limu kā kanaka is linked in a Kauaʻi cultural source to Nostoc commune and Manuʻakepa. This is cultural attribution, not a voucher-confirmed identification or a claim of present-day abundance.
Nupela incerta
Nupela incerta
Nupela incerta is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Oculatella kauaiensis
Oculatella kauaiensis
Oculatella kauaiensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Pelatocladus maniniholoensis
Pelatocladus maniniholoensis
Pelatocladus maniniholoensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Phormidium ambiguum
Phormidium ambiguum
Phormidium ambiguum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Lower Huleʻia Stream; Sherwood 313 (BISH). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Phormidium retzii
Phormidium retzii
Phormidium retzii is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Phormidium tinctorium
Phormidium tinctorium
Phormidium tinctorium is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Lower Huleʻia Stream; Sherwood 281 (BISH). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
limu kala
Sargassum polyphyllum
Sargassum polyphyllum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Scytonema chiastum
Scytonema chiastum
Scytonema chiastum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Scytonema coactile
Scytonema coactile
Scytonema coactile is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Scytonema tolypothricoides
Scytonema tolypothricoides
Scytonema tolypothricoides is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Sellaphora makauwahiensis
Sellaphora makauwahiensis
Sellaphora makauwahiensis is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Stenomitos rutilans
Stenomitos rutilans
Stenomitos rutilans is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Stigeoclonium pachydermum
Stigeoclonium pachydermum
Stigeoclonium pachydermum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Makaleha Stream; Sherwood 344 (BISH). The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Stigeoclonium subsecundum
Stigeoclonium subsecundum
Stigeoclonium subsecundum is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Tabellaria flocculosa
Tabellaria flocculosa
Tabellaria flocculosa is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Stream exiting Alakaʻi Swamp, Kauaʻi. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Terpsinoë constricta
Terpsinoë constricta
Terpsinoë constricta is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Named in the 2016 Kauaʻi cave diatom treatment. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Tetraspora sp.
Tetraspora sp.
Tetraspora sp. is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. Alakaʻi Swamp, specimen BiSH 754215. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Tolypothrix carrinoi
Tolypothrix carrinoi
Tolypothrix carrinoi is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. One of twelve species named in the Kauaʻi cave flora. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
Ulva flexuosa
Ulva flexuosa
Ulva flexuosa is reported from Kauaʻi in the cited source. UH lists Kauaʻi as Enteromorpha flexuosa. The name and local occurrence remain source-bounded while taxonomic review continues.
