Determinants of thermal balance in the Hawaiian giant rosette plant, Argyroxiphium sandwicense

Author:

Melcher, P.J., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C., Minyard, B., Giambelluca, T.W., Loope, L.L.

Title:

Determinants of thermal balance in the Hawaiian giant rosette plant, Argyroxiphium sandwicense

Periodical:

Oecologia

Year:

1994

Volume:

98

Pages:

412-418

Subject:

Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp.macrocephalum Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp.sandwicense Silverswords Haleakala Silverswords Mauna Kea Ahinahina

Summary:

This study investigates the effects of the leaf pubescence and parabolic rosette geometry on thermal balance of a subspecies of a giant Hawaiian rosette plant that is known as the Argyroxiphium sandwicense. This species is a member of the silversword alliance that grows above the 2000 meter elevation in the subalpine zone of two Hawaiian volcanoes -- Haleakala, on the island of Maui, and Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii.

Label:

Silverswords

URL:

http://cletus.uhh.hawaii.edu:2074/10.1007/BF00324231

Date:

August 1994

Collection:

Periodicals