A new variety of silversword

Author:

Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, Neal, Marie C., Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum,

Title:

A new variety of silversword

Periodical:

Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum

Year:

1957

Volume:

22

Pages:

31-33 p.

Subject:

Silverswords Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC

Summary:

A new variety of the Hawaiian silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense D.C.) is described. It was collected by Mr. L. Willaim Bryan, Associate Forester of the Hilo Branch of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, from the slopes of Mauna Loa above the Kau Forest Reserve in Kahuku, where it was found in flower and fruit. The variety was named kauense after the district in which it occurs.

URL:

http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op22-4.pdf

Collection:

Monographs