Kingdom Plantae Clade Monocots Subfamily Nolinoideae Scientific name Pleomele aurea Order Asparagales | Clade Angiosperms Family Asparagaceae Genus Pleomele Rank Species | |
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Similar Pleomele halapepe, Pleomele hawaiiensis, Pleomele, Xylosma hawaiiense, Rauvolfia sandwicensis | ||
Pleomele aurea, the golden hala pepe, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii. It inhabits coastal mesic and mixed mesic forests at elevations of 120–1,070 m (390–3,510 ft). It is a small evergreen tree, usually 4.6–7.6 m (15–25 ft) tall, but sometimes reaches 12 m (39 ft). The gray, straight trunk does not have bark and is 0.3–0.9 m (0.98–2.95 ft) in diameter. The sword-shaped leaves are 20–51 cm (7.9–20.1 in) long and 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) wide.
It was first described by Horace Mann Jr. as Dracaena aurea in 1867. In 1914 N. E. Brown renamed the species Pleomele aurea.
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