american samoa - University of Hawaii at Manoa

650 111 clevi~tion. A modern introduction, native to
tropical America. Setchell 184; Garber 890.
Hoya australis R. Br. in Traill
Cue selela; suni; olive vao
Vinc with milky sap, fleshy opposite leaves, white
flowers usually marked with red at the corolla base,
and a follicle bearing comose seeds. Occasional
from littoral to montane forest, reported from near
sea level to 580 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging
from Australia to Samoa. Lister s.n.; Setchell 515;
Wisner 1 18, 124; McKee 2956; Long 3090;
Whistlcr 2833.
Hoya pottsii Traill
fue selela
Viric with opposite leaves 3-5 palmately veined
from the ba~e, white waxy flowers in umbels, and a
cylindrical follicle bearing comose seeds. Occasional
in the coastal to montane forest, reported
from near sea level to 600 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from Hainan Island to Samoa. Christophersen
1007; Meebold 16769; Yuncker 9379; Long
1985; Whistler 1460, 8505, 9098!.
Hoya vitiensis Turrill
fue selela
Vine with milky sap, opposite, thick, mostly lanceolate
leaves, white or maroon flowers 15-28 mm
across, and a cylindrical follicle bearing comose
seeds. Occasional in lowland to montane forest,
reported from 200 to 750 m elevation. Indigenous,
also found in Fiji. Christophersen 101 1, 3562; Long
3045; Whistler 2765!, 2793, 31 10,3111, 8717.
"1-loya sp. nova
file selela
Vine with milky sap, opposite, thick, mostly lanceolate
leaves, white, waxy flowers, and a cylindrical
follicle bearing comose seeds. Occasional in
lowland to montane forest, reported from near sea
level to 600 m elevation. Apparently endemic to
American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu, and Ta'u), but
further work needs to be done on this genus in
Samoa. Whistler 2705.
ASTERACEAE
Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.
Erect herb with toothed, opposite leaves and yellow
disc and ray florets in small, ovoid heads. Uncommon
in disturbed places, especially in wet areas,
reported from near sea level to 250 m elevation. A
modern introduction, native to tropical America.
Whistler 3 18, 8049, 85 13!.
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Erect herb with coarse, opposite, fragrant leaves and
lavender disc florets in heads arranged in terminal
panicles. Common as a weed in sunny, disturbed
places and croplands, reported from near sea level to
1650 m elevation. A modem introduction, native to
tropical America. Eames T5; Lamoureux 3058;
Whistler 8949!.
Bidens alba (L.) DC.
[beggar's-tick]
Herb with pinnately lobed or compound, opposite
leaves, yellow disc florets, white, spreading ray
florets, and small, cylindrical, barbed achenes.
Abundant in disturbed places, apparently displacing
the following species, reported only from the lowlands.
A modern introduction, native to tropical
America. Whistler 2970, 8570!.
Bidens pilosa L.
[beggar's-tick]
Herb with pinnately lobed or compound, opposite
leaves, yellow disc florets in heads, and small,
cylindrical, barbed achenes. Now uncommon (in
American Samoa) in dry, sunny disturbed places,
reported from near sea level to 1550 m elevation. A
modern introduction, native to tropical America.
USEE sen.? (n.s.); Eames T29, Whistler 8926!.
"Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist
[hairy fleabane]
Erect, scarcely branching herb with hairy stems,
alternate, gray-green leaves, branching panicles of
small heads, and small, plumed achenes. Rare as a
weed in disturbed places, perhaps now extirpated
from Samoa, reported at ca. 10 m elevation. A
modern introduction, native to South America.
Whistler 3605.