Lei Wu, Xiong Li, Wen-Jian Liu, Quan-Ru Liu
Phytokeys
Figure 1.
Spiradicliskarstana sp. nov. A habit B stipule C inflorescence, side view D long-styled flower E short-styled flower F calyx, frontal view, showing disc G remnant of dehiscent capsule, frontal view. Drawn by Xin-Yi Zeng.
A mat plant of mountain paramos from Guatemala to Peru. Referred to as Tomatillo Sylvestre, when referred to at all. Photo from Parque los Quetzales, Costa Rica. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/spuds/index.html
[syn. Hedyotis st.-johnii]Rubiaceae (Coffee family)Endemic to the Hawaiian islands (Kauai only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredKauai (Cultivated)EtymologyKadua is the oldest generic name for these species and is named in memory of M. Kadua, a native of Ulea, who sailed with Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846), Baltic German navigator in Russian service, with the purpose of collecting plants.The specific epithet, st.-johnii, is named after Harold St. John (1892-1991), a professor of botany at University of Hawai Mnoa from 1929 to 1958 and a prolific field botanist, credited with discovering hundreds of new species.nativeplants.hawaii.edu