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'''''Boehmeria grandis''''', commonly called '''ʻAkolea''', is a flowering species of the ''Urticaceae'' family that's endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Native Hawaiian Plants: My Plant ID Guide |url=https://noahlangphotography.com/blog/native-hawaiian-plant-guide |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=noahawaii |language=en-US}}</ref> ʻAkolea can be found in mesic to wet forests across Hawaiʻi along streams, on ridges, and valley floors. Multiple sources have cited observations in Makaua Gulch on Oʻahu.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawaiian Native Plants, UH Botany |url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/boehmeria.htm |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.botany.hawaii.edu}}</ref> |
'''''Boehmeria grandis''''', commonly called '''ʻAkolea''', is a flowering species of the ''Urticaceae'' family that's endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Native Hawaiian Plants: My Plant ID Guide |url=https://noahlangphotography.com/blog/native-hawaiian-plant-guide |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=noahawaii |language=en-US}}</ref> ʻAkolea can be found in mesic to wet forests across Hawaiʻi along streams, on ridges, and valley floors. Multiple sources have cited observations in Makaua Gulch on Oʻahu.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawaiian Native Plants, UH Botany |url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/boehmeria.htm |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.botany.hawaii.edu}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Boehmeria |
| Species: | B. grandis
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Boehmeria grandis, commonly called ʻAkolea, is a flowering species of the Urticaceae family that's endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.[1] ʻAkolea can be found in mesic to wet forests across Hawaiʻi along streams, on ridges, and valley floors. Multiple sources have cited observations in Makaua Gulch on Oʻahu.[1][2]
Most similarily, ʻAkolea can look like and be confused with its endemic counterpart Māmaki (Pipturus albidus) of the same family. However, differences in ʻAkolea's appearance come from its exerted stamens, the tightly grouped seeds on the branches of Māmaki, and subtle differences in the leaves of both that can be difficult to notice.[1] For comparison, more pictures of both species can be observed in this Hawaiian Plant Guide.
Ecosystem Services
ʻAkolea is one of the four endemic host plants for the Pulelehua (Vanessa tameamea), meaning the Pulelehua butterflies and caterpillars will only reproduce where these host plants are found.[3]
Others Pulelehua host plants include Māmaki, Olonā (Touchardia latifolia), and Ōpuhe (Urera glabra) and (U. kaalae).[3]
The photo here is an example of what the Pulelehua caterpillars will do on the leaf of a host plant like ʻAkolea to protect themselves from predation. They chew away this flap to then hide inside the leaf from mostly non-native predators, like ants.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Native Hawaiian Plants: My Plant ID Guide". noahawaii. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "Hawaiian Native Plants, UH Botany". www.botany.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ a b "Host Plants". cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "How to Identify - Kamehameha butterfly". cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-11.