Hawaiian Native Plant Genera

University of Hawaii

Botany Department

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Last Addition: March 29, 2006

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Non-Flowering Plants Fern Allies Ferns	Flowering Plants                    Dicots Endemic Genera Monocots Non-Endemic Genera

NON-FLOWERING PLANTS

Fern Allies

 

			Huperzia	Lycopodiaceae	wawae'iole, club moss
			Isoetes	Isoetaceae
			Lycopodiella	Lycopodiaceae	wawae'iole, hulu 'iole, huluhulu a 'iole
			Lycopodium	Lycopodiaceae	club moss
			Psilotum	Psilotaceae	moa, moa nahele, pipi, o'o moa, whisk fern
			Selaginella	Selaginellaceae	small club moss, lepelepe a moa

Ferns

 

			Adenophorus	Grammitidaceae	pai, huna palai, palai huna, wahine noho mauna, palai la'au
			Adiantum	Pteridaceae	'iwa'iwa, 'iwa'iwa hawai, 'iwa'iwa kahakaha
			Amauropelta	Thelypteridaceae	palapalai a kamapua'a
			Arachniodes	Dryopteridaceae
			Asplenium	Aspleniaceae	lola, 'iwa'iwa, pamoho, 'alae, kuau, pi'ipi'i lau manamana, 'iwa'iwa lau li'i, 'ekaha, 'ekaha kuahiwi, 'akaha, punapunamanu, 'oali'i
			Athyrium	Athyriaceae	'akolea
			Callistopteris	Hymenophyllaceae	limu kau la'au
			Christella	Thelypteridaceae	kikawaio, kikawaioa, pakikawaio
			Cibotium	Dicksoniaceae	hapu'u, hapu'u pulu, hapu'u 'i'i, 'i'i, i'i'i,
			Coniogramme	Pteridaceae	lo'ulu
			Ctenitis	Dryopteridaceae	'akolea, pauoa
			Cyclosorus	Thelypteridaceae	kupukupu makali'i, neke
			Cyrtomium	Dryopteridaceae	ka'ape'ape
			Cystopteris	Athyriaceae
			Deparia	Athyriaceae
			Dicranopteris	Gleicheniaceae	uluhe, unuhe
			Diellia	Aspleniaceae	palapalai lau li'i
			Diplazium	Athyriaceae	ho'i'o, pohole
			Diplopterygium	Gleicheniaceae	uluhe lau nui
			Doodia	Blechnaceae	'okupukupu, pamoho
			Doryopteris	Pteridaceae	kumuniu, manawahua, 'iwa'iwa
			Dryopteris	Dryopteridaceae	palapalai 'aumakua, 'i'i, hohiu, kilau, 'akole, 'i'o nui, laukahi
			Elaphoglossum	Elaphoglossaceae	laukahi nunui, 'opeha, 'ekaha, hoe a Maui, maku'e, ekaha 'ula, laukahi
			Gonocormus	Hymenophyllaceae	limu kau la'au
			Grammitis	Grammitidaceae	maku'e lau li'i, mahinalua, kolokolo
			Haplopteris	Vittariaceae	'ohe'ohe, mana
			Hypolepis	Dennstaedtiaceae	olua
			Lellingeria	Grammitidaceae	kihe
			Lepisorus	Polypodiaceae	pakahakaha, 'ekaha 'akolea, pua'a kuhinia
			Lindsaea	Lindsaeaceae	laukahi
			Marattia	Marattiaceae	pala, kapua'ilio
			Marsilea	Marsileaceae	'ihi'ihi'lau akea, 'ihi'ihi, 'ihi la'au
			Mecodium	Hymenophyllaceae	filmy fern, 'ohi'a ku, limu kau la'au
			Microlepia	Dennstedtiaceae	palapalai, palai
			Microsorum	Polypodiaceae	pe'ahi
			Nephrolepis	Nephrolepidaceae	kupukupu, ni'ani'au, 'okupukupu, pamoho
			Nothoperanema	Dryopteridaceae
			Ophioderma	Ophioglossaceae	adders-tongue, puapuamoa, laukahi
			Ophioglossum	Ophioglossaceae	pololei
			Pellaea	Pteridaceae	laukahi, kalamoho, kalamoha lau li'i
			Pneumatopteris	Thelypteridaceae	ho'i'o kula, laukahi
			Polypodium	Polypodiaceae	ae
			Polystichum	Dryopteridaceae	ka'upu, papa'oi
			Pseudophegopteris	Thelypteridaceae	waimakanui, ala'alai, 'akolea
			Pteridium	Dennstedtiaceae	kilau, kilau pueo, paia
			Pteris	Pteridaceae	waimakanui, 'iwa, 'owali'i, 'oali, mana, 'ahewa, 'iwapuakea
			Sadleria	Blechnaceae	'ama'u, pu'a'a, 'ehu'ehu, amamau, ma'u, ma'uma'u, 'ama'uma'u, 'ama'u i'i, i'i, i'i'i, 'apu'u
			Sceptridium	Ophioglossaceae	makou
			Schizaea	Schizaeaceae	'owali'i makali'i, 'oali'i makali'i, haili o pua
			Sphaerocionium	Hymenophyllaceae	palai hinahina, palai lau li'i
			Sphenomeris	Lindsaeaceae	pala'a, palapala'a, pa'u o pala'e
			Sticherus	Gleicheniaceae	uluhe, unuhe
			Tectaria	Dryopteridaceae	'iwa'iwa lau nui
			Vandenboschia	Hymenophyllaceae	palai hihi, kilau, kalau, limu kau la'au

FLOWERING PLANTS

Dicots

 

			Abutilon	Malvaceae	flowering maple, ma'o, ko,oloa 'ula
			Acacia	Fabaceae	koa, koai'a, koai'e, koa'oha
			Acaena	Rosaceae	liliwai, nani Wai'ale'ale
			Achyranthes	Amaranthaceae
			Adenostemma	Asteraceae	kamanamana
			Alectryon	Sapindaceae	mahoe, ala'alahua
			Alphitonia	Rhamnaceae	kauila, kauwila, o'a
			Alyxia	Apocynaceae	maile
			Amaranthus	Amaranthaceae	amaranth, pigweed
			Antidesma	Phyllanthaceae	hame, ha'a, ha'amaile, hamehame, mehame, mehamehame
			Argemone	Papaveraceae	pua kala, kala, naule, pokalakala
			Argyroxiphium	Asteraceae	ahinahina. hinahina, greensword, silversword
			Artemisia	Asteraceae	'ahinahina, hinahina, hinahina kuahiwi
			Bacopa	Plantaginaceae	'ae'ae, water hyssop
			Bidens	Asteraceae	ko'oko'olau, ko'olau, beggartick, Spanish needle
			Bobea	Rubiaceae	'ahakea, 'ahakea lau nui, 'akupa, 'ahakea lau li'i
			Boehmeria	Urticaceae	'akolea, false nettle
			Boerhavia	Nyctaginaceae	alena, anena, nena
			Bonamia	Convolvulaceae
			Brighamia	Campanulaceae	alula, haha
			Broussaisia	Hydrangeaceae	kanawao, pu'ahanui
			Caesalpinia	Fabaceae	kakalaioa, hihikolo, gray nickers
			Canavalia	Fabaceae	'awikiwiki, puakauhi
			Capparis	Capparaceae	maiapilo, pilo, pua pilo
			Cassytha	Lauraceae	dodder, kauna'oa pehu, kauna'oa malolo, kauna'oa uka, kaunoa, malolo, pololo
			Charpentiera	Amaranthaceae	papala
			Cheirodendron	Araliaceae	'olapa, lapalapa
			Chenopodium	Chenopodiaceae	'aheahea, 'ahea, 'ahewahewa, alaweo, alaweo huna, 'aweoweo, kaha'ihai
			Claoxylon	Euphorbiaceae	po'ola, laukea
			Cleome	Cleomaceae	honohino, 'ili'ohu, spider flower
			Clermontia	Campanulaceae	'oha, 'oha wai, 'oha wai nui, haha, haha'aiakamanu, 'oha kepau, ohaha wai nui
			Cocculus	Menispermaceae	huehue, hue, hue'ie, 'inalua
			Colubrina	Rhamnaceae	'anapanapa, kauila 'anapanapa, kauila kukuku, kolokolo, kukuku
			Coprosma	Rubiaceae	kukaenene, pilo, hupilo, 'aiakanene, leponene, nene, pu nene, koi, 'olena, makole
			Cordia	Boraginaceae	kou
			Cressa	Convolvulaceae
			Cryptocarya	Lauraceae	holio
			Cuscuta	Convolvulaceae	dodder, kauna'oa, kauna'oa kahakai, kauna'oa lei, pololo
			Cyanea	Campanulaceae	haha, haha nui, haha lua, 'aku'aku, popolo, pua kala, 'aku
			Cyrtandra	Gesneriaceae	ha'iwale, kanawao, ke'oke'o, hahala, mapele, ulunahele, moa, 'ilihia
			Delissea	Campanulaceae
			Diospyros	Ebenaceae	lama, elama, ebony, persimmon
			Dodonaea	Sapindaceae	'a'ali'i, 'a'ali'i ku makani, 'a'ali'i ku ma kua, kumakani
			Drosera	Droseraceae	mikinalo, sundew
			Dubautia	Asteraceae	na'ena'e, na'ena'e 'ula, na'ena'e pua nelenele, kupaoa, koholapehu
			Elaeocarpus	Elaeocarpaceae	kalia
			Embelia	Myrsinaceae	kilioe
			Entada	Fabaceae	St. Thomas bean
			Erythrina	Fabaceae	wiliwili
			Eugenia	Myrtaceae	nioi
			Euphorbia	Euphorbiaceae	'akoko, koko, 'ekoko, kokomalei, spurge
			Eurya	Pentaphylacaceae	'anini, wanini
			Exocarpos	Santalaceae	hulumoa, kaumahana, heau, au
			Flueggea	Phyllanthaceae	mehamehame
			Fragaria	Rosaceae	'ohelo papa, Hawaiian strawberry
			Gardenia	Rubiaceae	nanu, na'u
			Geranium	Geraniaceae	nohoanu, nohuanu, hinahina, cranesbill
			Gossypium	Malvaceae	ma'o, huluhulu, Hawaiian cotton
			Gouania	Rhamnaceae
			Gunnera	Gunneraceae	'ape'ape, 'ape, haha
			Gynochthodes	Rubiaceae	noni kuahiwi
			Haplostachys	Lamiaceae	honohono
			Heliotropium	Boraginaceae	hinahina, hinahina ku kahakai, nohonohupu'uone, pohinahina, kipukai, lau po'opo'ohina, nena, po'opo'ohina
			Hesperocnide	Urticaceae
			Hesperomannia	Asteraceae
			Hibiscadelphus	Malvaceae	hau kuahiwi
			Hibiscus	Malvaceae	koki'o ke'oke'o, aloalo, hau hele, koki'o kea, pamakani
			Hillebrandia	Begoniaceae	pua maka nui, aka'aka'awa
			Ilex	Aquifoliaceae	kawa'u, 'aiea, Hawaiian holly
			Ipomoea	Convolvulaceae	beach morning glory, Hawaiian moon flower, koali 'awa, koali 'awahia, koali la'au, koali pehu, hunakai, pohuehue, puhuehue
			Isodendrion	Violaceae	aupaka, wahine noho kula
			Jacquemontia	Convolvulaceae	pa'uohi'iaka, kakuaohi'iaka, kaupo'o
			Kadua	Rubiaceae	au, pilo, 'awiwi, kio'ele, 'uiwi, kamapua, manono, kopa
			Kanaloa	Fabaceae
			Keysseria	Asteraceae	howaiaulu
			Kokia	Malvaceae	koki'o, hau hele 'ula
			Korthalsella	Santalaceae	hulumoa, kaumahana
			Labordia	Loganiaceae	kamakahala, kamakahala lau li'i
			Lepechinia	Lamiaceae	pakaha, pitcher sage
			Lepidium	Brassicaceae	'anaunau, 'anounou, kunana, naunau, pepperwort, peppergrass
			Leptecophylla	Ericaceae	pukiawe, 'a'ali'i mahu, kanehoa, kawa'u, maiele, maieli, puakeawe, puakiawe, pukeawe, pupukiawe
			Lipochaeta	Asteraceae	nehe, ko'oko'olau
			Lobelia	Campanulaceae	kuhi'aikamo'owahie, liua, mo'owahie, opelu, pu'e, panaunau
			Lycium	Solanaceae	'ohelo kai, 'ae'ae, 'akulikuli 'ae'ae, 'akulikuli kai, 'akulikuli 'ohelo
			Lysimachia	Primulaceae	lehua makanoe, kolokolo kuahiwi, kolekole lehua, kolokolo lehua, puahekili
			Melanthera	Asteraceae	nehe, ko'oko'olau
			Melicope	Rutaceae	kukaemoa, kolokolo mokihana, alani, alani kuahiwi, mokihana, mokehana, uahiapele, pilo 'ula, leiohi'iaka, kaleiohi'iaka, mokihana kukae moa, manena, alani wai, 'anonia
			Metrosideros	Myrtaceae	'ohi'a lehua, 'ohi'a, lehua, lehua papa, lehua 'ahihi, 'ahihi ku ma kua, 'ahihi lehua, kumakua, 'ohi'a 'ahihi
			Mezoneuron	Fabaceae	uhiuhi, kawa'u, kea
			Mucuna	Fabaceae	sea bean, ka'e'e, ka'e'e'e
			Myoporum	Scrophulariaceae	naio, naeo, naieo, bastard sandalwood
			Myrsine	Myrsinaceae	kolea, kolea lau nui, kolea, lau li'i, 'oliko
			Nama	Boraginaceae	hinahina kahakai
			Neraudia	Urticaceae	ma'aloa, ma'oloa, 'oloa
			Nertera	Rubiaceae	makole
			Nestegis	Oleaceae	olopua, pua, ulupua
			Nothocestrum	Solanaceae	'aiea, halena
			Nototrichium	Amaranthaceae	kulu'i
			Ochrosia	Apocynaceae	holei
			Osteomeles	Rosaceae	'ulei, eluehe, u'ulei
			Peperomia	Piperaceae	'ala 'ala wai nui
			Perrottetia	Dipentodontaceae	olomea, pua'a olomea, waimea
			Peucedanum	Apiaceae	makou
			Phyllanthus	Phyllanthaceae	pamakani mahu, pamakani
			Phyllostegia	Lamiaceae	ulihi, kapana, kiponapona
			Phytolacca	Phytolaccaceae	popolo ku mai, popolo, pokeberry,
			Pilea	Urticaceae
			Pipturus	Urticaceae	mamaki, mamake
			Pisonia	Nyctaginaceae	papala kepau, papala
			Pittosporum	Pittosporaceae	ho'awa, ha'awa, papahekili, 'a'awa, 'a'awa hua kukui, ho'awa lau nui
			Planchonella	Sapotaceae	'ala'a, aulu, ela'a, kaulu
			Plantago	Plantaginaceae	laukahi kuahiwi, manene, ale, Hawaiian plantain
			Platydesma	Rutaceae	pilo kea lau li'i, pilo kea
			Plectranthus	Lamiaceae	spurflower, 'ala'ala wai nui, 'ala'ala wai nui pua ki, 'ala'ala wai nui wahine
			Plumbago	Plumbaginaceae	'ilie'e, 'ilihe'e, lauhihi, leadwort
			Polyscias	Araliaceae	'ohe 'ohe, 'ohe, 'ohe mauka, 'ohe kiko'ola
			Portulaca	Portulacaceae	'ihi, po'e, 'ihi makole, purslane
			Pseudognaphalium	Asteraceae	'ena'ena, puheu, cudweed, everlasting
			Psychotria	Rubiaceae	kopiko, kopiko 'ula, 'opiko, kopiko kea
			Psydrax	Rubiaceae	alahe'e, 'ohe'e, walahe'e
			Pteralyxia	Apocynaceae	kaulu
			Ranunculus	Ranunculaceae	buttercup, makou, 'awa Kanaloa, crowfoot
			Rauvolfia	Apocynaceae	hao
			Remya	Asteraceae
			Rhus	Anacardiaceae	neleau, neneleau, sumac
			Rubus	Rosaceae	'akala, 'akalakala, kala, Hawaiian raspberry
			Rumex	Polygonaceae	hu'ahu'ako, pawale, uhauhako, dock, sorrel
			Sanicula	Apiaceae	snakeroot
			Santalum	Santalaceae	'iliahi, 'iliahialo'e, sandalwood
			Sapindus	Sapindaceae	a'e, lonomea, aulu, kaulu, manele, soapberry
			Scaevola	Goodeniaceae	dwarf naupaka, naupaka, naupaka kuahiwi, 'ohe naupaka, huahekili uka, pepa'ahekili, naupaka kahakai, aupaka, huahekili, naupaka kai
			Schenkia	Gentianaceae	'awiwi, centaury
			Schiedea	Caryophyllaceae	ma'oli'oli
			Senna	Fabaceae	kolomona, heuhiuhi, kalamona, uhiuhi
			Sesbania	Fabaceae	'ohai
			Sesuvium	Aizoaceae	'akulikuli, sea purslane
			Sicyos	Cucurbitaceae	'anunu, panunukuahiwi
			Sida	Malvaceae	'ilima
			Sideroxylon	Sapotaceae	keahi
			Silene	Caryophyllaceae	catchfly, campion
			Solanum	Solanaceae	glossy nightshade, popolo, 'olohua, polopolo, popolohua, popolo ku mai, 'akia, popolo'aiakeakua
			Sophora	Fabaceae	mamane, mamani
			Spermolepis	Apiaceae
			Stenogyne	Lamiaceae	ma'ohi'ohi, pua'ainaka, mohihi
			Streblus	Moraceae	a'ia'i
			Strongylodon	Fabaceae	nuku 'i'iwi, ka 'i'iwi, nuku
			Syzygium	Myrtaceae	'ohia ha, ha, kauokahiki, pa'ihi, pa'ihi'ihi
			Tetramolopium	Asteraceae	pamakani
			Thespesia	Malvaceae	milo, portia tree
			Touchardia	Urticaceae	olona
			Trematolobelia	Campanulaceae	koli'i
			Tribulus	Zygophyllaceae	nohunohu, nohu, caltrop
			Urera	Urticaceae	opuhe, hopue, hona
			Vaccinium	Ericaceae	'ohelo, 'ohelo kau la'au, 'ohelo 'ai, blueberry
			Vicia	Fabaceae	Hawaiian vetch
			Vigna	Fabaceae	beach pea, mohihihi, lemuomakili, nanea, nenea, 'okolemakili, puhili, puhilihili, pulihilihi, wahine 'oma'o, mohimohi
			Viola	Violaceae	pamakani, 'olopu, nani Wai'ale'ale, kalihi, liliwai, pohe hiwa, violet
			Vitex	Lamiaceae	kolokolo kahakai, hinahina kolo, manawanawa, mawanawana, pohinahina, polinalina, beach vitex
			Waltheria	Malvaceae	'uhaloa, 'ala'ala puloa, hala 'uhaloa, hi'aloa, kanakaloa
			Wikstroemia	Thymelaeaceae	'akia, kauhi
			Wilkesia	Asteraceae	iliau, dwarf iliau
			Xylosma	Salicaceae	maua, a'e
			Zanthoxylum	Rutaceae	kawa'u, kawa'u kua kuku kapa, a'e, manele, hea'e

Monocots

 

			Agrostis	Poaceae	he'upueo, bentgrass
			Anoectochilus	Orchidaceae	jewel orchid
			Astelia	Asteliaceae	pa'iniu, kaluaha, pua'akuhinia
			Bolboschoenus	Cyperaceae	kaluha, bulrush
			Calamagrostis	Poaceae	Reedgrass
			Carex	Cyperaceae
			Cenchrus	Poaceae	kamanomano, kumanomano, sandbur
			Chrysodracon	Asparagaceae	hala pepe, le'ie
			Chrysopogon	Poaceae	manienie 'ula, pi'ipi'i, pilipili 'ula, golden beardgrass
			Cladium	Cyperaceae	'uki, sawgrass
			Cyperus	Cyperaceae	makaloa, makoloa, 'ehu'awa, 'ahu'awa, kili'o'opu, kiolohia, mau'u pu'uka'a, puko'a, pu'uko'a, pu'uka'a, umbrella sedge
			Deschampsia	Poaceae	hairgrass
			Dianella	Xanthorrhoeaceae	'uki'uki, 'uki
			Dichanthelium	Poaceae
			Digitaria	Poaceae	kukaepua'a, mau'u kukaepua'a, itchy crabgrass
			Dissochondrus	Poaceae
			Eleocharis	Cyperaceae	kohekohe, pipiwai, spikerush
			Eragrostis	Poaceae	kalamalo, kawelu, 'emoloa, lovegrass
			Festuca	Poaceae	fescue
			Fimbristylus	Cyperaceae	mau'u 'aki'aki
			Freycinetia	Pandanaceae	'ie'ie, 'ie
			Gahnia	Cyperaceae
			Halophila	Hydrocharitaceae	sea grass
			Heteropogon	Poaceae	pili, pili grass, twisted beardgrass, tanglehead, lule
			Isachne	Poaceae	'ohe
			Ischaemum	Poaceae	Hilo ischaemum
			Joinvillea	Joinvilleaceae	'ohe
			Lepturus	Poaceae
			Liparis	Orchidaceae	'awapuhiakanaloa, twayblade
			Luzula	Juncaceae	wood rush
			Machaerina	Cyperaceae	'uki, 'ahaniu
			Morelotia	Cyperaceae
			Oreobolus	Cyperaceae
			Pandanus	Pandanaceae	hala, pu hala, screw pine
			Panicum	Poaceae	konakona, lau'ehu, kai'oi'o, kakonakona, hakonakona, he'upueo, mountain pili, panic grass
			Paspalum	Poaceae	ricegrass, mau'u laiki
			Platanthera	Orchidaceae	fringed orchid
			Poa	Poaceae	bluegrass
			Potamogeton	Potamogetonaceae	pondweed, leafy pondweed
			Pritchardia	Arecaceae	loulu, loulu hiwa
			Rhynchospora	Cyperaceae	kuolohia, pu'uko'a, beak-rush
			Ruppia	Ruppiaceae	ditchgrass, widgeon grass
			Schoenoplectus	Cyperaceae	kaluha, 'aka'akai
			Scleria	Cyperaceae	nutgrass
			Sisyrinchium	Iridaceae	mau'u la'ili, mau'u ho'ula,
			Smilax	Smilacaceae	hoi kuahiwi, aka'awa, pi'oi uhi, ulehihi, catbrier, greenbrier
			Sporobolus	Poaceae	seashore rushgrass, beach dropseed, 'aki'aki, 'aki, mahiki, mahikihiki, manienie, manienie 'aki'aki, manienie mahikihiki, manienie maoli, beach dropseed, seashore rushgrass
			Trisetum	Poaceae	pili uka, he'upueo, mountain pili
			Uncinia	Cyperaceae

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