Charpentiera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Amaranthoideae
Genus: Charpentiera

Species: C. australis – C. densiflora – C. elliptica – C. obovata – C. ovata – C. tomentosa
Name

Charpentiera Gaudich., 1826

Type species: Charpentiera obovata Gaudich.

References
Primary references

Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1826–1830. Voyage autour du Monde, Entrepis par Ordre du Roi, Exécuté sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Botanique. Imprimerie Royale. 522 pp. BHL Reference page. : 444

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Charpentiera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Charpentiera. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 22 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Charpentiera in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Charpentiera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jul. 2019.

Charpentiera is a flowering plant genus in the family Amaranthaceae. It consists of five species endemic to Hawaiʻi, where they are known as pāpala, and one species found only on the island of Tubuai in the Austral Islands. All species are trees, some reaching more than 10 metres (33 ft) in height. The genus is named for Arsène Charpentier (1781-1818), professor of pharmacy at Antwerp from 1810 to 1814 and at Cherbourg from 1814 to 1816.[5][6]
Species

Charpentiera australis (Tubuai)
Charpentiera densiflora Sohmer (Kauaʻi)[7]
Charpentiera elliptica (Hillebr.) A.Heller (Kauaʻi)[7]
Charpentiera obovata Gaudich. (main islands of Hawaiʻi)[7][8]
Charpentiera ovata Gaudich. (Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Maui, island of Hawaiʻi)[7]
Charpentiera tomentosa Sohmer
Charpentiera tomentosa var. maakuaensis (Oʻahu)[4]
Charpentiera tomentosa var. tomentosa (Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, island of Hawaiʻi)[4]

Uses

Native Hawaiians on the northwest coast of the island of Kauaʻi used lightweight pāpala branches in the art of ʻōahi. Branches were ignited and tossed off of high sea cliffs, where they were buoyed by ridge lifts and burned like fireworks.[9]
References

Mueller-Dombois, Dieter; Francis Raymond Fosberg (1998). "Chapter VII. Eastern Polynesia". Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific Islands. Springer. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-387-98313-4.
"PLANTS Profile for Charpentiera (papala)". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture.
"Charpentiera obovata". Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
"Charpentiera tomentosa Sohmer". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles. (1826)in Freycinet Voyage autour du monde, Botanique 444 [1]
Léonard, Jacques. (1967) Les Officiers de santé de la Marine Française de 1814 à 1835.
"papala". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Pāpala" (PDF). United States Forest Service.[permanent dead link]
Medeiros, A. C.; C.F. Davenport; C.G. Chimera (1998). "Auwahi: Ethnobotany of a Hawaiian Dryland Forest" (PDF). Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. pp. 39–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-24.