Mycorrhizal status of two Hawaiian plant species (Asteraceae) in a tropical alpine habitat: The threatened Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) and the endemic Dubautica menziesii
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
10-1-2002
Abstract
Samples of roots and root-zone soil from the threatened species Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum and the endemic species Dubautia menziesii, both members of the Asteraceae, were collected in a tropical alpine area in Haleakalā National Park, Maui, Hawai'i, and examined for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). All root samples exhibited the Paris-type of mycorrhizae with arbuscules produced on hyphal coils, and all soil collections included spores of AMF. Spores of Acaulospora, Entrophospora, Glomus, and Scutellospora spp. were recovered from this site.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Pacific Science
Volume
56
Issue
4
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Koske, R. E., and J. N. Gemma. "Mycorrhizal status of two Hawaiian plant species (Asteraceae) in a tropical alpine habitat: The threatened Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) and the endemic Dubautica menziesii." Pacific Science 56, 4 (2002): 423-430. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/bio_facpubs/423