Euphorbia skottsbergii var. kalaeloana

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[syn. Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. skottsbergii, Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. kalaeloana, Euphorbia skottsbergii var. skottsbergii]Akoko, ekoko, koko, or kkmlei Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (southwest Oahu, and northwest Molokai*)EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)The name akoko comes from the Hawaiian word koko for blood. They get their name from the red, or blood-colored, seed capsules appearing as drops of blood on the plant on some varieties and species. www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4839128621/Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/16759777951/in/datetaken...EtymologyThe generic name Euphorbia is classically supposed to have been named for Euphorbus, a physician to the king of Mauretania in the first century A.D. (C.E.).The specific epithet skottsbergii, is named for Prof. Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg (1880-1963), a Swedish explorer and plant collector in the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere.The subspecific epithet kalaeloana, is named Kalaeloa, an area around Barber's Point (Naval Air Station) on southwest Oahu, and on northwest Molokai from Waiakanap and Phakumauliuli to Moomomi.*_____* Even though there are separate island populations of var. skottsbergii, on Molokai this variety appears to be genetically closer to the variety vaccinioides than it does to the Oahu var. skottsbergii. Thus, C. Morden & M. Gregoritza suggest that it "should be recognized by the previously used variety name, C. skottsbergii var. audens."nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Chamaesyce_skottsbergi...