Cyanea platyphylla: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Cyanea
- Species
- Cyanea platyphylla
- Scientific Name
- Cyanea platyphylla
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cyanea platyphylla
Cyanea platyphylla is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names puna cyanea and flatleaf cyanea. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii, where there are fewer than 100 plants remaining in the wild. It is a federally listed endangered species. Like other Cyanea it is known as haha in Hawaiian.
This Hawaiian lobelioid is a shrub reaching 3 meters in maximum height. It bears white, red, or red-striped yellowish flowers.
The plant grows in wet forests, including those on the eastern slopes of Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, and Kīlauea. It is threatened by degradation of its habitat by feral pigs, cattle, and exotic plant species.
...Cyanea platyphylla in languages:
- English
- Puna Cyanea
- English
- 'akū'akū
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cyanea aculeatiflora
- Cyanea acuminata
- Cyanea angustifolia
- Cyanea arborea
- Cyanea asarifolia
- Cyanea asplenifolia
- Cyanea calycina
- Cyanea comata
- Cyanea copelandii
- Cyanea coriacea
- Cyanea crispa
- Cyanea cylindrocalyx
- Cyanea dolichopoda
- Cyanea dunbariae
- Cyanea duvalliorum
- Cyanea eleeleensis
- Cyanea elliptica
- Cyanea fissa
- Cyanea floribunda
- Cyanea gibsonii
- Cyanea giffardii
- Cyanea glabra
- Cyanea grimesiana
- Cyanea habenata
- Cyanea hamatiflora
- Cyanea hardyi
- Cyanea heluensis
- Cyanea hirtella
- Cyanea horrida
- Cyanea humboldtiana
- Cyanea kahiliensis
- Cyanea kauaulaensis
- Cyanea kolekoleensis
- Cyanea konahuanuiensis
- Cyanea koolauensis
- Cyanea kuhihewa
- Cyanea kunthiana
- Cyanea lanceolata
- Cyanea leptostegia
- Cyanea linearifolia
- Cyanea lobata
- Cyanea longiflora
- Cyanea longissima
- Cyanea macrostegia
- Cyanea magnicalyx
- Cyanea mannii
- Cyanea maritae
- Cyanea marksii
- Cyanea mauiensis
- Cyanea mceldowneyi
- Cyanea membranacea
- Cyanea minutiflora
- Cyanea munroi
- Cyanea obtusa
- Cyanea parvifolia
- Cyanea pilosa
- Cyanea pinnatifida
- Cyanea platyphylla
- Cyanea pohaku
- Cyanea procera
- Cyanea profuga
- Cyanea pseudofauriei
- Cyanea purpurellifolia
- Cyanea pycnocarpa
- Cyanea quercifolia
- Cyanea recta
- Cyanea remyi
- Cyanea rivularis
- Cyanea salicina
- Cyanea scabra
- Cyanea sessilifolia
- Cyanea shipmanii
- Cyanea solanacea
- Cyanea solenocalyx
- Cyanea spathulata
- Cyanea st-johnii
- Cyanea stictophylla
- Cyanea superba
- Cyanea tritomantha
- Cyanea truncata
- Cyanea undulata