Cyanea remyi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Cyanea
- Species
- Cyanea remyi
- Scientific Name
- Cyanea remyi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cyanea remyi
Cyanea remyi is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Remy's cyanea. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other Cyanea, it is known as haha in Hawaiian.
This plant was very poorly known before 1987, with only two specimens ever having been collected, and no more occurrences of the plant seen since 1916. Then, in 1987, the species was rediscovered when a population of up to 50 plants was found next to the Wailua River. This population was decimated by Hurricane Iniki in 1992, leaving few plants alive. In 2000, eight plants were observed, and in 2006 only a single individual remained. In the meantime other small populations were found, but several have since been destroyed in events such as flash floods. A 2010 report estimated as few as 24 individuals divided among three populations.
This Hawaiian lobelioid is a shrub growing up to 2 meters tall and appearing superficially palm-like. The inflorescence bears up to 13 deep purple flowers. It grows in wet forest habitat in the understory of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), ohe mauka (Tetraplasandra spp.), and ʻōlapa (Cheirodendron spp.). The understory is thick with ferns, other Cyanea species, and many other species of Hawaiian endemic flora.
The habitat is threatened with degradation and destruction by a number of forces, especially feral pigs and exotic plant species such as Chinese ground orchid (Phaius tankervilleae) and Koster's curse (Clidemia hirta).
...Cyanea remyi in languages:
- English
- Remy's Cyanea
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