Cyanea calycina

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Cyanea calycina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Cyanea
Species:
C. calycina
Binomial name
Cyanea calycina
(Cham.) Lammers (1998)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cyanea lanceolata subsp. calycina(Cham.) Lammers, Givnish & Sytsma (1993)
  • Delissea calycina(Cham.) C.Presl (1836)
  • Lobelia calycinaCham. (1833)
  • Rollandia calycina(Cham.) G.Don (1834)
  • Rollandia lanceolata subsp. calycina(Cham.) Lammers (1988)

Cyanea calycina is a flowering plant in the Campanulaceae family. The IUCN has classified the species as critically endangered. It is native to the Hawaiian Islands. [2] [3] An example is being monitored with a plant cam. [4]

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Description

It is a flowering perennial shrub from 1 to 3 meters tall. [5] [6] [7]

Taxonomy

Flowering plant species first discovered by Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso, and described by Lammers [8] in The Leipzig catalogue of vascular plants, in 2020. [9]

References

  1. "Cyanea calycina (Cham.) Lammers". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  2. "Caly's Species". plantcam. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  3. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  4. "Plant cam keeps a watchful eye on extremely rare plant | University of Hawaiʻi System News" . Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  5. "ECOS: Species Profile". ecos.fws.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  6. Marquez, Sebastian (2015-01-27). "Getting to know your Hawaiian Lobeliads #33: Cyanea calycina". Studia Mirabilium. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  7. "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands". naturalhistory2.si.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  8. "ITIS - Report: Cyanea calycina". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  9. "Cyanea calycina (Cham.) Lammers". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-01.