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.[1][2] An example is being monitored with a plant cam.[3]

Cyanea calycina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Description edit

It is a flowering perennial shrub from 1 to 3 meters tall.[4][5][6]

Taxonomy edit

Flowering plant species first discovered by Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso, and described by Lammers [7] in The Leipzig catalogue of vascular plants, in 2020.[8]

References edit

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

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