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Cyrtandra × crassifolia

(Hillebr.) Rock (1918)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Gesneriaceae Genus: Cyrtandra

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Amer. J. Bot. 5: 265 (1918)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:737 (O, parentage: C. cordifolia × C. garnotiana); Note: assumed unstabilized hybrid

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Oahu Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1908-01-01
2 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Kalihi Valley Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 14105 Oahu BISH 1916-08-02
3 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Kalihi Valley Preserved_Specimen Hitchcock, A.S. 14105 Oahu BISH 1916-08-02
4 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Oahu Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1908-01-01
5 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Niu Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Oahu BISH
6 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Moanalua Valley, E ridge, 2/3 way up, gulch moist, shaded Preserved_Specimen 4 m shrub, calyx green St.John, H. 20286 Oahu BISH 1942-04-18
7 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Manaiki Valley, small branch, below divide, slope shaded, rocky Preserved_Specimen Bishop, L.E. 1007 Oahu BISH 1971-06-18
8 Cyrtandra × crassifolia In right hand fork at mauka end of Manaiki Valley Along bed of intermittent stream in shade of kukui and hibiscus trees. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 1577 Oahu BISH 1970-01-31
9 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Palolo, Pukele Slopes of of rock rubble. Forest clearing dominated by ferns. Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 2622 Oahu BISH 1986-01-12
10 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Moanalua Valley, E ridge 2/3 way up Moist shaded gulch Preserved_Specimen Shrub 5 m. tall. young shoots quadrangular, these & petioles densely spreading white pilosulous; petioles 4-5 mm. diam.; blades soft thick chartaceous above dark green, sparsely appressed white hirsutulous, below whitish green + spreading white pilose, densely & permanently so on the veins & veinlets; infl. ascending at about 45 deg.; calyx pale green, funnelform, spreading white pilosulous; pedicels spreading white pilosulous. corolla white villous. St.John, H. 20287 Oahu BISH 1942-04-18
11 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Moanalua Valley, E ridge 2/3 way up Moist shaded gulch Preserved_Specimen Shrub 5 m. tall. young shoots quadrangular, these & petioles densely spreading white pilosulous; petioles 4-5 mm. diam.; blades soft thick chartaceous above dark green, sparsely appressed white hirsutulous, below whitish green + spreading white pilose, densely & permanently so on the veins & veinlets; infl. ascending at about 45 deg.; calyx pale green, funnelform, spreading white pilosulous; pedicels spreading white pilosulous. corolla white villous. St.John, H. 20287 Oahu BISH 1942-04-18
12 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Koolau Mts., in small side valley of Kipapa Gulch Along partially shady dry stream bed Preserved_Specimen Storey, W.B. 220 Oahu BISH 1932-11-13
13 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Moanalua Valley, east ridge 2/3 way up Moist shaded gulch Preserved_Specimen Shrub 3 m. tall; style hirsute. St.John, H. 20289 Oahu BISH 1942-04-18
14 Cyrtandra × crassifolia Koolau Mts., Waimano trail, switchbacks after stream Acacia koa, Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Cyanea angustifolia, Gardenia mannii, Psychotria, Cibotium, Scaevola, Bobea, Freycinetia, Clidemia Preserved_Specimen flower and fruit Perlman, S. 5462 Oahu BISH 1987-03-22
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