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Cyanea obtusa

(A.Gray) Hillebr. (1888)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Cyanea

hāhā [haha]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs 2–5 m tall.

Stems: Stems branched, pubescent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades oblong to oblanceolate, blades 15–30 cm long, 4–9 cm wide. Apex acute. Base cuneate. Upper surfaces green, sparsely pubescent; lower surfaces pale green, densely pubescent. Margins coarsely callose–dentate. Petioles 3.5–10 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences 6–12–flowered, densely pubescent, peduncles 20–50 mm long, pedicels 15–25 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect); hypanthium obovoid, 4–6 mm long, densely pubescent. Calyx lobes narrowly triangular, 1–2 mm long, densely pubescent throughout, apex acute to acuminate. Corolla purplish, 30–36 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, densely pubescent, the tube suberect, the lobes spreading. Stamens 5, alternate with corolla lobes, connate; staminal column glabrous; anthers glabrous, the lower 2 with apical tufts of white hairs. Ovary inferior, 2-celled; ovule placentation axile; stigma 2-lobed, wet or dry, appressed and nonreceptive as the style grows through the anther tube, pushing out the pollen, after which the stigmas spread apart and become receptive.

Fruit: Berries unknown. Seeds: mature seeds not seen.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Formerly occurring in wet forest; Maui.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 256 (1888)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:458 (M); Lammers 2004:99 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wilkes explor. exped. s.n. Hawaii US 1838-08-08
2 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Medeiros, A.C. 306 Maui BISH 11/5/1982
3 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wilkes Explor. Exped. s.n. Maui US 1838-00-00
4 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 1167 Maui US 8/25/1991
5 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 1167 Maui US 8/25/1991
6 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 1290 M Maui BISH 9/5/1919
7 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Hanging onto top of cliff in drier situation than #46 (Cyanea sp.), having smaller leaves, less petiole. Pipturus rockii, Lobelia grayana, Asplenium contiguum nearby. Gully below at least 100 ft high. Fairly moist gully below Cyanea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kepler, a.k. collector number: 48 Maui BISH 10/21/1981
8 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Forming great clumps in salt marsh. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kepler, a.k. collector number: 46 Oahu BISH 10/21/1981
9 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Hanging onto top of cliff in drier situation than #46 (Cyanea sp.), having smaller leaves, less petiole. Pipturus rockii, Lobelia grayana, Asplenium contiguum nearby. Gully below at least 100 ft high. Fairly moist gully below Cyanea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kepler, A.K. 48 Maui BISH 10/21/1981
10 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing out of a stream bank out of reach of goats. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 3020 Maui BISH 2/28/1989
11 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moist ground. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN medeiros, a.c. collector number: 535a Oahu BISH 9/27/1918
12 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On a stream wall in W. upper fork of drainage. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN medeiros, a.c. collector number: 535b Maui BISH 9/27/1983
13 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kepler, A.K. 47 Maui BISH 6/27/1980
14 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1290 m Maui BISH 9/5/1919
15 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H. 466 Maui BISH 2/6/1905
16 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kepler, A.K. 49 Maui BISH 10/21/1981
17 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Fairly protected moist gully with Athyrium sandwicense, Cibotium splendens, Lobelia grayana, many other ferns, ohia, koa nearby. Dryish gulch with pools, dry waterfalls. Cyanea about 20 ft. from gully boulders, protected by vertical, sparsely vegetated cliffs at least 80 ft. high. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kepler, A.K. 46 Maui BISH 10/21/1981
18 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8517 Maui BISH 9/1/1910
19 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mann, h. brigham, w.t. collector number: 466 Maui BISH
20 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dumpsite at bottom of gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 403 Maui BISH 8/8/1978
21 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On a stream wall in W. upper fork of drainage. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Medeiros, A.C. 535b Maui BISH 9/27/1983
22 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros - Styphelia shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 9188 Maui PTBG 11/15/2001
23 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H101903 Maui PTBG 10/18/2019
24 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Within Manawainui Remya exclosure; growing on a stream wall in W. upper fork of drainage. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Medeiros, A.C. 535a Maui BISH 9/27/1918
25 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8517 Maui BISH 9/1/1910
26 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dumpsite at bottom of gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 403 Maui BISH 5/31/1905
27 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN medeiros, a.c. collector number: 306 Maui BISH 11/5/1982
28 Cyanea obtusa (A.Gray) Hillebr. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1167 Maui PTBG 8/25/1991
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