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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 Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 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 Rather stunted, ca 8 ft high Kepler, A.K. 48 Maui BISH 1981-10-21
2 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing out of a stream bank out of reach of goats. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3020 Maui BISH 1989-02-28
3 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dumpsite at bottom of gulch. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 403 Maui BISH 1978-01-01
4 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Flowers. Immature fruit Kepler, A.K. 49 Maui BISH 1981-10-21
5 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8517 Maui BISH 1910-09-01
6 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Kepler, A.K. 47 Maui BISH 1980-06-27
7 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 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 Rather stunted, ca 8 ft high Kepler, A.K. 48 Maui BISH 1981-10-21
8 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen midveins on upper side reddish, stems with lenticular cells Forbes, C.N. 1290 Maui BISH 1919-09-05
9 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 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 Branching tree 18 ft. high; flowers and some fruit Kepler, A.K. 46 Maui BISH 1981-10-21
10 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing out of a stream bank out of reach of goats. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3020 Maui BISH 1989-02-28
11 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8517 Maui BISH 1910-09-01
12 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 306 Maui BISH 1982-11-05
13 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 466 Maui BISH 1864-01-01
14 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Collected from outplantings in Nakula Natural Area Reserve; original source to the west in western Manawainui. Preserved_Specimen Mature fruit dull pale orange. Oppenheimer, H.L. 101903 Maui BISH 2019-10-18
15 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Within Manawainui Remya exclosure; growing on a stream wall in W. upper fork of drainage. Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 535 Maui BISH 1918-09-27
16 Cyanea obtusa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On a stream wall in W. upper fork of drainage. Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 535 Maui BISH 1983-09-27
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