Cyanea calycina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Genus: | Cyanea |
Species: | C. calycina
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Binomial name | |
Cyanea calycina (Cham.) Lammers
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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]
It is a flowering perennial shrub from 1 to 3 meters tall.[4][5][6]
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]