Margaret J. Sporck-Koehler, Tobias B. Koehler, Sebastian N. Marquez, Mashuri Waite, Adam M. Williams
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Figure 3.Cyanea konahuanuiensis. A habit, photo with Adam M. Williams crouched down next to plant for scale B Seedlings growing in test tube in micropropagation lab C juvenile plant in the field D flowering stem with pendent inflorescence captured (photos by Margaret J. Sporck-Koehler ).
Hh or Sharktail cyaneaCampanulaceae (Bellflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu)IUCN: Extinct in the WildOahu (Cultivated)Photo shows how this species got it's name. Grown from precious seeds, these officially "extinct in the wild" plants are ready for outplanting to their new home in a secure growing area.Flowerswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4797967733/in/datetaken-...Cyanea is an endemic Hawaiian genus of lobeliads with 80 or so species.EtymologyThe generic name Cyanea is from the Greek, cyaneos, blue, referring to the supposedly blue flowers of the type species, Cyanea grimesiana, which in reality are white or to purplish.The Latin specific epithet pinnatifida is defined as "pinnately divided almost to the midrib."nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
Kuhiaikamoowahie or peluCampanulaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii)Oahu (Cultivated), an Oahu formEarly Hawaiians used these plants to sprinkle water on an image of the rain god to induce rain.EtymologyThe generic epithet Lobelia is named in behalf of the Flemish botanist Mathais de L'Obel (1538-1616).The specific Greek epithet, hypoleuca, whitish below, is in reference to the white tomentose undersides of the leaves of this species.See www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/12173705166/in/photolist...nativeplants.hawaii.edu/