''Cyanea asplenifolia'' is a flowering plant in the
Campanulaceae family. The IUCN has classified the species as
critically endangered.
It is native to the
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kur ...
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Description
It is a flowering perennial shrub from 1.3 to 2 meters tall.
Taxonomy
Flowering plant species first discovered by
Horace Mann Jr.
Horace Mann Jr. (February 25, 1844 – 1868) was an American Botany, botanist, son of Horace Mann. His mother was one of the famous Peabody Sisters Mary Tyler Peabody Mann. Mentored in botany by Henry David Thoreau, whom he accompanied on an expe ...
It was described by
Wilhelm B. Hillebrand , in ''Fl. Hawaiian Isl.'': 260 in 1888.
References
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Flora of Hawaii
Plants described in 1888
asplenifolia