Cyrtandra crenata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Didymocarpoideae
Tribus: Trichosporeae
Subtribus: Didymocarpinae
Genus: Cyrtandra
Species: Cyrtandra crenata
Name

Cyrtandra crenata H.St.John & Storey
References

Occasional Papers of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 20:81. 1950
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyrtandra crenata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Cyrtandra crenata is a rare species of flowering plant in the African violet family known by the common name Kahana Valley cyrtandra. It is endemic to Oahu in Hawaii, where it is known only from the Koolau Mountains. It has not been seen since 1947, however, and it is feared extinct. The habitat is steep and inaccessible in some areas, so it is possible that specimens of this species still exist in the wild. It was federally listed an endangered species of the United States in 1994. This shrub grows 1 to 2 meters tall and bears white flowers.[1] Like other Hawaiian Cyrtandra it is called ha`iwale.[2]
References

Cyrtandra crenata. The Nature Conservancy.

USFWS Species Reports: Listed Plants.

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