Cyanea asplenifolia

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Cyanea

| species = asplenifolia

| authority = (H.Mann) Hillebr., 1888

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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.{{Cite web|title=Cyanea asplenifolia - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database|url=https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/asterales-daisies-bellflowers-sunflowers-etc/cyanea-asplenifolia|access-date=2022-01-01|website=recentlyextinctspecies.com|language=en-gb}}{{Cite web|title=Flora of the Hawaiian Islands|url=https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/result2.cfm?genus=Cyanea&species=asplenifolia&rank1=&epithet1=|access-date=2022-01-01|website=naturalhistory2.si.edu}}

Description

It is a flowering perennial shrub from 1.3 to 2 meters tall.{{Cite web|title=ECOS: Species Profile|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/7940|access-date=2022-01-01|website=ecos.fws.gov}}

Taxonomy

Flowering plant species first discovered by Horace Mann Jr. It was described by Wilhelm B. Hillebrand, in Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 260 in 1888.{{Cite web|title=Cyanea asplenifolia (H.Mann) Hillebr. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:141910-1|access-date=2022-01-01|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}

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