Cyanea calycina

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Cyanea

| species = calycina

| authority = (Cham.) Lammers (1998)

| synonyms =

  • Cyanea lanceolata subsp. calycina {{small|(Cham.) Lammers, Givnish & Sytsma (1993)}}
  • Delissea calycina {{small|(Cham.) C.Presl (1836)}}
  • Lobelia calycina {{small|Cham. (1833)}}
  • Rollandia calycina {{small|(Cham.) G.Don (1834)}}
  • Rollandia lanceolata subsp. calycina {{small|(Cham.) Lammers (1988)}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Cyanea calycina (Cham.) Lammers |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1001386-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=20 March 2025}}

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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.{{Cite web|title=Caly's Species|url=https://www.plantcam.live/about-cyanea-calycina-1|access-date=2022-01-01|website=plantcam|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.150014/Cyanea_calycina|access-date=2022-01-01|website=explorer.natureserve.org}} An example is being monitored with a plant cam.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Plant cam keeps a watchful eye on extremely rare plant {{!}} University of Hawaiʻi System News |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/06/12/caly-plant-cam/ |access-date=2022-01-01 |language=en-US}}

Description

It is a flowering perennial shrub from 1 to 3 meters tall.{{Cite web|title=ECOS: Species Profile|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/2031|access-date=2022-01-01|website=ecos.fws.gov}}{{Cite web|last=Marquez|first=Sebastian|date=2015-01-27|title=Getting to know your Hawaiian Lobeliads #33: Cyanea calycina|url=https://studiamirabilium.com/2015/01/27/getting-to-know-your-hawaiian-lobeliads-33-cyanea-calycina/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=Studia Mirabilium|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Flora of the Hawaiian Islands|url=https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/result2.cfm?genus=Cyanea&species=scabra&rank1=&epithet1=|access-date=2022-01-01|website=naturalhistory2.si.edu}}

Taxonomy

Flowering plant species first discovered by Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso, and described by Lammers {{Cite web|title=ITIS - Report: Cyanea calycina|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=565107#null|access-date=2022-01-01|website=www.itis.gov}} in The Leipzig catalogue of vascular plants, in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Cyanea calycina (Cham.) Lammers|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/185848183|access-date=2022-01-01|website=www.gbif.org|language=en}}

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