Cyanea eleeleensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status = EX

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bruegmann, M. |author2=Caraway, V.L. |author3=Clark, M. |date=2016 |title=Cyanea eleeleensis |volume=2016 |page=e.T44096A83790877 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T44096A83790877.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

|genus = Cyanea

|species = eleeleensis

|authority = (H.St.John) Lammers

|synonyms = Delissea eleeleensis

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Cyanea eleeleensis was a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Eleele cyanea. It was endemic to Kauai, where it has been declared extinct.USFWS. [http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-04-13/pdf/2010-1904.pdf#page=1 Determination of endangered status for 48 species on Kauai and designation of critical habitat; Final rule.] Federal Register April 13, 2010. It was federally listed as a critically endangered species of the United States in 2010. Like other Cyanea it is known as haha in Hawaiian.[http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/listedPlants.jsp USFWS Species Reports: Listed Plants.]

This Hawaiian lobelioid was discovered in 1977 near a gulch called Pali 'Ele'ele on Kauai. The shrub is known to grow nearly two meters tall with leaves up to 40 centimeters long by 11 wide. The inflorescence bears up to 20 tubular flowers which are purple in color with paler longitudinal stripes.Lammers, T. G. (1992). [https://www.jstor.org/pss/3391673 Two new combinations in the endemic Hawaiian genus Cyanea (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae).] Novon 2:2 129-131.

Threats to this rare species included habitat degradation by feral pigs, exotic plants, and landslides.Bruegmann, M. M. & V. Caraway. (2003). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/44096/0/full Cyanea eleeleensis]. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2010. [http://www.iucnredlist.org www.iucnredlist.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |date=June 27, 2014 }}. Retrieved on 25 February 2011.