Cyanea (plant)

Cyanea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae that are endemic to Hawaii. The name Cyanea in Hawaiian is hāhā.^[1]

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Cyanea
Cyanea lobata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Subfamily:	Lobelioideae
Genus:	Cyanea Gaudich.
Species
about 78, see § Species
Synonyms
Kittelia Rollandia

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These Hawaiian lobelioids are endemic to Hawaii with over 90% of Cyanea species are found only on one island in the Hawaiian chain.^[2] They grow in moist and wet forest habitat^[3] and are largely pollinated by birds^[2] such as the Hawaiian honeycreepers,^[4] and the seeds are dispersed by birds that take the fruits.^[2]

Most Cyanea are trees with few branches or none. The inflorescence is a raceme of 4 to 45 flowers which grows from the leaf axils. The fruit is a fleshy berry.^[3][2]

There are about 78 species in the genus.^[5] Species include:^[6]

• Cyanea aculeatiflora – Haleakala cyanea
• Cyanea acuminata – Honolulu cyanea
• Cyanea angustifolia – hāhā,^[7] ʻaku,^[8]
• Cyanea arborea – palmtree cyanea
• Cyanea asarifolia – gingerleaf cyanea
• Cyanea aspleniifolia – spleenwort cyanea
• Cyanea calycina – Waianae Range rollandia, Oʻahu cyanea
• Cyanea comata – Maui cyanea
• Cyanea copelandii – treetrunk cyanea
• Cyanea coriacea – leatherleaf cyanea
• Cyanea crispa – Koolau Range rollandia
• Cyanea cylindrocalyx – Splitleaf cyanea
• Cyanea dolichopoda – long-foot cyanea
• Cyanea dunbariae – ravine cyanea
• Cyanea duvalliorum
• Cyanea eleeleensis – eleele cyanea
• Cyanea elliptica – ellipticleaf cyanea
• Cyanea fissa – Kauai cyanea
• Cyanea floribunda – Degener's cyanea
• Cyanea giffardii – Kilauea Mauna cyanea
• Cyanea gibsonii
• Cyanea glabra – smooth cyanea
• Cyanea grimesiana – splitleaf cyanea
• Cyanea habenata – stream-bed cyanea
• Cyanea hamatiflora – wetforest cyanea
• Cyanea hardyi – Oahu cyanea
• Cyanea heluensis
• Cyanea hirtella – rustyleaf cyanea
• Cyanea horrida – prickly cyanea, holokea, hāhā nui^[9]
• Cyanea humboldtiana – Oahu rollandia
• Cyanea kahiliensis – spoonleaf cyanea
• Cyanea kauaulaensis^[5]
• Cyanea kolekoleensis – kolekole cyanea
• Cyanea konahuanuiensis – Hāhā miliʻohu
• Cyanea koolauensis – Palolo Valley rollandia
• Cyanea kuhihewa – Limahuli Valley cyanea
• Cyanea kunthiana – Kunth's cyanea
• Cyanea lanceolata – lanceleaf cyanea
• Cyanea leptostegia – giant kokee cyanea
• Cyanea linearifolia – linearleaf cyanea
• Cyanea lobata – Waihee Valley cyanea
• Cyanea longiflora – ridge rollandia
• Cyanea longissima – streambank cyanea
• Cyanea macrostegia – purple cyanea
• Cyanea magnicalyx
• Cyanea mannii – Mann's cyanea
• Cyanea maritae
• Cyanea marksii – Marks' cyanea
• Cyanea mauiensis – Maui cyanea
• Cyanea mceldowneyi – McEldowney's cyanea
• Cyanea membranacea – papery cyanea
• Cyanea minutiflora
• Cyanea munroi – Munro's cyanea
• Cyanea obtusa – bluntlobe cyanea
• Cyanea parvifolia – Waioli Valley rollandia
• Cyanea pilosa – hairy cyanea
• Cyanea pinnatifida – sharktail cyanea
• Cyanea platyphylla – puna cyanea
• Cyanea pohaku – pohaku cyanea
• Cyanea procera – Molokai cyanea
• Cyanea profuga – Mapulehu Valley cyanea
• Cyanea pseudofauriei – hāhā
• Cyanea purpurellifolia – Panaluu Mountain rollandia
• Cyanea pycnocarpa – manyfruit cyanea
• Cyanea quercifolia – oakleaf cyanea
• Cyanea recta – Kealia cyanea
• Cyanea remyi – Remy's cyanea
• Cyanea rivularis – plateau cyanea
• Cyanea salicina – willow cyanea
• Cyanea scabra – harsh cyanea
• Cyanea sessilifolia – sessileleaf cyanea
• Cyanea shipmanii – Shipman's cyanea
• Cyanea solanacea – popolo
• Cyanea solenocalyx – pua kala, molokai
• Cyanea spathulata – spoonleaf cyanea
• Cyanea st.-johnii – St. John's rollandia
• Cyanea stictophylla – Kaiholena cyanea
• Cyanea superba – Mt. Kaala cyanea
• Cyanea tritomantha – ʻaku ʻaku, ʻaku
• Cyanea truncata – Punaluu cyanea
• Cyanea undulata – leechleaf cyanea