Cyanea pseudofauriei Lammers

Genus: Cyanea

Range: Kaua'i, 165-640 m. USGS map not available.

Growth form: Shrub/Treelet, 0.9-3.7 m tall.

When Lammers sank Cyanea fauriei into Cyanea coriacea, he only included the type species and var. degeneriana. The population that had been called var. gratiosa from central and southern Kaua'i became our current species Cyanea pseudofauriei and the population from Ka Loko reservoir on the northeast side of the island was named Cyanea minutiflora.

How to identify:

Images:

Sources:

• E. Wimmer, 1953 (as Cyanea coriacea f. gratiosa);
• Degener, 1956 (as Cyanea coriacea f. gratiosa);
• Lammers, 1990 (as Cyanea fauriei);
• Lammers, 2004