Cyanea lanceolata (Gaudich.) Lammers, Givnish & Sytsma

Genus: Cyanea section Rollandia

Range: O'ahu, both Ko'olau and Wai'anae Ranges, mesic to wet forest, 300-915 m.

Growth form: Treelet, 1-3 m tall.

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• Gaudichaud, 1829 (as Rollandia lanceolata);
• Hooker & Arnott, 1832 (as Lobelia lanceolata.);
• Chamisso, 1833 (as Lobelia ambigua c.f. Lammers note under Rollandia lanceolata for discussion);
• G. Don, 1834 (as Rollandia lanceolata);
• G. Don, 1834 (as Rollandia ambigua);
• De Candolle, 1838 (as Delissea ambigua);
• De Candolle, 1838 (as Rollandia lanceolata including subsp. β grandifolia);
• Gaudichaud, 1843 (as Rollandia delessertiana);
• Gray, 1861 (as Delissea lanceolata);
• Gray, 1861 (Gray's Delissea delessertiana var. pinnatiloba is a juvenile Cy. leptostegia, see Degener, 1966.);
• Gray, 1861 (as Cyanea aspera);
• Mann, 1868 (as Rollandia lanceolata);
• Mann, 1868 (as Delissea ambigua);
• Mann, 1868 (as Cyanea aspera);
• Wawra, 1873 (as Delissea ambigua);
• Wawra, 1873 (as Rollandia humboldtiana var. tomentella);
• Wawra, 1873 (as Rollandia scabra);
• Hillebrand, 1888 (as Rollandia lanceolata; Rock says var. α, β, γ and δ are not different from the species);
• Hillebrand, 1888 (R. lanceolata var. ε and ζ are Cyanea calycina);
• Hillebrand, 1888 (possibly Hillebrand's R. humboldtiana is our Cyanea lanceolata, see discussion in Rock, 1919);
• Heller, 1897 (as Rollandia lanceolata);
• Rock, 1919 (as Rollandia lanceolata including var. viridiflora);
• Rock, 1919 (R. lanceolata var. tomentosa is Cyanea calycina);
• St. John & Hosaka, 1935 (discussion of var. grandifolia, typica, and rockii, plus description of new variety kipapaensis);
• Wimmer, 1943 (Cyanea coronata is Cy. calycina);
• Wimmer, 1943 ( as Rollandia bidentata);
• Wimmer, 1943 ( as Rollandia lanceolata, including f. rockii and var. viridiflora; var. tomentella is Cyanea calycina);
• Degener, 1952 ( as Rollandia lanceolata, including f. rockii and var. viridiflora; var. tomentella is Cyanea calycina);
• Wimmer, 1953 (as Rollandia lanceolata var. glaberrima in supplement.);
• Degener, 1956 (as Rollandia degeneriana which appears to be a hybrid between Cy. lanceolata and Cy. longiflora);
• Wimmer, 1968 ( as Rollandia lanceolata var. tomentella);
• Wimmer, 1968 ( Wimmer's Rollandia degeneriana appears to be a hybrid between Cy. lanceolata and Cy. longiflora);
• Wagner et al., 1990 (pro-parte).