Cyanea kolekoleensis
Genus: Cyanea clade Hirtellae.
Status: Endangered. Federal Threatened & Endangered species; PEPP protected.
Range: Kaua'i, Wahiawa valley, wet forest, 650-765 m.
Growth form: Shrub, 1.5-1.9 m tall.
This species is one of the two that Lammers conceded to Harold St. John after St. John created a massive number of synonyms in 1987 publishing in Phytologia. The other is Cyanea eleeleensis. Both are members of the Hirtellae clade.
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Sources:
- Lammers, 1992.