Cyanea pycnocarpa Hillebr. (E.Wimm.)

Genus: Cyanea

Range: The big island of Hawai'i, Kohala Mountains

Status: Extinct. Known only from the type stored in Berlin which was used for illustrations by Wimmer, but was likely destroyed.

Detail from Wimmer (1943), Fig. 18

Etymology: pycno- comes from ancient Greek πυκνος for dense, compact or thick, possibly used in this specific epithet in reference to the "cluster of sessile ... berries".

Growth form: Tree, unbranched, leaves concentrated at apex, height 4-8m (? height is that of Cy. arborea with which it was once considered a subspecies).

Cy. pycnocarpa ...

Sources:

• Hillebrand, 1888 (as Cyanea arborea var. pycnocarpa);
• Rock, 1919 (as Cyanea arborea var. picnocarpa);
• Wimmer, 1943;
• Wagner et al., 1990.