Cyanea truncata (Rock) Rock

Genus: Cyanea

Range: O'ahu, Ko'olau mountains, mesic forests, 240-400 m.

Growth form: Treelet, 0.3-2 m tall.

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How to identify: This species along with Cy. tritomantha have densely bracted peduncles.

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Sources:

• Rock, 1913 (as Rollandia truncata);
• Forbes, 1916 (as Cyanea Juddii);
• Rock, 1917;
• Rock, 1919;
• Degener, 1932;
• Wimmer, 1943 (including var. juddii);
• Wagner et al., 1990.