Cyanea longiflora (Wawra) Lammers, Givnish and Sytsma

Genus: Cyanea sect. Rollandiae

Range: O'ahu, both ranges; mesic to wet forests, 275-760 m.

Growth form: Treelet, 1-3 m tall.

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• Wawra, 1873 (as Rollandia longiflora);
• Hillebrand, 1888 (as Rollandia longiflora, Note that var. angustifolia is Cy. koolauensis);
• Rock, 1919 (as Rollandia longiflora);
• Wimmer, 1943 (as Rollandia longiflora);
• Wimmer, 1953 (as Rollandia lanceolata var. brevipes in supplement.);
• Degener, 1956 (as Rollandia degeneriana which appears to be a hybrid between Cy. lanceolata and Cy. longiflora);
• Wimmer, 1968 (as Rollandia longiflora);
• Wimmer, 1968 ( Wimmer's Rollandia degeneriana appears to be a hybrid between Cy. lanceolata and Cy. longiflora);
• Wagner et al., 1990 (in part, as Rollandia longiflora. Lammers (1998) segregated Cyanea sessilifolia as a separate species.);
• Lammers, Givnish and Sytsma, 1993.