Cyanea leptostegia A. Gray

Genus: Cyanea

Range: Kaua'i, mesic forests, 1,000-1,300 m.

Growth form: Tree, 3-14 m tall.

Etymology: lepto- latin for thin and -stegia latin for covering in reference to the long-linear calyx lobes of this species. See also Cy. macrostegia with its large ovate-oblong calyx lobes.

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• Gray, 1861 (Gray's Delissea delessertiana var. pinnatiloba is a juvenile Cy. leptostegia, see Degener, 1966.);
• Gray, 1861;
• Mann, 1868;
• Wawra, 1873;
• Hillebrand, 1888;
• Heller, 1897;
• Rock, 1913;
• Rock, 1919;
• Wimmer, 1943 (including var. velutina);
• Degener, 1966 (including var. velutina);
• Wimmer, 1968 (including var. velutina);
• Wagner et al., 1990.