Cyanea shipmanii
Genus: Cyanea
Range: Hawaii, mesic forests, 1,800-1,900 m.
Growth form: Treelet, 2.5-4 m tall.
This species ...
How to identify: The only mature lobeliad with pinnate leaves on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa of the big island. Also note that it grows at high elevations. At lower elevations of Kohala there is Cy. cylindrocalyx and from Maui there is there is C. horrida (Haleakalā, 1500-2000m) and C. mauiensis. Extinct species include C. pinnatifida (extinct, O'ahu) and C. asplenifolia (extinct, NW Maui).
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Sources:
- Gray, 1861 (as Cyanea grimesiana var. citrullifolia);
- Mann, 1868 (as Cyanea grimesiana var. citrullifolia);
- Hillebrand, 1888 places Gray's Cyanea grimesiana var. citrullifolia as a juvenile of Cyanea solanacea (incl. it's synonym Cyanea ferox);
- Rock, 1919 places Gray's Cyanea grimesiana var. citrullifolia as a juvenile of Cyanea tritomantha;
- Rock, 1957;
- Wimmer, 1968;
- Wagner et al., 1990.