CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Cyanea pinnatifida
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Cyanea pinnatifida is Fully Sponsored |
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custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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Nellie Sugii contributed to this Plant Profile. |
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| Cyanea pinnatifida was first collected by Chamisso, the botanist on the Russian exploring expedition which visited Hawai`i in 1816-1817. It grows in the Wai`anae Mountains on the island of O`ahu and has apparently been a rare species for a very long time, as only a few collections have been ever made. For a number of years, only one plant was known in the wild, growing in a preserve managed by The Nature Conservancy. In 1998 it was seen in flower but seed was never found on this plant. Unfortunately, in August 2001 this individuals died. Currently, this species is found only at the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum and the National Tropical Botanical Garden, where individuals plants propagated from the now dead wild individual plant are housed. (USFWS 2002) Cyanea pinnatifida is a shrub that grows up to 10 feet in height and has long, deeply lobed leaves with 2 to 6 lobes on each side of the leaf. The only other member of the Cyanea genus on the island of Oahu has leaves with 9 to 12 lobes per side. Out of the axils of these leaves arise clusters of 8 to 15 greenish-white flowers with purple stripes. (Wagner et al. 1999) In 1995 the first plant to be seen flowering in 30 years bloomed in a greenhouse at the Lyon Arboretum. This success was the result of a collaborative effort between many people and institutions in Hawaii.
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References |
Wagner, W.L.; Bruegmann, M.M.; Herbst, D.R; Lau, J.Q.C. 1999. Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum Press Honolulu. |
Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i--Revised Edition. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press and Bishop Museum Press. 1853p. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
(2002). Hawaiian Native Plant Genera. ¬ Gerald D. Carr, University of Hawaii Botany Department. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/natives.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
(2002). Vascular Plant Family Access Page; Campanulaceae. [Web site] University of Hawaii--Botany Department. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/campanul.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
Yoshinaga, A. (2002). Seed storage characteristics of Hawaiian species. [Web site] University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848. http://www.hawaii.edu/scb/seed/seedtabl.html. Accessed: 2002. |
Buss, C.C.; Lammers, T.G.; Wise, R.R. 2001. Seed coat morphology and its systematic implications in Cyanea and other genera of Lobelioideae (Campanulaceae). American Journal of Botany. 88, 1301-1308 |
Koob, G.A. 1995. Thirty Years Without a Flower. The Kukui Leaf. XXII: 4-5. |
USFWS. 1990. 46 Plants and Animals. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 15, 10: 4-10. |
USFWS. 1990. Proposed Endangered Status for 26 Plants from the Waianae Mountains, Island of Oahu, HI. Federal Register. 55, 189: 39664-39680. |
USFWS. 1991. Determination of Endangered Status for 26 Plants From the Waianae Mountains, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Federal Register. 56: 55770-55786. |
USFWS. 2002. Designations of Critical Habitat for Plant Species From the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Federal Register. 67, 102: 37108-37156. |
1997. Lyon's rare-plant work shows the possibilities. Honolulu Advertiser; Honolulu, HI. |
Leone, Diana. 2001 Monday, June 18, 2001. A Little Growing Room: The Nature Conservancy plans to fence land in Honouliuli to save native plants and animals. Honolulu Star-Bulletin; Honolulu, HI. On-line edition. |
Taylor, Lois. 1997 Friday, January 24, 1997. Test tube plants preserve species. Honolulu Star Bulletin; Honolulu, HI. Ever Green. |
TenBruggencate, Jan. 1996 Sunday, April 28, 1996. Rare plants find new life in lab. The Honolulu Advertiser; Honolulu, HI. |
Lamoureux, C.H. July 21, 1995. Info. on and slides for 20 National Collection taxa for CPC. Letter to Sud, Anukriti. University of Hawaii at Manoa. |
TNC. 2000. Honouliuli Preserve Master Plan. The Nature Conservancy. Web site;. |
USFWS. 1995. Recovery Plan for the Wai`anae Plant Cluster. Portland, OR: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p.207. |
USFWS. 1998. Recovery Plan for Oahu Plants. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. p.207 , plus appendices. Final Recovery Plan. |
USFWS. 2001. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species List. March 30, 2000. Honolulu: Unpublished. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p.19. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |