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Cyanea Heluensis
''Cyanea heluensis'' is a rare plant that was found near West Maui, The flower was first encountered in 2010 and formally named in 2020. There is only a single known wild individual of the species and it is prone to extinction by rats. The plant needs extra protection from parasites and other kind of plant illnesses. The plant is similar to Hāhā. ''Cyanea heluensis'' has unique leaves. Its flowers are long, white, and gently curved. ''Cyanea heluensis'' attracts bird pollinators with orange fruit. References heluensis Endemic flora of Hawaii Plants described in 2020 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Campanulaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species Description
A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been described previously or are related. In order for species to be validly described, they need to follow guidelines established over time. Zoological naming requires adherence to the ICZN code, plants, the ICN, viruses ICTV, and so on. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of type material along with a note on where they are deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct throughout the existence of life on Earth. Naming process A name of a new species becomes valid (available in zo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyanea (plant)
''Cyanea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae. The name ''Cyanea'' in Hawaiian is ''hāhā''. These Hawaiian lobelioids are endemic to Hawaii with over 90% of ''Cyanea'' species are found only on one island in the Hawaiian chain.Givnish, T. J., et al. (2009)Origin, adaptive radiation and diversification of the Hawaiian lobeliads (Asterales: Campanulaceae).''Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences'' 276(1656), 407-16. They grow in moist and wet forest habitatLammers, T. G. (2004)Five new species of the endemic Hawaiian genus ''Cyanea'' (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae).''Novon'' 14(1) 84-101. and are largely pollinated by birds such as the Hawaiian honeycreepers, and the seeds are dispersed by birds that take the fruits. Most ''Cyanea'' are trees with few branches or none. The inflorescence is a raceme of 4 to 45 flowers which grows from the leaf axils. The fruit is a fleshy berry. There have been several theories regarding the evolution of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic Flora Of Hawaii
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example ''Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. ''Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plants Described In 2020
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the abil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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