''Scaevola chamissoniana'' is a shrub in the family

Goodeniaceae Goodeniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asterales. It contains about 404 species in twelve genera. The family is distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus '' Scaevola'', which is pantropical. Its species are found a ...

and its native range is

the Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kur ...

, where it is known as the Mountain naupaka or Naupaka kuahiwi. it is found in wet forests and open areas at elevations of about 1150 feet and flowers all summer and throughout the year. It was first described in 1829, by

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (September 4, 1789 – January 16, 1854) was a French botanist. Biography Gaudichaud was born in Angoulême, to J-J. Gaudichaud and Rose (Mallat) Gaudichaud. He studied pharmacology informally at Cognac and Angoulêm ...

. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

, ''chamissoniana'', honours Adelbert de Chamisso, naturalist to the expedition ("around the world, by order of the king").

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Native Plants Hawaii: ''Scaevola chamissoniana''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q17480637 chamissoniana Plants described in 1829 Taxa named by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré

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