Punaluu Cyanea (Cyanea truncata)

Global Rank: GH - Possibly Extinct
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Campanulaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 140040
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Punalu`u Cyanea has vibrant purple flowers, arranged on racemes. Each flower is tubular in shape. Current threats to this taxon include competition with invasive plant species and feral pigs, which caused near extinction to this already rare species.

Where is Punaluu Cyanea (Cyanea truncata) located in the wild?

Habitat:

This species prefers habitats of windward slopes in mesic to wet forests at elevations between 250-400 m.

Distribution:

Found in the dense native forests of O'ahu's Ko'olau Mountains, this Cyanea species may only have one individual representing it's species in the wild. Otherwise, it can be found in cultivations for further study and future rehabilitation.

States & Provinces:

Punaluu Cyanea can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Punaluu Cyanea (Cyanea truncata)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

01/01/2010

feral pigs competition from alien plants habitat degradation and predation by rats and feral pigs stochastic extinction and/or reduced reproductive vigor due to the small number of remaining individuals

01/01/2010

extinct (pigs got the only population)