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Cyrtandra ×kaalae
Scientific Name: Cyrtandra ×kaalae
Family: Gesneriaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Cyrtandra kaalae
Cyrtandra kaalae is a flowering plant species first described by Harold St. John and Storey.
Common Names
- Kaala cyrtandra
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Cyrtandra kaalae H. St. John & Storey (pro sp.)
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Anthophyta
- Class: Dicotyledoneae
- Order: Scrophulariales
- Family: Gesneriaceae
- Genus: Cyrtandra
- Synonyms: Cyrtandra x kaalae St. John & Storey (pro sp.), Cyrtandra kalichii-like 1 x C. lessoniana
- Related Name: Cyrtandra x kaalae St. John & Storey (pro sp.) (TSN 34171)
Distribution and Habitat
- Cyrtandra kaalae is endemic to the Ka`ala area in the northern Wai`anae Mountains on O`ahu, Hawai`i.
Classification
- The genus Cyrtandra is in the family Gesneriaceae within the Angiosperms (Flowering plants).
Related Species
- Appears to be related to C. kalichii and C. lessoniana.
Further Information
- Tropicos
- Discover Life
- Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- USDA, NRCS