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Lydgate's cyrtandra
Scientific Name: Cyrtandra lydgatei
Family: Gesneriaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Lydgate's Cyrtandra (Cyrtandra lydgatei)
Cyrtandra lydgatei, commonly known as Lydgate's cyrtandra, is a perennial shrub belonging to the Gesneriaceae family.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Cyrtandra lydgatei Hillebr.
- Common Name: Lydgate's cyrtandra
- Family: Gesneriaceae
- Synonym: Cyrtandra elliptiapicis H. St. John
- Taxonomic Status: Accepted
- Related ITIS Name: Cyrtandra lydgatei Hbd. (TSN 34196)
Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits
- Lydgate's cyrtandra is a shrub.
- It is a perennial plant.
Distribution and Habitat
While the text doesn't provide explicit details on the full distribution, it mentions specimens collected in Kalihi, Oahu, in January 1870.
Interactions with Other Organisms
- Lydgate's cyrtandra can be found in wet forests dominated by species like Metrosideros, Antidesma, and other Cyrtandra species, as well as Athyrium.
- Associated plant species include Athyrium sp., and Carex sp.
Related Species
- Cyrtandra honomanuensis H. St. John
- Cyrtandra longifolia Hillebr. var. degenerans C. B. Clarke
- Cyrtandra ambigua
- Cyrtandra amicta
- Cyrtandra bryanii
- Cyrtandra lessoniana (Lesson's cyrtandra)
- Cyrtandra calpidicarpa (Valley cyrtandra)
- Cyrtandra x alata H. St. John & Storey (pro sp )
- Cyrtandra biserrata Hillebr.
- Cyrtandra grayana Hillebr.
- Cyrtandra laxiflora
- Cyrtandra kailuaensis St.
- Cyrtandra lysiosepala
- Cyrtandra lysiosepala (Gray) Rock.
- Cyrtandra lysiosepala (Gray) C.B. Clarke var. grayi (C.B. Clarke) Rock.
- Cyrtandra gracilis Hillebr. ex C.B. Clarke
- Cyrtandra paliku W.L. Wagner, K.R. Wood & D.H. Lorence
- Cyrtandra cyaneoides
- Cyrtandra kohalae (Kohala mountain cyrtandra)
- Cyrtandra macraei (Upland)
Resources and Further Information
- ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System): TSN 34196
- British Database of World Flora and Fauna
- Plants Database (plants.usda.gov/core/profile)
- BISH collection