Cyrtandra giffardii

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Didymocarpoideae
Tribus: Trichosporeae
Subtribus: Didymocarpinae
Genus: Cyrtandra
Species: Cyrtandra giffardii
Name

Cyrtandra giffardii Rock
References

American Journal of Botany. Lancaster, PA 6:205. 1919
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cyrtandra giffardii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Cyrtandra giffardii is a rare species of flowering plant in the African violet family known by the common names forest cyrtandra and Giffard's cyrtandra. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii, where it grows on the slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. A 1998 estimate places the total remaining population size around 1000 individual plants.[1] It is a tree which grows 2 to 6 meters tall and bears white flowers. It was federally listed as an endangered species in 1994.[2] Like other Hawaiian Cyrtandra it is called ha`iwale.[3]

The plant grows in the wet forests of the two Hawaiian volcanoes and faces habitat degradation caused by feral pigs and cattle in the area. There is also an invasion by non-native plants in these forests.[1][2]
References

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1998). Cyanea giffardii. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2010. www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2 March 2011.
Cyrtandra giffardii. The Nature Conservancy.
USFWS Species Reports: Listed Plants.