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Cyanea superba

Mt. Kaala cyanea

IUCN: extinct in the wild

24

Bishop specimens

1

Type specimens

1868

First collected

1987

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cyanea superba, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

    Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]

    · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

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  2. 1999

    Hawaiian vascular plants at risk: 1999

    Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, M.M. Bruegmann & J.Q. Lau · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

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  3. 1998

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: Supplement

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

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Where Bishop collected it

2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1860s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1868 by Wawra, H. (Oʻahu).