Oakleaf Cyanea
Extinct circa 1998 CE • Hawaii
"A poorly known species which is recorded only from the type collection taken from an area between 915 and 1,220 m on the leeward slopes of Haleakala on East Maui."
World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cyanea quercifolia. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Downloaded on 08 April 2011.
Image: Alexander, De Witt. Hawaiian Government Survey, W.D. Alexander. Surveyor-General. Maui, Hawaiian Islands. Digital image. 1885. Web.
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