Delissea waianaeensis
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Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mountains, Oahu only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Outplanted in a native fern garden. Pictured here with nehe (Melanthera tenuifolia), pmakani (Viola chamissoniana), and Pteris hillebrandii, an endemic fern.Flowerswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/14149816511/in/photolist...Fruitswww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/14458505137/in/photolist...Habitwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/15556824464/in/photolist...EtymologyThe generic name Delissea is named for Jacques Delisse (1773-1856), a French physican and botanist from Mauritius, who served as naturalist on the D'Entrecasteaux expedition to the South Pacific in 1800-1804.The specific epithet waianaeensis is in reference to the Waianae Mountains, Oahu, where h is endemic and very endangered.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Delissea_waianaeensis
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (Dicotyledons)
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Asterales
- Campanulaceae (bellflowers)
- Delissea (delissea)
- Delissea waianaeensis
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