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Accession Data:

Brighamia insignis A.Gray

  • Common Name: Alula
  • Family: Campanulaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Hawaii, USA
  • Habitat: tropical scrub on coastal cliffs and ledges

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202400088
  • Source: Matthew Chauvin
  • Provenance: 
    Ex hort. Seedlings from Matthew Chauvin, Honolulu, Hi. Seed from hand-pollination of two cultivated plants, sown Dec. 5, 2023
  • Accession Date: 10-29-2024
  • Bench: 6901 - Array 1, Tank 1
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 10-29-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species - Extinct in the Wild

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid II
  • Order: Asterales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Campanulaceae
  • SubFamily: Lobelioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Extinct in the Wild
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Hawaii

References (external):

data regenerated on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:00:26 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Brighamia insignis

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Current Accessions in the Campanulaceae

Subfamily Campanuloideae

  • Campanula rumeliana
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  • Nesocodon mauritianus
  • Trachelium caeruleum

Subfamily Lobelioideae

  • Brighamia insignis
  • Lobelia angulata
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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