| Scaevola gaudichaudiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. gaudichaudiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaevola gaudichaudiana Cham. | |
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Scaevola ciliata G.Don | |
Scaevola gaudichaudiana, the mountain naupaka, is a perennial shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. The plant is endemic to Hawaii.
It was first described by Adelbert von Chamisso in 1832 in the journal Linnaea and was given the specific epithet, gaudichaudiana, to honour Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.
Description
Scaevola gaudichaudiana flowers all year round and its flowers are fragrant, white, and tubular. Flowering is followed by small purple fruits. The margins of the leaves are toothed.
It grows in wet forest and open areas from about altitudes of 555 feet (169 m) to over 2,600 feet (790 m).
References
- ^ "Scaevola gaudichaudiana". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- ^ von Chamisso, A. (1833) Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. 8(2): 226 Berlin
- "Scaevola gaudichaudiana Cham. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- USDA: Scaevola gaudichaudiana
- "Scaevola, Hawaiian Native Plants, UH Botany".
- ^ Scaevola gaudichaudiana, Native Plants Hawaii
External links
Media related to Scaevola gaudichaudiana at Wikimedia Commons
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