endemicGesneriaceae
Cyrtandra platyphylla
Ilihia
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Cyrtandra platyphylla, the ʻilihia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Hawaii. A common shrub of the rainforest understory, it is found on Maui and the big island of Hawaii.
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Seasonality
Only 10 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 2 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 28 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 118 · GBIF 151 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 40 · GBIF 33 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 29 · GBIF 40 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 29 · GBIF 24 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Wailau, Nīnole, Kaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Koʻolau · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiGBIF 2
Honomanü · MauiGBIF 2
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 2
Haʻikū Uka · MauiGBIF 2
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kaiwikinui · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kauaʻula · MauiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 1
Papaʻanui · MauiGBIF 1
Olowalu · MauiGBIF 1
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 1
Makawao · MauiGBIF 1