EOL-media-542-ffe02b9a25b38e3498d0a6968545f2cc

Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
TitleBonamia menziesii
Rating2.5
VettedTrusted
Original URLhttps://farm6.staticflickr.com/5284/5341266091_fdd58cc9ba_o.jpg
Description
Hawaii lady's nightcap, Menzies' nightcap (No known Hawaiian name)Convolvulaceae (Morning-Glory family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Lnai, Maui, Hawaii Island; extinct on Molokai)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)EtymologyNamed for Franois Bonami (1710-1786), a French physician and botanist.The species epithet menziesii refers to Archibald Menzies (1754-1842) a Scottish surgeon and naturalist, and the first to taxonomically identify the species.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Bonamia_menziesii
photographer<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/50823119@N08'>David Eickhoff</a>
providerFlickr Group
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith