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License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ |
Title | Bonamia menziesii |
Rating | 2.5 |
Vetted | Trusted |
Original URL | https://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> |
provider | Flickr Group |