page_title: Cyrtandra (plant)
hierarchical_section_title: Cyrtandra (plant)
caption_attribution_description: English: Cyrtandra platyphylla (leaves and flowers). Location: Maui, Makawao Forest Reserve
context_page_description: Cyrtandra is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species, with more being discovered often, and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae. These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Malesian region. The genus is common, but many species within it are very rare, localized, endangered endemic plants. The species can be difficult to identify because they are highly polymorphic and because they readily hybridize with each other. The plants may be small herbs, vines, shrubs, epiphytes, or trees. The genus is characterized in part by having two stamens, and most species have white flowers, with a few red-, orange-, yellow- and pink-flowered species known. Almost all species live in rainforest habitats.
  It is an example of a supertramp genus.
  Hawaiian Cyrtandra are known as ha‘iwale.
  Species include:
  Cyrtandra aurantiicarpa
  Cyrtandra biserrata – Molokai cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra calyptribracteata
  Cyrtandra cleopatrae
  Cyrtandra confertiflora – lava cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra cordifolia – the Latin name means cyrtandra with heart-shaped leaves
  Cyrtandra crenata – Kahana Valley cyrtandra
context_section_description: Cyrtandra (New Latin, from Greek κυρτός, kyrtós, "curved", and ἀνήρ, anḗr, "male", in reference to their prominently curved stamens) is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species, with more being discovered often, and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae. These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Malesian region. The genus is common, but many species within it are very rare, localized, endangered endemic plants. The species can be difficult to identify because they are highly polymorphic and because they readily hybridize with each other. The plants may be small herbs, vines, shrubs, epiphytes, or trees. The genus is characterized in part by having two stamens, and most species have white flowers, with a few red-, orange-, yellow- and pink-flowered species known. Almost all species live in rainforest habitats.
  It is an example of a supertramp genus.
  Hawaiian Cyrtandra are known as ha‘iwale.
  Species include:
  Cyrtandra aurantiicarpa
  Cyrtandra biserrata – Molokai cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra calyptribracteata
  Cyrtandra cleopatrae
  Cyrtandra confertiflora – lava cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra cordifolia – the Latin name means cyrtandra with heart-shaped leaves
  Cyrtandra crenata – Kahana Valley cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra cyaneoides – mapele
  Cyrtandra dentata – mountain cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra elatostemoides
  Cyrtandra elegans
  Cyrtandra ferripilosa – red-hair cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra filipes – gulch cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra garnotiana – hahala
  Cyrtandra giffardii – forest cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra gracilis – Palolo Valley cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra grandiflora – largeflower cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra grayana – Pacific cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra grayi – Gray's cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra halawensis – toothleaf cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra hashimotoi – Maui cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra hawaiensis – Hawaii cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra hematos – singleflower cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra hirtigera
  Cyrtandra hypochrysoides
  Cyrtandra kalihii – Koolau Range cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra kamooloaensis – Kamo'oloa cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra kauaiensis – ulunahele
  Cyrtandra kealiae
  Cyrtandra kealiae ssp. kealiae (syn. C. limahuliensis)
  Cyrtandra kealiae ssp. urceolata
  Cyrtandra kohalae – Kohala Mountain cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra laxiflora – Oahu cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra lessoniana – Lesson's cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra macraei – upland cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra menziesii – ha'i wale
  Cyrtandra munroi – Lanaihale cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra nitens
  Cyrtandra oenobarba – shaggystem cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra olona – Kauai cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra oxybapha – Pohakea Gulch cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra paliku – cliffside cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra paludosa – kanaweo ke'oke'o
  Cyrtandra platyphylla – 'ilihia
  Cyrtandra polyantha – Niu Valley cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra pruinosa – frosted cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra pulgarensis
  Cyrtandra samoensis
  Cyrtandra sessilis – windyridge cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra subumbellata – parasol cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra tahuatensis
  Cyrtandra tintinnabula – Laupahoehoe cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra umbellifera
  Cyrtandra viridiflora – greenleaf cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra waiolani – fuzzyflower cyrtandra
  Cyrtandra wawrae – rockface cyrtandra
caption: Cyrtandra platyphylla
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