Cyrtandra platyphylla, the ʻilihia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Hawaii.[1][2] A common shrub of the rainforest understory, it is found on Maui and the big island of Hawaii.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Cyrtandra |
| Species: | C. platyphylla
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| Cyrtandra platyphylla | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Cyrtandra platyphylla A.Gray". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Cyrtandra platyphylla". Native Plants Hawaii. University of Hawaii. 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Melissa A.; Price, Donald K.; Price, Jonathan P.; Stacy, Elizabeth A. (2015). "Postzygotic barriers isolate sympatric species of Cyrtandra(Gesneriaceae) in Hawaiian montane forest understories". American Journal of Botany. 102 (11): 1870–1882. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500288. PMID 26542848.
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