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Scaevola gaudichaudii
Species of shrub / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scaevola gaudichaudii, the ridgetop naupaka, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae.[1] The flowers are yellow. The plant is endemic to Hawaii.[4]
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Scaevola gaudichaudii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Goodeniaceae |
Genus: | Scaevola |
Species: | S. gaudichaudii |
Binomial name | |
Scaevola gaudichaudii | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Lobelia gaudichaudii Kuntze |
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It was first described by William J. Hooker and George Arnott Walker-Arnott in 1832 in the Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage...[5][2] and was given the specific epithet, gaudichaudii, to honour Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.[2]