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Seed reference record

Cyrtandra kauaiensis

Gesneriaceae · Endemic

This species has measurements but has not been photographed yet. Imaging the remaining records to the same three-orientation standard is part of the funded work.

Images © Lyon Arboretum Rare Plant Program Seeds Lab, served from SeedsOfHawaii.org

Measured

0.35–0.42 mm
length
0.2–0.25 mm
width
0.006–0.008 mg
mass
Cyrtandra
genus

Storage behaviour

uncertain

Whether a seed can be dried and frozen decides whether it can be banked at all — which is the first question a seed laboratory asks and one no identification tool usually answers.

Dormancy

No pre-treatment recorded.

Seeds of a similar size

An unknown seed of this size could be any of these. That is the practical value of a measured reference set: it says what a specimen might be confused with, and by how little.

The full record on SeedsOfHawaii.org →Identify an unknown seed