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Scaevola gaudichaudii
Also called Mountain Naupaka
Scaevola gaudichaudii, the ridgetop naupaka, is a yellow-flowered shrub in the family Goodeniaceae endemic to Hawaii. Like other Scaevola called mountain or ridgetop naupaka, this species is commonly called naupaka kuahiwi in Hawaiian. It was first described by William J. Hooker and George Arnott Walker-Arnott in 1832 in the Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage... and was given the specific epithet, gaudichaudii, to honour Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.
Scaevola gaudichaudii is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and can be found on Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lanaʻi, Maui, and Hawaiʻi Island. It flourishes in dry to mesic forests, which sets it apart from other mountain naupaka that tend to inhabit damper areas at higher altitudes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scaevola gaudichaudii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
