| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta - flowering plants |
| class | Rosopsida - eudicots |
| order | Asterales Lindley |
| family | Campanulaceae Juss. |
| subfamily | Lobelioideae Schönland |
| genus | Cyanea Gaudich. - cyanea |
| species | Cyanea tritomantha Gray - 'aku 'aku |