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Hilo

Hilo, a moku of Hawaiʻi Island · 425,347 acres

2,950 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1820 and 2011: 1,018 names, 53 of the specimens types, 2,331 photographed.

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Specimens: 2,950
Names: 1,018
Types: 53
With images: 2,331
First: 1820
Latest: 2011
Departments: 5
Journeys: 8

2,950 of the mapped specimens; the boundary from the State of Hawaiʻi’s ahupuaʻa layer. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

What was collected here

The names on the labels, most collected first. Each links to the species and to the specimens from Hilo.

80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)

		Department
Metrosideros polymorpha	Myrtaceae	Botany	2011	207
Tornatellides	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1948	68
Vestiaria coccinea	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		67
Succinea	Succineidae	Malacology	1946	64
Leptachatina	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	51
Loxops mana	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		43
Loxops coccineus	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology	1900	36
Hemignathus wilsoni	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		32
Partulina physa	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1924	32
Partulina confusa	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	31
Himatione sanguinea	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology	1932	30
Sophora chrysophylla	Fabaceae	Botany	2008	23
Moho nobilis	Mohoidae	Vertebrate Zoology		20
Nesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1935	19
Tornatellaria	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	19
Succinea kuhnsi	Succineidae	Malacology	1943	18
Chlorodrepanis virens	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		17
Viridonia sagittirostris	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		17
Striatura	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1935	16
Partulina horneri	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1922	16
Ahnfeltiopsis	Phyllophoraceae	Botany	1982	15
Partulina hawaiiensis	Achatinellidae	Malacology		14
Cyrtandra platyphylla	Gesneriaceae	Botany	1999	14
Amastra	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	14
Vitrina	Zonitidae	Malacology	1935	14
Akialoa obscura	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		13
Cyanea floribunda	Campanulaceae	Botany	1982	13
Philonesia	Euconulidae	Malacology	1928	13
Cyanea pilosa	Campanulaceae	Botany	1984	12
Mollusca		Malacology	1947	12
Conus pennaceus	Conidae	Malacology	1974	12
Cyanea platyphylla	Campanulaceae	Botany	1982	12
Geranium cuneatum	Geraniaceae	Botany	1998	11
Amastra flavescens	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	11
Lampropholis delicata	Scincidae	Vertebrate Zoology		11
Stenogyne microphylla	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	11
Anolis sagrei	Dactyloidae	Vertebrate Zoology		10
Deroceras reticulatum	Agriolimacidae	Malacology		10
Auriculella westerlundiana	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	10
Coprosma ochracea	Rubiaceae	Botany	1998	9
Rissoina ambigua	Rissoinidae	Malacology	1921	9
Stenogyne rugosa	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	9
Myoporum sandwicense	Scrophulariaceae	Botany	1981	8
Leptecophylla tameiameiae	Ericaceae	Botany	2008	8
Succinea thaanumi	Succineidae	Malacology	1922	8
Cerithium boeticum	Cerithiidae	Malacology	1916	8
Clermontia parviflora	Campanulaceae	Botany	1982	8
Nothocestrum longifolium	Solanaceae	Botany	1982	8
Myadestes obscurus	Turdidae	Vertebrate Zoology		8
Chondrus	Gigartinaceae	Botany	1963	8
Leptachatina arborea	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	7
Balcis thaanumi	Eulimidae	Malacology	1947	7
Asio flammeus	Strigidae	Vertebrate Zoology		7
Solieriaceae	Solieriaceae	Botany	1982	7
Neritina granosa	Neritidae	Malacology	1930	7
Vaccinium reticulatum	Ericaceae	Botany	1998	7
Elasmias	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1915	7
Rattus exulans	Muridae	Vertebrate Zoology		7
Cyrtandra	Gesneriaceae	Botany	1982	7
Cypraea helvola	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1947	7
Imbricaria punctata	Mitridae	Malacology	1921	7
Cyrtandra giffardii	Gesneriaceae	Botany	1999	7
Prodotia iostomus	Prodotiidae	Malacology	1945	6
Conus flavidus	Conidae	Malacology	1959	6
Strombus maculatus	Strombidae	Malacology	1924	6
Stenogyne scrophularioides	Lamiaceae	Botany	1982	6
Nassarius hirtus	Nassariidae	Malacology	1945	6
Joinvillea ascendens	Joinvilleaceae	Botany	1982	6
Phyllostegia macrophylla	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	6
Ulva	Ulvaceae	Botany	1953	6
Achatinella physa	Achatinellidae	Malacology		6
Cyanea tritomantha	Campanulaceae	Botany	1982	6
Succinea cepulla	Succineidae	Malacology	1935	6
Pronesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1946	6
Phyllostegia warshaueri	Lamiaceae	Botany	2009	6
Littorina pintado	Littorinidae	Malacology	1920	6
Colpomenia sinuosa	Scytosiphonaceae	Botany	2000	6
Epitonium perplexum	Epitoniidae	Malacology	1921	6
Sanicula sandwicensis	Apiaceae	Botany	1981	5
Echineulima robusta	Eulimidae	Malacology	1921	5