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Kaʻū

Kaʻū, a moku of Hawaiʻi Island · 666,391 acres

2,275 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1845 and 2020: 631 names, 12 of the specimens types, 1,861 photographed.

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Specimens: 2,275
Names: 631
Types: 12
With images: 1,861
First: 1845
Latest: 2020
Departments: 3
Journeys: 8

2,275 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 Kaʻū.

80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)

		Department
Succinea	Succineidae	Malacology	1946	165
Tornatellides	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	162
Metrosideros polymorpha	Myrtaceae	Botany	1985	63
Eleutherodactylus coqui	Eleutherodactylidae	Vertebrate Zoology		48
Leptachatina	Amastridae	Malacology	1941	46
Rattus rattus	Muridae	Vertebrate Zoology		35
Philonesia	Euconulidae	Malacology	1935	32
Nesopupa anceyana	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1935	26
Tornatellaria	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1945	26
Himatione sanguinea	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		25
Branta sandvicensis	Anatidae	Vertebrate Zoology		18
Pronesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1936	18
Retinella	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1936	17
Vaccinium reticulatum	Ericaceae	Botany	1981	17
Cyrtandra lysiosepala	Gesneriaceae	Botany	1981	16
Dodonaea viscosa	Sapindaceae	Botany	1981	15
Trioceros jacksonii	Chamaeleonidae	Vertebrate Zoology		15
Nesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1945	15
Stenogyne rugosa	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	15
Succinea thaanumi	Succineidae	Malacology	1945	14
Mus musculus	Muridae	Vertebrate Zoology		14
Stenogyne sessilis	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	13
Succinea punctata	Succineidae	Malacology	1935	12
Stenogyne calaminthoides	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	11
Zonitoides arboreus	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1946	11
Aeorestes semotus	Vespertilionidae	Vertebrate Zoology		11
Clermontia lindseyana	Campanulaceae	Botany	1981	11
Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Malacology	1935	10
Auriculella westerlundiana	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	10
Melicope pseudoanisata	Rutaceae	Botany	1981	10
Tornatellina	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1926	10
Loxioides bailleui	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		10
Lampropholis delicata	Scincidae	Vertebrate Zoology		10
Auriculella	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1933	9
Peperomia hypoleuca	Piperaceae	Botany	1981	8
Striatura	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1941	8
Thaumatodon	Endodontidae	Malacology	1935	8
Smilax melastomifolia	Smilacaceae	Botany	1981	8
Cypraea mauritiana	Cypraeidae	Malacology	1930	8
Lyropupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1941	8
Drupa ricinus	Muricidae	Malacology	1923	8
Eriocapitella hupehensis	Ranunculaceae	Botany	1985	8
Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium	Asteraceae	Botany	1981	8
Lamellidea	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1936	7
Santalum paniculatum	Santalaceae	Botany	1981	7
Tornatellaria sykesi	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1926	7
Nerita polita	Neritidae	Malacology	1960	7
Coprosma montana	Rubiaceae	Botany	1982	7
Stenogyne macrantha	Lamiaceae	Botany	1980	7
Achatinella cestus	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1951	7
Kadua affinis	Rubiaceae	Botany	1981	7
Pipturus albidus	Urticaceae	Botany	1982	7
Polyscias kavaiensis	Araliaceae	Botany	1980	7
Geranium cuneatum	Geraniaceae	Botany	1985	7
Pittosporum terminalioides	Pittosporaceae	Botany	1982	7
Coprosma menziesii	Rubiaceae	Botany	1981	7
Nesovitrea	Zonitidae	Malacology	1928	6
incertae sedis		Botany	1971	6
Kadua centranthoides	Rubiaceae	Botany	1980	6
Myrsine lessertiana	Primulaceae	Botany	1981	6
Columella	Truncatellinidae	Malacology	1935	6
Drupa horrida	Muricidae	Malacology	1923	6
Phyllostegia ambigua	Lamiaceae	Botany	1982	6
Cyanea floribunda	Campanulaceae	Botany	1981	6
Coprosma rhynchocarpa	Rubiaceae	Botany	1981	6
Mollusca	Kirsoceratidae	Malacology	1935	6
Carex wahuensis	Cyperaceae	Botany	1981	6
Conus lividus	Conidae	Malacology	1975	5
Geniostoma hedyosmifolium	Loganiaceae	Botany	1981	5
Korthalsella complanata	Viscaceae	Botany	1980	5
Fragaria chiloensis	Rosaceae	Botany	1981	5
Stachytarpheta cayennensis	Verbenaceae	Botany	1980	5
Dichanthelium hillebrandianum	Poaceae	Botany	1981	5
Desmodium uncinatum	Fabaceae	Botany	1980	5
Psychotria hawaiiensis	Rubiaceae	Botany	1980	5
Clermontia clermontioides	Campanulaceae	Botany	1981	5
Rattus exulans	Muridae	Vertebrate Zoology		5
Phyllostegia velutina	Lamiaceae	Botany	1981	5
Nothocestrum longifolium	Solanaceae	Botany	1980	5
Peperomia macraeana	Piperaceae	Botany	1981	5