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Puna

Puna, a moku of Hawaiʻi Island · 321,834 acres

1,879 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1892 and 2008: 499 names, 24 of the specimens types, 1,353 photographed.

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Specimens: 1,879
Names: 499
Types: 24
With images: 1,353
First: 1892
Latest: 2008
Departments: 4
Journeys: 8

1,879 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 Puna.

80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)

		Department
Eleutherodactylus coqui	Eleutherodactylidae	Vertebrate Zoology		277
Tornatellides	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	126
Succinea	Succineidae	Malacology	1946	73
Metrosideros polymorpha	Myrtaceae	Botany	2002	51
Tornatellaria	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	42
Nesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1947	33
Philonesia	Euconulidae	Malacology	1935	30
Auriculella westerlundiana	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	29
Succinea thaanumi	Succineidae	Malacology	1946	25
Eleutherodactylus planirostris	Eleutherodactylidae	Vertebrate Zoology		24
Trioceros jacksonii	Chamaeleonidae	Vertebrate Zoology		24
Leptachatina	Amastridae	Malacology	1935	18
Elasmias fusca	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	18
Succinea casta	Succineidae	Malacology	1935	18
Hemidactylus frenatus	Gekkonidae	Vertebrate Zoology		17
Chlorodrepanis virens	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		14
Lampropholis delicata	Scincidae	Vertebrate Zoology		14
Pronesopupa	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1946	13
Himatione sanguinea	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		13
Nesovitrea	Zonitidae	Malacology	1928	12
Leptachatina arborea	Amastridae	Malacology	1915	12
Euconulus thaanumi	Euconulidae	Malacology	1935	12
Succinea punctata	Succineidae	Malacology	1936	11
Chasiempis sandwichensis	Monarchidae	Vertebrate Zoology		11
Pronesopupa acanthinula	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1947	10
Bradybaena similaris	Camaenidae	Malacology	1946	10
Amastra flavescens	Amastridae	Malacology	1946	9
Pipturus albidus	Urticaceae	Botany	1979	8
Thaumatodon	Endodontidae	Malacology	1935	8
Clermontia parviflora	Campanulaceae	Botany	1999	8
Peperomia leptostachya	Piperaceae	Botany	1979	8
Polyscias hawaiensis	Araliaceae	Botany	1981	8
Psychotria hawaiiensis	Rubiaceae	Botany	1981	8
Columella	Truncatellinidae	Malacology	1928	8
Mollusca	Kirsoceratidae	Malacology	1932	7
Elasmias	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1935	7
Lepidodactylus lugubris	Gekkonidae	Vertebrate Zoology		7
Nesopupa baldwini	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1946	6
Leptecophylla tameiameiae	Ericaceae	Botany	1979	6
Schinus terebinthifolia	Anacardiaceae	Botany	1979	6
Succinea cepulla	Succineidae	Malacology	1935	6
Tornatellina	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1928	6
Machaerina mariscoides	Cyperaceae	Botany	1979	6
Amastra	Amastridae	Malacology	1926	6
Trochus intextus	Trochidae	Malacology	1924	5
Nesopupa thaanumi	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1947	5
Cyrtandra	Gesneriaceae	Botany	1984	5
Sporobolus elongatus	Poaceae	Botany	1979	5
Paspalum urvillei	Poaceae	Botany	1979	5
Philonesia sericans	Euconulidae	Malacology	1928	5
Euconulus	Euconulidae	Malacology	1928	5
Thunbergia fragrans	Acanthaceae	Botany	1998	5
Retinella	Gastrodontidae	Malacology	1935	5
Cyperus polystachyos	Cyperaceae	Botany	1979	5
Digitaria violascens	Poaceae	Botany	1979	5
Wikstroemia sandwicensis	Thymelaeaceae	Botany	1981	4
Paspalum conjugatum	Poaceae	Botany	1979	4
Diospyros sandwicensis	Ebenaceae	Botany	1979	4
Ipomoea indica	Convolvulaceae	Botany	1979	4
Pronesopupa lymaniana	Vertiginidae	Malacology	1946	4
Psidium guajava	Myrtaceae	Botany	1979	4
Zingiber zerumbet	Zingiberaceae	Botany	1979	4
Ceodes umbellifera	Nyctaginaceae	Botany	1982	4
Paspalum scrobiculatum	Poaceae	Botany	1979	4
Aeorestes semotus	Vespertilionidae	Vertebrate Zoology		4
Myrsine lessertiana	Primulaceae	Botany	1979	4
Geniostoma hedyosmifolium	Loganiaceae	Botany	1981	4
Mimosa pudica	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	4
Melastoma malabathricum	Melastomataceae	Botany	1997	4
Columella sharpi	Truncatellinidae	Malacology	1946	4
Scaevola chamissoniana	Goodeniaceae	Botany	1995	4
Tornatellides pyrimidatus	Achatinellidae	Malacology	1946	4
Loxops coccineus	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		4
Buddleja asiatica	Scrophulariaceae	Botany	1979	4
Desmodium cajanifolium	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	4
Spermacoce remota	Rubiaceae	Botany	1979	4
Asclepias curassavica	Apocynaceae	Botany	1979	4
Paroreomyza maculata	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		4
Crepis vesicaria	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	4
Loxops mana	Fringillidae	Vertebrate Zoology		4