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Kahuwai

Kahuwai, an ahupuaʻa of Puna, Hawaiʻi Island · 3,085 acres

256 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1915 and 1998: 127 names, 201 photographed.

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Specimens: 256
Names: 127
Types: 0
With images: 201
First: 1915
Latest: 1998
Departments: 1
Journeys: 2

256 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 Kahuwai.

80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)

		Department
Schinus terebinthifolia	Anacardiaceae	Botany	1979	6
Machaerina mariscoides	Cyperaceae	Botany	1979	6
Peperomia leptostachya	Piperaceae	Botany	1979	6
Paspalum urvillei	Poaceae	Botany	1979	5
Polyscias hawaiensis	Araliaceae	Botany	1979	5
Thunbergia fragrans	Acanthaceae	Botany	1998	5
Stictocardia tiliifolia	Convolvulaceae	Botany	1979	4
Alyxia stellata	Apocynaceae	Botany	1979	4
Paspalum scrobiculatum	Poaceae	Botany	1979	4
Desmodium cajanifolium	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	4
Pipturus albidus	Urticaceae	Botany	1979	4
Crepis vesicaria	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	4
Paspalum conjugatum	Poaceae	Botany	1979	4
Myrsine lessertiana	Primulaceae	Botany	1979	4
Trema orientale	Cannabaceae	Botany	1979	3
Pandanus tectorius	Pandanaceae	Botany	1979	3
Ipomoea alba	Convolvulaceae	Botany	1998	3
Digitaria violascens	Poaceae	Botany	1979	3
Syzygium jambos	Myrtaceae	Botany	1979	3
Schizachyrium microstachyum	Poaceae	Botany	1998	3
Mucuna gigantea	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	3
Cocculus orbiculatus	Menispermaceae	Botany	1979	3
Mimosa pudica	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	3
Psychotria hawaiiensis	Rubiaceae	Botany	1979	3
Ipomoea indica	Convolvulaceae	Botany	1979	3
Melastoma malabathricum	Melastomataceae	Botany	1979	3
Persea americana	Lauraceae	Botany	1979	3
Metrosideros polymorpha	Myrtaceae	Botany	1915	3
Malvastrum coromandelianum	Malvaceae	Botany	1979	3
Buddleja asiatica	Scrophulariaceae	Botany	1979	3
Sporobolus elongatus	Poaceae	Botany	1979	3
Cyperus polystachyos	Cyperaceae	Botany	1979	3
Talipariti tiliaceum	Malvaceae	Botany	1979	3
Setaria parviflora	Poaceae	Botany	1979	3
Passiflora edulis	Passifloraceae	Botany	1979	3
Cyperus brevifolius	Cyperaceae	Botany	1979	2
Eleusine indica	Poaceae	Botany	1979	2
Cecropia obtusifolia	Urticaceae	Botany	1979	2
Erigeron sumatrensis	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	2
Adenostemma viscosum	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	2
Coleus scutellarioides	Lamiaceae	Botany	1979	2
Zingiber zerumbet	Zingiberaceae	Botany	1979	2
Desmodium uncinatum	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	2
Solanum americanum	Solanaceae	Botany	1979	2
Chamaecrista nictitans	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	2
Scleria testacea	Cyperaceae	Botany	1979	2
Coprosma cymosa	Rubiaceae	Botany	1979	2
Guilandina major	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	2
Sacciolepis indica	Poaceae	Botany	1979	2
Fimbristylis dichotoma	Cyperaceae	Botany	1979	2
Emilia sonchifolia	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	2
Ageratina riparia	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	2
Indigofera suffruticosa	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	2
Epipremnum aureum	Araceae	Botany	1979	2
Sphagneticola trilobata	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	2
Leptecophylla tameiameiae	Ericaceae	Botany	1979	2
Spermacoce remota	Rubiaceae	Botany	1979	2
Artabotrys hexapetalus	Annonaceae	Botany	1979	2
Ficus microcarpa	Moraceae	Botany	1979	2
Dioscorea bulbifera	Dioscoreaceae	Botany	1979	2
Cordyline fruticosa	Asparagaceae	Botany	1979	2
Psidium cattleianum	Myrtaceae	Botany	1979	2
Grona triflora	Fabaceae	Botany	1979	2
Malvaviscus penduliflorus	Malvaceae	Botany	1979	2
Ageratum houstonianum	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	2
Begonia hirtella	Begoniaceae	Botany	1979	2
Plantago asiatica	Plantaginaceae	Botany	1979	2
Diospyros sandwicensis	Ebenaceae	Botany	1979	2
Castilleja arvensis	Orobanchaceae	Botany	1979	2
Syzygium malaccense	Myrtaceae	Botany	1979	2
Asclepias curassavica	Apocynaceae	Botany	1979	2
Setaria palmifolia	Poaceae	Botany	1979	1
Malvaviscus arboreus	Malvaceae	Botany	1979	1
Erigeron bonariensis	Asteraceae	Botany	1979	1
Polygala paniculata	Polygalaceae	Botany	1979	1
Commelina diffusa	Commelinaceae	Botany	1979	1
Dracaena aubryana	Asparagaceae	Botany	1998	1
Miconia bicolor	Melastomataceae	Botany	1979	1
Coprosma	Rubiaceae	Botany	1979	1
Lantana camara	Verbenaceae	Botany	1979	1