Wailau
Wailau, an ahupuaʻa of Koʻolau, Molokaʻi · 8,268 acres
737 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1903 and 2011: 273 names, 40 of the specimens types, 660 photographed.
- Specimens
- 737
- Names
- 273
- Types
- 40
- With images
- 660
- First
- 1903
- Latest
- 2011
- Departments
- 5
- Journeys
- 8
737 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 Wailau.
80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)
| Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kadua affinis | Rubiaceae | Botany | 1980 | 25 |
| Pritchardia lowreyana | Arecaceae | Botany | 1948 | 15 |
| Cyrtandra hawaiensis | Gesneriaceae | Botany | 1979 | 14 |
| Succinea | Succineidae | Malacology | 1938 | 14 |
| Pterodroma phaeopygia | Procellariidae | Vertebrate Zoology | 14 | |
| Tornatellides | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1933 | 13 |
| Cyrtandra grayi | Gesneriaceae | Botany | 1989 | 11 |
| Fungi | Botany | 1948 | 11 | |
| Deparia marginalis | Athyriaceae | Botany | 1912 | 10 |
| Partula virgulata | Partulidae | Malacology | 1915 | 10 |
| Lipochaeta succulenta | Asteraceae | Botany | 1933 | 10 |
| Hydrangea arguta | Hydrangeaceae | Botany | 1980 | 9 |
| Kadua littoralis | Rubiaceae | Botany | 1936 | 9 |
| Philonesia | Euconulidae | Malacology | 1933 | 9 |
| Pittosporum glabrum | Pittosporaceae | Botany | 1980 | 8 |
| Leptachatina | Amastridae | Malacology | 1912 | 8 |
| Melicope clusiifolia | Rutaceae | Botany | 2011 | 8 |
| Peperomia macraeana | Piperaceae | Botany | 1980 | 8 |
| Geniostoma tinifolium | Loganiaceae | Botany | 1989 | 7 |
| Elasmias | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1948 | 7 |
| Touchardia latifolia | Urticaceae | Botany | 1980 | 7 |
| Bobea gaudichaudii | Rubiaceae | Botany | 1948 | 7 |
| Tornatellina | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1933 | 6 |
| Asplenium acuminatum | Aspleniaceae | Botany | 1936 | 6 |
| Peperomia latifolia | Piperaceae | Botany | 1948 | 6 |
| Kadua acuminata | Rubiaceae | Botany | 1933 | 6 |
| Phlegmariurus phyllanthus | Lycopodiaceae | Botany | 1953 | 6 |
| Diplazium sandwichianum | Athyriaceae | Botany | 1933 | 6 |
| Coprosma ochracea | Rubiaceae | Botany | 1980 | 6 |
| Bidens hillebrandiana | Asteraceae | Botany | 1933 | 6 |
| Cyrtandra grayana | Gesneriaceae | Botany | 1980 | 6 |
| Lysimachia mauritiana | Primulaceae | Botany | 1948 | 6 |
| Asplenium lobulatum | Aspleniaceae | Botany | 1933 | 5 |
| Endodonta | Endodontidae | Malacology | 1912 | 5 |
| Anoectochilus sandvicensis | Orchidaceae | Botany | 1953 | 5 |
| Amauropelta globulifera | Thelypteridaceae | Botany | 1912 | 5 |
| Polypodium pellucidum | Polypodiaceae | Botany | 1936 | 5 |
| Pronesopupa | Vertiginidae | Malacology | 1948 | 5 |
| Polyscias hawaiensis | Araliaceae | Botany | 1948 | 5 |
| Isachne distichophylla | Poaceae | Botany | 1938 | 5 |
| Hibiscus arnottianus | Malvaceae | Botany | 1990 | 5 |
| Peperomia alternifolia | Piperaceae | Botany | 1936 | 5 |
| Auriculella | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1936 | 4 |
| Callistopteris baldwinii | Hymenophyllaceae | Botany | 1936 | 4 |
| Viola robusta | Violaceae | Botany | 1980 | 4 |
| Myrsine sandwicensis | Primulaceae | Botany | 1980 | 4 |
| Diospyros sandwicensis | Ebenaceae | Botany | 1948 | 4 |
| Ischaemum byrone | Poaceae | Botany | 1984 | 4 |
| Alyxia stellata | Apocynaceae | Botany | 1948 | 4 |
| Strongylodon ruber | Fabaceae | Botany | 1954 | 4 |
| Hymenophyllum recurvum | Hymenophyllaceae | Botany | 1936 | 4 |
| Charpentiera ovata | Amaranthaceae | Botany | 1973 | 4 |
| Wikstroemia oahuensis | Thymelaeaceae | Botany | 1948 | 4 |
| Pseudophegopteris keraudreniana | Thelypteridaceae | Botany | 1933 | 4 |
| Tacca leontopetaloides | Dioscoreaceae | Botany | 1928 | 4 |
| Myrsine lessertiana | Primulaceae | Botany | 1948 | 4 |
| Amastra virgulata | Amastridae | Malacology | 1912 | 4 |
| Pilea peploides | Urticaceae | Botany | 1936 | 4 |
| Pipturus albidus | Urticaceae | Botany | 1980 | 3 |
| Cyrtandra biserrata | Gesneriaceae | Botany | 1936 | 3 |
| Microlepia setosa | Dennstaedtiaceae | Botany | 1933 | 3 |
| Asplenium contiguum | Aspleniaceae | Botany | 1948 | 3 |
| Carex wahuensis | Cyperaceae | Botany | 1948 | 3 |
| Hoiokula sandwicensis | Thelypteridaceae | Botany | 1933 | 3 |
| Menisciopsis cyatheoides | Thelypteridaceae | Botany | 1953 | 3 |
| Melicope molokaiensis | Rutaceae | Botany | 1980 | 3 |
| Auriculella brunnea | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1919 | 3 |
| Gunnera petaloidea | Gunneraceae | Botany | 1936 | 3 |
| Hibiscus kokio | Malvaceae | Botany | 1933 | 3 |
| Adenophorus pinnatifidus | Polypodiaceae | Botany | 1984 | 3 |
| Acroporium fuscoflavum | Sematophyllaceae | Botany | 1973 | 3 |
| Euphorbia multiformis | Euphorbiaceae | Botany | 1928 | 3 |
| Dubautia laxa | Asteraceae | Botany | 1980 | 3 |
| Hymenophyllum obtusum | Hymenophyllaceae | Botany | 1936 | 3 |
| Dryopteris unidentata | Dryopteridaceae | Botany | 1933 | 3 |
| Cyperus polystachyos | Cyperaceae | Botany | 1933 | 3 |
| Cladium mariscus | Cyperaceae | Botany | 1933 | 3 |
| Rhynchospora sclerioides | Cyperaceae | Botany | 2011 | 3 |
| Peperomia expallescens | Piperaceae | Botany | 1980 | 3 |
| Eulota | Camaenidae | Malacology | 1933 | 3 |
Journeys that stopped here
Collecting trips with a stop inside this boundary.
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jan – Aug 1928
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, January – August 1928748 specimens · 74 stops · 209 days
Lucy May Cranwell
6 islands of the United States · May – Oct 1938
Lucy May Cranwell across 6 islands of the United States, May – October 1938734 specimens · 51 stops · 146 days



C.F. Mant
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Aug 1919
C.F. Mant in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, May – August 1919294 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days



Donald Anderson
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · May – Jul 1933
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 1933238 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days
M.L. Lohman
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1948
M.L. Lohman in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, October – December 1948117 specimens · 15 stops · 75 days
Paul K. Higashino
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1977
Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1977104 specimens · 19 stops · 118 days
C. Corn
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1982
C. Corn in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, April – May 1982103 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days
G. Cottam
Molokaʻi · 19–27 Dec 1948
G. Cottam in Molokaʻi, 19–27 December 194883 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days

