Places/Niʻihau
Kona
Kona, a moku of Niʻihau · 46,321 acres
703 specimens in the Museum’s collections were collected here, between 1826 and 2008: 412 names, 28 of the specimens types, 668 photographed.
- Specimens
- 703
- Names
- 412
- Types
- 28
- With images
- 668
- First
- 1826
- Latest
- 2008
- Departments
- 4
- Journeys
- 6
703 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 Kona.
80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)
| Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carelia sinclairi | Amastridae | Malacology | 1937 | 29 |
| Ipomoea batatas | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 1931 | 8 |
| Leptothyra verruca | Colloniidae | Malacology | 8 | |
| Myoporum sandwicense | Scrophulariaceae | Botany | 1949 | 6 |
| Lipochaeta lobata | Asteraceae | Botany | 1949 | 6 |
| Subcancilla flammea | Mitridae | Malacology | 1959 | 6 |
| Nassarius crematus | Nassariidae | Malacology | 1959 | 6 |
| Mollusca | Malacology | 1922 | 6 | |
| Nemocardium thaanumi | Cardiidae | Malacology | 1959 | 6 |
| Endodonta | Endodontidae | Malacology | 1931 | 6 |
| Lamellaxis oparanum | Achatinidae | Malacology | 1947 | 5 |
| Terebra thaanumi | Terebridae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Strombus maculatus | Strombidae | Malacology | 1919 | 5 |
| Fusinus sandvicensis | Fasciolariidae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Neocancilla waikikiensis | Mitridae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Gemmula interpolata | Turridae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Polinices tumidus | Naticidae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Cypraea isabella | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 4 | |
| Heliotropium anomalum | Heliotropiaceae | Botany | 1947 | 4 |
| Doryopteris decipiens | Pteridaceae | Botany | 1949 | 4 |
| Euphorbia celastroides | Euphorbiaceae | Botany | 1912 | 4 |
| Tellina crucigera | Tellinidae | Malacology | 1959 | 4 |
| Dodonaea viscosa | Sapindaceae | Botany | 1949 | 4 |
| Solanum nelsonii | Solanaceae | Botany | 1949 | 4 |
| Dentalium | Dentaliidae | Malacology | 1959 | 4 |
| Sida fallax | Malvaceae | Botany | 1977 | 4 |
| Scaevola taccada | Goodeniaceae | Botany | 1947 | 4 |
| Cypraea helvola | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1926 | 4 |
| Delissea niihauensis | Campanulaceae | Botany | 1867 | 4 |
| Lymnaea reticulata | Lymnaeidae | Malacology | 1947 | 4 |
| Leptachatina | Amastridae | Malacology | 1912 | 3 |
| Cheilea equistris | Hipponicidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Ipomoea indica | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 1947 | 3 |
| Ipomoea cairica | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Artemisia australis | Asteraceae | Botany | 1992 | 3 |
| Jacquemontia sandwicensis | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 2008 | 3 |
| Turbo sandwicensis | Turbinidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Helicina | Helicinidae | Malacology | 1912 | 3 |
| Haumea juddi | Pectinidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Heliacus variegatus | Architectonicidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Lipochaeta perdita | Asteraceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Conus acutangulus | Conidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Cypraea | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Euplica varians | Columbellidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Gastrocopta lyonsiana | Gastrocoptidae | Malacology | 1947 | 3 |
| Drupa ricina | Muricidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Ageratum conyzoides | Asteraceae | Botany | 2008 | 3 |
| Gemmula pseudomonilifera | Turridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Solecurtus baldwini | Solecurtidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Guilandina major | Fabaceae | Botany | 1947 | 3 |
| Terebra | Terebridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Cypraea semiplota | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1919 | 3 |
| Tornatellides | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1912 | 3 |
| Trochus intextus | Trochidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Salvia occidentalis | Lamiaceae | Botany | 1912 | 3 |
| Pleuropoma niihauensis | Helicinidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Amaranthaceae | Botany | 1977 | 3 |
| Chara braunii | Characeae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Neocancilla clathrus | Mitridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Sesuvium portulacastrum | Aizoaceae | Botany | 1977 | 3 |
| Brachidontes crebristriatus | Mytilidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Nama sandwicense | Namaceae | Botany | 1988 | 3 |
| Conus sponsalis | Conidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Mitrella margarita | Columbellidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Conus pennaceus | Conidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Asclepias curassavica | Apocynaceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Chenopodium oahuense | Amaranthaceae | Botany | 1977 | 3 |
| Conus quercinus | Conidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus | Scincidae | Vertebrate Zoology | 3 | |
| Sicyos maximowiczii | Cucurbitaceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Terebra kilburni | Terebridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Cypraea caputserpentis | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1919 | 3 |
| Bothriochloa macra | Poaceae | Botany | 1947 | 2 |
| Artocarpus altilis | Moraceae | Botany | 1947 | 2 |
| Anachis miser | Columbellidae | Malacology | 2 | |
| Chama iostoma | Chamidae | Malacology | 1959 | 2 |
| Heteropogon contortus | Poaceae | Botany | 1947 | 2 |
| Boerhavia repens | Nyctaginaceae | Botany | 1947 | 2 |
| Hipponix imbricatus | Hipponicidae | Malacology | 1959 | 2 |
| Heliotropium curassavicum | Heliotropiaceae | Botany | 1977 | 2 |
Journeys that stopped here
Collecting trips with a stop inside this boundary.



Pele Expedition 1959
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1959
Pele Expedition 1959, August – September 1959572 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days



Mary Eleanor King
Niʻihau and Kauaʻi · 11–22 Sep 1959
Mary Eleanor King in Niʻihau and Kauaʻi, 11–22 September 1959237 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
Harold St.John in Molokaʻi, Niʻihau and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 1949219 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days

Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days
Harold St.John
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1949
Harold St.John in Niʻihau, Nihoa and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 1949101 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days
E.S.C. Handy
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1931
E.S.C. Handy across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 193171 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days




