Waimea
Waimea, an ahupuaʻa of Kona, 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 Waimea.
80 of 80 names shown (the 80 most collected)
| Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carelia sinclairi | Amastridae | Malacology | 1937 | 29 |
| Leptothyra verruca | Colloniidae | Malacology | 8 | |
| Ipomoea batatas | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 1931 | 8 |
| Lipochaeta lobata | Asteraceae | Botany | 1949 | 6 |
| Subcancilla flammea | Mitridae | Malacology | 1959 | 6 |
| Endodonta | Endodontidae | Malacology | 1931 | 6 |
| Nassarius crematus | Nassariidae | Malacology | 1959 | 6 |
| Nemocardium thaanumi | Cardiidae | Malacology | 1959 | 6 |
| Mollusca | Malacology | 1922 | 6 | |
| Myoporum sandwicense | Scrophulariaceae | Botany | 1949 | 6 |
| Polinices tumidus | Naticidae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Gemmula interpolata | Turridae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Terebra thaanumi | Terebridae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Neocancilla waikikiensis | Mitridae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Strombus maculatus | Strombidae | Malacology | 1919 | 5 |
| Lamellaxis oparanum | Achatinidae | Malacology | 1947 | 5 |
| Fusinus sandvicensis | Fasciolariidae | Malacology | 1959 | 5 |
| Lymnaea reticulata | Lymnaeidae | Malacology | 1947 | 4 |
| Doryopteris decipiens | Pteridaceae | Botany | 1949 | 4 |
| Cypraea isabella | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 4 | |
| Cypraea helvola | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1926 | 4 |
| Scaevola taccada | Goodeniaceae | Botany | 1947 | 4 |
| Heliotropium anomalum | Heliotropiaceae | Botany | 1947 | 4 |
| Delissea niihauensis | Campanulaceae | Botany | 1867 | 4 |
| Dodonaea viscosa | Sapindaceae | Botany | 1949 | 4 |
| Sida fallax | Malvaceae | Botany | 1977 | 4 |
| Dentalium | Dentaliidae | Malacology | 1959 | 4 |
| Solanum nelsonii | Solanaceae | Botany | 1949 | 4 |
| Tellina crucigera | Tellinidae | Malacology | 1959 | 4 |
| Euphorbia celastroides | Euphorbiaceae | Botany | 1912 | 4 |
| Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus | Scincidae | Vertebrate Zoology | 3 | |
| Asclepias curassavica | Apocynaceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Turbo sandwicensis | Turbinidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Ipomoea indica | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 1947 | 3 |
| Pleuropoma niihauensis | Helicinidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Leptachatina | Amastridae | Malacology | 1912 | 3 |
| Nama sandwicense | Namaceae | Botany | 1988 | 3 |
| Mitrella margarita | Columbellidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Conus pennaceus | Conidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Ageratum conyzoides | Asteraceae | Botany | 2008 | 3 |
| Sesuvium portulacastrum | Aizoaceae | Botany | 1977 | 3 |
| Salvia occidentalis | Lamiaceae | Botany | 1912 | 3 |
| Cypraea caputserpentis | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1919 | 3 |
| Solecurtus baldwini | Solecurtidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Gastrocopta lyonsiana | Gastrocoptidae | Malacology | 1947 | 3 |
| Terebra | Terebridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Conus sponsalis | Conidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Helicina | Helicinidae | Malacology | 1912 | 3 |
| Chenopodium oahuense | Amaranthaceae | Botany | 1977 | 3 |
| Trochus intextus | Trochidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Heliacus variegatus | Architectonicidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Brachidontes crebristriatus | Mytilidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Terebra kilburni | Terebridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Gemmula pseudomonilifera | Turridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Guilandina major | Fabaceae | Botany | 1947 | 3 |
| Sicyos maximowiczii | Cucurbitaceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Cheilea equistris | Hipponicidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Drupa ricina | Muricidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Neocancilla clathrus | Mitridae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Cypraea semiplota | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1919 | 3 |
| Chara braunii | Characeae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Cypraea | Cypraeidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Artemisia australis | Asteraceae | Botany | 1992 | 3 |
| Jacquemontia sandwicensis | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 2008 | 3 |
| Euplica varians | Columbellidae | Malacology | 3 | |
| Conus quercinus | Conidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Conus acutangulus | Conidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Lipochaeta perdita | Asteraceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Tornatellides | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1912 | 3 |
| Haumea juddi | Pectinidae | Malacology | 1959 | 3 |
| Atriplex semibaccata | Amaranthaceae | Botany | 1977 | 3 |
| Ipomoea cairica | Convolvulaceae | Botany | 1949 | 3 |
| Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium | Asteraceae | Botany | 1949 | 2 |
| Chroococcus turgidus | Microcystaceae | Botany | 1947 | 2 |
| Terebra achates | Terebridae | Malacology | 1959 | 2 |
| Tornatellina | Achatinellidae | Malacology | 1912 | 2 |
| Setaria flavida | Poaceae | Botany | 1949 | 2 |
| Heteropogon contortus | Poaceae | Botany | 1947 | 2 |
| Dichanthium tenue | Poaceae | Botany | 1963 | 2 |
| Emilia fosbergii | Asteraceae | Botany | 2008 | 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




