Lygodium flexuosum

Flexuose Climbing Fern

As recorded: Lygodium scandens (L.) Sw.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Schizaeales › Lygodiaceae

Collected by: MacDaniels, L.H.
Collector number: 1278
Date: May 7, 1927
Locality: Vaheria river valley
Island: Tahiti
Region: French Polynesia
Elevation: 100 m
Identified by: Brown, E.; Brown, F.Elizabeth D. Brown Jr. →Hessler Brown →
Record type: Preserved specimen

43 Bishop specimens of Lygodium flexuosum · collected 1803–1986Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 7, 1927, MacDaniels, L.H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Lygodium flexuosum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 280 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-11.

2026-09-11

(c) nokbeetles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-08

Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

(c) Eric Ching, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-07

Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

(c) Ryan Durand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-07

Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

(c) Ryan Durand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-25

2868+V8M, Byas, Nepal

(c) Dipesh Pandit Chhetri, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-14

India

(c) ZEPHYNE, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Lygodium flexuosum. BISH 108690. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956563807. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/108690.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956563807 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026