BISH 109643Botany

Rhopalephora vitiensis

As recorded: Aneilema vitiense Seem.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Commelinales › Commelinaceae

Collected by: Yuncker, T.G.
Collector number: 9274
Date: October 5, 1939
Locality: on W slope of Mt. Vaoaimanu
Island: Tau
Region: American Samoa
Elevation: 200 m
Identified by: Yuncker, T.G.
Record type: Preserved specimen

30 Bishop specimens of Rhopalephora vitiensis · collected 1893–2007Species page ›

Collected the same day

On October 5, 1939, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 22 other specimens.

Rhopalephora vitiensis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1939. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2022-09-05.

2022-09-05

Camiguin Island, Catarman, Camiguin, PH

(c) Larry Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Rhopalephora vitiensis. BISH 109643. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956665888. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/109643.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956665888 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026