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Pourthiaea villosa
Christmas berry
As recorded: Symplocos japonica A.DC.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Rosaceae
- Collected by
- Hatsushima, S.; Sako, S.S. Hatsushima →S. Sako →
- Collector number
- 21569
- Date
- March 18, 1958
- Locality
- Mt. Ohyama.
- Island
- Okinoerabujima
- Region
- Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Elevation
- 190 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 18, 1958, Hatsushima, S.; Sako, S. also collected 1 other specimen.
Pourthiaea villosa observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1958. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 853 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-14.

2026-10-14
S Orange Ave, West Orange, NJ, US
(c) Tom Pollard, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-03
Maplewood Ln, Yardley, PA, US
(c) rwhaler1420, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-29
Harrison Township, PA 15065, USA
(c) yalecohen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-22
Parkway North, New York, NY, US
(c) betsyyyy, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-14
313台灣新竹縣尖石鄉
(c) changchih-yi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-29
E Mermaid Ln, Philadelphia, PA, US
(c) John L. Jensen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pourthiaea villosa. BISH 113537. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956482245. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/113537.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956482245 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
