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Astelia menziesiana
Pua'akuhinia
As recorded: Astelia menziesiana subsp. fallax Skottsb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Asteliaceae
- Collected by
- Cranwell, L.M.; Selling, O.; Skottsberg, C.Lucy May Cranwell →Olof H. Selling →Carl Skottsberg →
- Collector number
- 3135
- Date
- September 7, 1938
- Locality
- Kohala Mts., upper Hamakua ditch trail
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Birch, J.L.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 7, 1938, Cranwell, L.M.; Selling, O.; Skottsberg, C. also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Cheirodendron trigynum
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Cheirodendron trigynum
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Christella dentata
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Crepidomanes draytonianum
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Cryptotaenia canadensis
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Cyrtandra platyphylla
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Dicranodontium porodictyon
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Distichophyllum paradoxum
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Ectropothecium arcuatum
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Gesneriaceae
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Gesneriaceae
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Hydrangea arguta
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Hymenophyllum lanceolatum
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Hymenophyllum recurvum
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Isopterygium albescens
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Kadua affinis
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Melicope clusiifolia
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Menisciopsis cyatheoides
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Palamocladium wilkesianum
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Peltigera dolichorhiza
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Peperomia macraeana
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Philonotis turneriana
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Astelia menziesiana observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 233 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-14.
2026-10-14
Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) reymond_miyajima, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Kamuela, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-23
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-19
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) David Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-24
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Astelia menziesiana. BISH 121049. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956236411. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/121049.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956236411 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026