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Tephrosia purpurea
Purple Hoarypea
As recorded: Tephrosia purpurea subsp. purpurea
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Grant, M.L.
- Collector number
- 7201
- Date
- August 26, 1934
- Locality
- Manana Island, off Oahu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 15 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 26, 1934, Grant, M.L. also collected 6 other specimens.
Tephrosia purpurea observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-10-20.
2023-10-20
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2015-05-16
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) afarahi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Tephrosia purpurea. BISH 122372. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956607136. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/122372.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956607136 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026