Meryta macrophylla

As recorded: Meryta macrophylla Seem.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Apiales › Araliaceae

Collected by: Yuncker, T.G.
Collector number: 9545
Date: November 27, 1939
Locality: Above Ofu village
Island: Ofu
Region: American Samoa
Elevation: 300 m
Identified by: Tronchet, F.; Lowry II, P.P.P.P. Lowry II →F. Tronchet →
Record type: Preserved specimen

57 Bishop specimens of Meryta macrophylla · collected 1906–2001Species page ›

Collected the same day

On November 27, 1939, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Meryta macrophylla observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1939. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2016-05-17.

2016-05-17

American samoa

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Cite this specimen

Meryta macrophylla. BISH 122877. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956344802. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/122877.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956344802 ↗
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Last harvested October 26, 2026