Meryta macrophylla

As recorded: Meryta macrophylla Seem.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Apiales › Araliaceae

Collected by: Yuncker, T.G.
Collector number: 9162
Date: October 1, 1939
Locality: 2 miles south of Siufaga
Island: Tau
Region: American Samoa
Elevation: 100 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 October 1, 1939, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 22 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 122880. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956182828. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/122880.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956182828 ↗
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Last harvested October 26, 2026