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Calotropis gigantea in life
In life — crown flower, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
BISH 123356Botany

Calotropis gigantea

crown flower

As recorded: Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae

Collected by
Wisner, A.W.
Collector number
109
Date
August 14, 1959
Locality
Near corner of old school (?) Utulei
Island
Tutuila
Region
American Samoa
Elevation
3 m
Identified by
Smith, A.C.
Record type
Preserved specimen
41 Bishop specimens of Calotropis gigantea · collected 1908–2022Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 14, 1959, Wisner, A.W. also collected 23 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Calotropis gigantea. BISH 123356. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956504294. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/123356.

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