BISH 123472Botany

Hoya betchei

As recorded: Hoya chlorantha Rech.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae

Collected by: Christophersen, E.
Collector number: 610
Date: September 12, 1929
Locality: Matavanu lava field
Island: Savaii
Region: Samoa
Elevation: 200 m
Identified by: Christophersen, E.
Record type: Preserved specimen

13 Bishop specimens of Hoya betchei · collected 1929–2016Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 12, 1929, Christophersen, E. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Hoya betchei observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2016-06-17.

2016-06-17

Gaga'ifomauga, Samoa

(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Hoya betchei. BISH 123472. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956229617. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/123472.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956229617 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026