BISH 131754Botany

Dahlia pinnata

Garden Dahlia

As recorded: Dahlia variabilis (Willd.) Desf.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 11814
Date: August 16, 1934
Locality: Mataura
Island: Tubuai
Region: French Polynesia
Elevation: 1 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

Collected the same day

On August 16, 1934, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Dahlia pinnata observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 757 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27

Route de Brossac, Deviat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FR

(c) laurencekarki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

Ac. Canario Da Terra - Chapecó, SC, Brasil

(c) Guilherme Rodrigues, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11

Gandaki

(c) enakauma, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06

Sikkim, India

(c) dikila_sherpa_, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06

CVQ5+P3X, Jebres, Kec. Jebres, Kota Surakarta, Jawa Tengah 57126, Indonesia

(c) Alfaransyah Farabi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05

Minsk, Minsk, Belarus

(c) Станислав, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Dahlia pinnata. BISH 131754. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956404748. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/131754.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956404748 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026