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Macaranga harveyana

As recorded: Macaranga harveyana (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Euphorbiaceae

Collected by: Yuncker, T.G.
Collector number: 15980
Date: May 11, 1953
Locality: near northern end of the island near the Lifuka end of the interisland causeway
Island: Lifuka Island
Region: Tonga
Record type: Preserved specimen

69 Bishop specimens of Macaranga harveyana · collected 1906–2002Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 11, 1953, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 17 other specimens.

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Pueraria montana

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Sida acuta

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Suriana maritima

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Macaranga harveyana observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-06-11.

2025-06-11

P7P5+VXV, Ngatangiia District, Cook Islands

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