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Hedychium coccineum
Orange ginger lily
As recorded: Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Zingiberales › Zingiberaceae
- Collected by
- Neal, M.C.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- March 24, 1957
- Locality
- Honolulu: Nuuanu Valley; 42 Coelho Way
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Nagata, K.M.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Hedychium coccineum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1957. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2022-07-15.

2022-07-15
Hawaiʻi, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Alexander Volberding, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-07-24
Makiki/Lower/ Punchbowl/Tantalus, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hedychium coccineum. BISH 147207. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956368643. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/147207.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956368643 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
