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Tacca leontopetaloides

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BISH 147322Botany

Tacca leontopetaloides

As recorded: Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G.R.J. Baker →J.W. Coulter →F. Raymond Fosberg →Harold St.John →Truman George Yuncker →
Collector number: 12696
Date: December 27, 1932
Locality: Halawa. Near base of upper Moaula Falls
Island: Molokaʻi
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.1530, -156.7671 ± 1,014 m
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
Record type: Preserved specimen

295 Bishop specimens of Tacca leontopetaloides · collected 1800–2022Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On December 27, 1932, St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Tacca leontopetaloides. BISH 147322. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956552572. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/147322.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956552572 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026