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BISH 147326Botany
Tacca leontopetaloides
Polynesian Arrowroot
As recorded: Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 5559
- Date
- August 15, 1928
- Locality
- Wailau Valley
- Island
- Molokaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.1324, -156.8375 ± 4,034 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
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 15, 1928, Degener, O. also collected 1 other specimen.
Cite this specimen
Tacca leontopetaloides. BISH 147326. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956391923. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/147326.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956391923 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026