Hernandia moerenhoutiana

As recorded: Hernandia moerenhoutiana subsp. campanulata Kubitzki

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Laurales › Hernandiaceae

Collected by: Yuncker, T.G.
Collector number: 16198
Date: May 26, 1953
Locality: On slope leading to the lagoon at Vaihoa, below Leimatua, NW of Neiafu
Island: Vava'U
Region: Tonga
Elevation: 30 m
Identified by: (Nom. rev.) Anderson, K.
Record type: Preserved specimen

90 Bishop specimens of Hernandia moerenhoutiana · collected 1836–2005Species page ›

Collected the same day

On May 26, 1953, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 20 other specimens.

Hernandia moerenhoutiana observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2017-08-19.

2017-08-19

Eastern, National Park of American Samoa, AS

(c) Daniel George, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2016-05-14

American Samoa

(c) tavita_togia2016, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Hernandia moerenhoutiana. BISH 149564. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956568716. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/149564.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956568716 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026