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Grona heterocarpos
Asian ticktrefoil
As recorded: Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Garber, D.W.
- Collector number
- 979
- Date
- May 25, 1925
- Locality
- Slope of mountain at back
- Island
- Ofu
- Region
- American Samoa
- Elevation
- 46 m
- Identified by
- Christophersen, E.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 25, 1925, Garber, D.W. also collected 5 other specimens.
Grona heterocarpos observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1925. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 482 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-17.
2026-10-17
(c) poq, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
Tai Po Kau, New Territories, HK
(c) humidgreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
Wenzhou, CN-ZJ, CN
(c) 藜梓柠, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
黎和生態公園
(c) jameslin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
236台灣新北市土城區頂埔里236號大暖坑公園
(c) daniel1110501, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
文山森林公園, 文山區, 臺北市, TW
(c) jeanchen0912, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Grona heterocarpos. BISH 154297. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956513081. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/154297.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956513081 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026