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Cibotium menziesii
hāpu‘u i‘i
As recorded: Cibotium menziesii Hook.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Cyatheales › Cibotiaceae
- Collected by
- Cranwell, L.M.; Skottsberg, C.Lucy May Cranwell →Carl Skottsberg →
- Collector number
- 2564
- Date
- July 11, 1938
- Locality
- Above head of Waikolu; near Pepeopae bog
- Island
- Molokaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.1257, -156.9356 ± 2,799 m
- Identified by
- Palmer, D.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 11, 1938, Cranwell, L.M.; Skottsberg, C. also collected 12 other specimens.
Still here: Cibotium menziesii observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-01-08.

2025-01-08
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-12-28
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2005-04-29
Molokai, Hawaii, USA
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2003-09-16
Molokai, Hawaii, USA
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cibotium menziesii. BISH 1598. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956287487. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/1598.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956287487 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
