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Cibotium menziesii
hāpu‘u i‘i
As recorded: Cibotium menziesii Hook.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Cyatheales › Cibotiaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- 633.H
- Date
- May 25, 1915
- Locality
- Forest between Waiakea & Olaa [Olaa Mill
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Palmer, D.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 25, 1915, Forbes, C.N. also collected 10 other specimens.
Cibotium menziesii observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1915. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 214 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
Pearl City, HI 96782, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
Kamuela, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Kailua, HI, US
(c) puapaniolo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-28
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-25
Mohihi-Waialae Trail, Princeville, HI, US
(c) Landon Wong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cibotium menziesii. BISH 1618. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956392598. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/1618.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956392598 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026