Maesa tabacifolia

As recorded: Maesa tabacifolia Mez

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Primulaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.
Collector number: 18180
Date: August 3, 1937
Locality: Wainimala Valley; Wainamo Reef
Island: Viti Levu
Region: Tholo East, Fiji
Elevation: 503 m
Identified by: Smith, A.C.
Record type: Preserved specimen

31 Bishop specimens of Maesa tabacifolia · collected 1860–2016Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 3, 1937, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Maesa tabacifolia observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1937. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2016-06-04.

2016-06-04

Upolu, Samoa

(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Maesa tabacifolia. BISH 164243. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956233840. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/164243.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956233840 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026