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Boerhavia repens
Crawling Spiderling
As recorded: Boerhavia repens L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae
- Collected by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Collector number
- 41309
- Date
- October 5, 1960
- Locality
- Heron Island.
- Region
- Queensland, Australia
- Identified by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 5, 1960, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 23 other specimens.
Boerhavia repens observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 255 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.

2026-10-11
HI, US
(c) Ean Schiffman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
882台灣澎湖縣望安鄉東吉村43-2號
(c) tsou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-09-11
Dongji, Wangan Township, Penghu County, TW
(c) naturalist165579, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-11
Dongji, Wangan Township, Penghu County, TW
(c) naturalist165579, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-22
Kealahou St + Kalanianaole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Boerhavia repens. BISH 167284. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956497392. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/167284.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956497392 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
