Bernice Puahi Bishop Museum · CC BY-NC · GBIF · full resolution
Pisonia aculeata
Native Bougainvillea
As recorded: Pisonia aculeata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae
- Collected by
- Elmer, A.D.E.
- Collector number
- 13449
- Date
- August 1, 1912
- Locality
- Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta).
- Island
- Mindanao
- Region
- Agusan, Philippines
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Anderson, K.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 1, 1912, Elmer, A.D.E. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Acrospermum elmeri
Botany
Aeschynanthus crassifolius
Botany
Agalmyla chorisepala
Botany
Allophylus simplicifolius
Botany
Alysicarpus vaginalis
Botany
Ampelocissus ochracea
Botany
Anamirta cocculus
Botany
Anisomeles indica
Botany
Antidesma montanum
Botany
Antrophyum semicostatum
Botany
Aphanamixis polystachya
Botany
Aporosa banahaensis
Botany
Aporosa lunata
Botany
Appendicula
Botany
Appendicula lucbanensis
Botany
Appendicula reflexa
Botany
Appendicula undulata
Botany
Appendicula weberi
Botany
Aquilaria citrinicarpa
Botany
Areca caliso
Botany
Asplenium griseum
Botany
Asplenium macrophyllum
Botany
Asplenium persicifolium
Botany
Asplenium scandens
Botany
Pisonia aculeata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1912. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,420 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.
2026-10-24
Hialeah, FL, US
(c) James K. Wetterer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
墾丁國家公園, 恆春鎮, 屏東縣, TW
(c) usaviah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
墾丁國家公園, 恆春鎮, 屏東縣, TW
(c) usaviah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
Kenting, Kenting, TW-TA-PT, TW-TA, TW
(c) usaviah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-09
Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
(c) ssnp107-1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-22
947台灣屏東縣滿州鄉, 加都魯溪
(c) 洪阿愷, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pisonia aculeata. BISH 167733. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956649539. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/167733.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956649539 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026