Geophila herbacea
snake pennywort
As recorded: Geophila herbacea (Jacq.) K.Schum.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.; Fosberg, F.R.F. Raymond Fosberg →Harold St.John →
- Collector number
- 14123
- Date
- May 7, 1934
- Locality
- District de Pare, Fautaua Valley
- Island
- Tahiti
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Elevation
- 60 m
- Identified by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 7, 1934, St.John, H.; Fosberg, F.R. also collected 7 other specimens.
Geophila herbacea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 882 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.
2026-10-19
313台灣新竹縣尖石鄉義興村M5VH+57
(c) Jamela Fan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-12
草嶺古道
(c) jameslin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Ruifang District, New Taipei City, TW
(c) Steve Wu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-07
Lantau Island
no rights reserved
2026-10-07
Lantau Island
no rights reserved
2026-10-06
226台灣新北市平溪區萬寶洞
(c) foxben, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Geophila herbacea. BISH 174369. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956699164. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/174369.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956699164 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026