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Geophila herbacea in life — In life — snake pennywort, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子

BISH 174411Botany

Geophila herbacea

snake pennywort

As recorded: Geophila repens var. asiatica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fosberg

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae

Collected by: Takamatsu, M.
Collector number: 739
Date: February 6, 1936
Locality: Anapeng-pa
Island: Pohnpei
Region: Micronesia
Identified by: Fosberg, F.R.; Sachet, M.H.; Oliver, R.L.F. Raymond Fosberg →Royce L. Oliver →M.-H Sachet →
Record type: Preserved specimen

61 Bishop specimens of Geophila herbacea · collected 1894–2002Species page ›

Geophila herbacea observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1936. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 882 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.

Geophila herbacea observed 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)

Geophila herbacea observed 2026-10-12

2026-10-12

草嶺古道

(c) jameslin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Geophila herbacea observed 2026-10-11

2026-10-11

Ruifang District, New Taipei City, TW

(c) Steve Wu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Geophila herbacea observed 2026-10-07

2026-10-07

Lantau Island

no rights reserved

Geophila herbacea observed 2026-10-07

2026-10-07

Lantau Island

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Geophila herbacea observed 2026-10-06

2026-10-06

226台灣新北市平溪區萬寶洞

(c) foxben, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Geophila herbacea. BISH 174411. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956172010. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/174411.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956172010 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026