
BISH 174800Botany
Kadua romanzoffiensis
As recorded: Kadua romanzoffiensis Cham. & Schltdl.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- Whitney Expedition
- Collector number
- 1888
- Date
- February 6, 1923
- Island
- Ahe (=Ahii) Atoll
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Lorence, D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 6, 1923, Whitney Expedition also collected 5 other specimens.
Kadua romanzoffiensis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1923. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-09-16.

2025-09-16
Pitcairn Islands, PN
(c) jennlavers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2010-10-11
Oeno Island, Pitcairn Islands
(c) Peter Zika, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Kadua romanzoffiensis. BISH 174800. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956304795. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/174800.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956304795 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
