BISH 183212Botany

Heritiera ornithocephala

As recorded: Heritiera ornithocephala Kosterm.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae

Collected by: Gillespie, J.W.
Collector number: 2372
Date: August 23, 1927
Locality: Slopes Korombamba Mountain.
Island: Viti Levu
Region: Rewa Province, Fiji
Elevation: 200 m
Identified by: Smith, A.C.
Record type: Preserved specimen

24 Bishop specimens of Heritiera ornithocephala · collected 1927–2005Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 23, 1927, Gillespie, J.W. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Heritiera ornithocephala observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2023-02-20.

2023-02-20

O Le Pupu Pu'e, Falealili, WS-AT, WS

(c) Robert Webster, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Cite this specimen

Heritiera ornithocephala. BISH 183212. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956594419. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/183212.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956594419 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026