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Laportea
wood nettles
As recorded: Laportea Gaudich.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Urticaceae
- Collected by
- Gressitt, J.L.
- Collector number
- 2447
- Date
- August 31, 1955
- Locality
- Keravat, in jungle
- Island
- New Britain
- Region
- East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 45 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 31, 1955, Gressitt, J.L. also collected 2 other specimens.
Laportea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1955. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 16,776 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Whitby, ON L1N 5T8, Canada
no rights reserved
2026-10-25
Lion's Head, ON N0H 1W0, Canada
(c) Jason L Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2026-10-25
Auchinburn Forest (private), Hamilton, ON, Canada
(c) Marcus Buck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
8HCH+5C7 Puente de hamaca Manolos, Provincia de Alajuela, Cd Quesada, Barrio San Miguel, Costa Rica
(c) Enya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Leesburg, VA, US
(c) Azaria Panni, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Milton, ON, Canada
(c) Song, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Laportea. BISH 185989. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956473996. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/185989.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956473996 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026