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Odontonema cuspidatum
Cardinal’s guard
As recorded: Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Acanthaceae
- Collected by
- Judd Jr., A.F.; Bryan Jr., E.H.; Neal, M.C.Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. →Alfred F. Judd Jr →Marie Catherine Neal →
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- September 25, 1937
- Locality
- Kamehameha Girls' School, Honolulu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Wasshausen, D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 25, 1937, Judd Jr., A.F.; Bryan Jr., E.H.; Neal, M.C. also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Allamanda cathartica
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Allamanda schottii
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Aloysia citrodora
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Alternanthera ficoidea
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Arundo donax
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Asystasia gangetica
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Barleria cristata
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Barleria cristata
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Begonia aconitifolia
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Buddleja davidii
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Caladium bicolor
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Cananga odorata
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Carissa macrocarpa
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Cinnamomum burmanni
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Cordyline stricta
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Cordyline stricta
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Crocosmia crocosmiiflora
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Datura metel
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Dracaena trifasciata
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Etlingera elatior
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Euphorbia milii
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Ficus septica
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Guaiacum officinale
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Odontonema cuspidatum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1937. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 562 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
Moku St, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Elaina Wesel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
Honomu, HI 96728, USA
(c) The Roving Naturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Manoa Falls Trail, Kailua, HI, US
(c) FML, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Kennedy Webb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Manoa Falls Trail, Kailua, HI, US
no rights reserved
2026-10-10
Manoa Falls, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
(c) Sophie Paradis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Odontonema cuspidatum. BISH 20073. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956168838. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/20073.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956168838 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026