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Polypodium pellucidum
ʻAe lau nui
As recorded: Polypodium pellucidum var. vulcanicum Skottsb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Polypodiaceae
- Collected by
- Munro, G.C.
- Collector number
- 88
- Date
- June 14, 1927
- Locality
- Waiakeakua
- Island
- Lānaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.7999, -156.8664 ± 474 m
- Identified by
- Faccenda, K.; Thomas, M.K.K. Faccenda →Miles Thomas →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On June 14, 1927, Munro, G.C. also collected 22 other specimens.
Still here: Polypodium pellucidum observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1927. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-03-19.

2025-03-19
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-10-18
Hawaii, US
(c) gingaaninjaa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Polypodium pellucidum. BISH 21962. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956260249. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/21962.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956260249 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
