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Hydrocotyle verticillata

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BISH 410102Botany

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Whorled Pennywort

As recorded: Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Apiales › Araliaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G.R.J. Baker →J.W. Coulter →F. Raymond Fosberg →Harold St.John →Truman George Yuncker →
Collector number: 12355
Date: December 21, 1932
Locality: Head of Waikolu Valley, Hanalilolilo
Island: Molokaʻi
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.1257, -156.9117 ± 744 m
Elevation: 1,158 m
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
Record type: Preserved specimen

66 Bishop specimens of Hydrocotyle verticillata · collected 1864–2024Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On December 21, 1932, St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Hydrocotyle verticillata observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1932. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2021-07-31.

Hydrocotyle verticillata observed 2021-07-31

2021-07-31

Kalaupapa National Historical Park, HI, US

(c) mdkahale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Hydrocotyle verticillata. BISH 410102. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956185814. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/410102.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956185814 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026