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Nothocestrum longifolium
longleaf 'aiea
As recorded: Nothocestrum longifolium A.Gray
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Solanaceae
- Collected by
- Herat, T.; Herat, R.R. Herat →T.R. Herat →
- Collector number
- 590
- Date
- June 15, 1974
- Locality
- Puna District. Olaa Forest Reserve. Ca. 10.8 km from the junction of Stainback Highway and Highway 17, towards Kulani Prison. At ca. 1085 m, in closed Metrosideros-Cibotium forest. Ca. 3 m high
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Nothocestrum longifolium observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-09-23.

2024-09-23
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-01-04
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2017-09-21
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2012-09-13
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nothocestrum longifolium. BISH 410696. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956562713. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/410696.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956562713 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
