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Scaevola taccada
beach naupaka
As recorded: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Goodeniaceae
- Collected by
- Koster, Ch.
- Collector number
- BW 11066
- Date
- March 2, 1961
- Locality
- Beach near Masni, ca. 25 km W from Manokwari
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- West Papua Province, Indonesia
- Identified by
- Leenhouts, P.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 2, 1961, Koster, Ch. also collected 9 other specimens.
Scaevola taccada observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1961. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13,474 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Cape D'aguilar Rd, Shek O, Hong Kong Island, HK
(c) anguslam, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
臺灣島, 北區, 新竹市, TW
(c) lynn0610, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Shenzhen, CN-GD, CN
(c) ffplamt1234, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Island of Hawaiʻi, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Tara Severns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-26
Lamma Island, 新界, HK
(c) Yi CHEN, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-25
Mangaluru
(c) shrvn_k, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Scaevola taccada. BISH 412408. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956454347. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/412408.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956454347 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026