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Ilex anomala
Kāwaʻu
As recorded: Ilex anomala Hook. & Arn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Aquifoliales › Aquifoliaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 24860
- Date
- November 30, 1952
- Locality
- Makaha Valley, Waianae Mts
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 518 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
Collected the same day
On November 30, 1952, St.John, H. also collected 20 other specimens.
Ilex anomala observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1952. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 696 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25
Pearl City, HI 96782, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-20
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-10
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) reymond_miyajima, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-03
East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Steffen Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ilex anomala. BISH 413150. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956156774. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/413150.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956156774 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
