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Wikstroemia oahuensis
As recorded: Wikstroemia oahuensis var. oahuensis
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Thymelaeaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 25180
- Date
- December 23, 1953
- Locality
- W ridge of Honomuni
- Island
- Molokaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.0956, -156.7919 ± 1,982 m
- Elevation
- 244 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
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On December 23, 1953, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Still here: Wikstroemia oahuensis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-01-09.

2025-01-09
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyhl Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-11-22
Molokaʻi, Kaunakakai, HI, US
(c) Victor Rogers-Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-18
Hawaii, US
(c) gingaaninjaa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-14
Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Kalawao, Hawaii, United States
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-14
Hawaii, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-13
Hawaii, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Wikstroemia oahuensis. BISH 413358. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956268000. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/413358.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956268000 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
