Scaevola taccada

As recorded: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Goodeniaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S.R.S. Cowan →Harold St.John →
Collector number: 22145
Date: September 9, 1946
Locality: Ebon Island
Island: Ebon Atoll
Region: Marshall Islands
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

631 Bishop specimens of Scaevola taccada · collected 1792–2024Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 9, 1946, St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Scaevola taccada observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13,485 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28

Miami Marine Stadium, Miami, FL, US

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2026-10-27

JBPHH, HI, US

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2026-10-27

Cape D'aguilar Rd, Shek O, Hong Kong Island, HK

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2026-10-27

臺灣島, 北區, 新竹市, TW

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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)

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Cite this specimen

Scaevola taccada. BISH 424123. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956668741. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/424123.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956668741 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026