Marsilea villosa
‘Ihi‘ihi‘lau Akea
As recorded: Marsilea villosa Kaulf.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Salviniales › Marsileaceae
- Collected by
- Higashino, P.K.; Croft, L.K.L.K. Croft →Paul K. Higashino →
- Collector number
- Collector Number: 8168
- Date
- 1978
- Locality
- Koko Head Crater, Iliihilauakea crater
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Bruegmann, M.M.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Marsilea villosa observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-31.

2026-05-31
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-02
Hawaii, US
(c) annieliu1718, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-10-03
Hawaii, US
(c) cadizghis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-01-02
Hawaii, US
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-12-15
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2020-02-21
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) meganloland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Marsilea villosa. BISH 425991. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956469834. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/425991.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956469834 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
