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Ipomoea tuboides
Hawaiian moon flower
As recorded: Ipomoea tuboides O.Deg. & Ooststr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
- Collected by
- Char, W.P.
- Collector number
- 78.05
- Date
- November 23, 1978
- Locality
- Moaula area
- Island
- Kahoʻolawe
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 440 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 23, 1978, Char, W.P. also collected 12 other specimens.
Ipomoea tuboides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-07-11.
2025-07-11
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kai Garcia-Tobar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-19
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2005-03-08
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ipomoea tuboides. BISH 426145. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956257973. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/426145.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956257973 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026