Maesa tabacifolia

As recorded: Maesa tabacifolia Mez

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Primulaceae

Collected by: Whistler, W.A.
Collector number: W3949
Date: August 29, 1978
Locality: Between Mt. Fito and Mt. Le Pu'e
Island: Upolu
Region: Samoa
Elevation: 1,000 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

31 Bishop specimens of Maesa tabacifolia · collected 1860–2016Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 29, 1978, Whistler, W.A. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Maesa tabacifolia observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2016-06-04.

2016-06-04

Upolu, Samoa

(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Maesa tabacifolia. BISH 428345. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956555961. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/428345.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956555961 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026