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Gaertneria
As recorded: Gaertneria Medik.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Sohmer, S.H.; Eliezer, K.; Waas, S.K. Eliezer →Seymour H. Sohmer →S.H. Waas →
- Collector number
- 8930
- Date
- November 20, 1973
- Locality
- Galle District; Kanneliya Forest Reserve.
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 20, 1973, Sohmer, S.H.; Eliezer, K.; Waas, S. also collected 8 other specimens.
Gaertneria observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9,949 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27
Palm Desert, CA, US
(c) Sue Shigenaga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
San Diego County, US-CA, US
(c) spiral_coyote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Julian, CA, US
(c) Kyelin S., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
San Diego County, CA, USA
(c) Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Riverside County, CA, USA
(c) quandary, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
San Diego County, CA, USA
(c) Fred Melgert / Carla Hoegen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Gaertneria. BISH 433915. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956518216. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/433915.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956518216 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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