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Acanthaceae
Acanthus Family
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Acanthaceae
- Collected by
- Sohmer, S.H.; Waas, S.; Eliezer, K.K. Eliezer →Seymour H. Sohmer →S.H. Waas →
- Collector number
- 8815
- Date
- November 18, 1973
- Locality
- Rataapura District - Pelmadulla-Hambantota Road; near mile marker 20/4. - near Pallebedatown
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 18, 1973, Sohmer, S.H.; Waas, S.; Eliezer, K. also collected 14 other specimens.
Acanthaceae observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-12-14.
2025-12-14
Cube, Ecuador
(c) Leighton Reid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-12-07
Casa del Medio, Resereva Canandé, Quininde, Ecuador
(c) Ignacio Moreira-Corral, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2023-08-01
Хандагайты - Мугур-Аксы, Муниципальный Район Монгун-Тайгинский, Тыва, RU
(c) Daba, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-01
Хандагайты - Мугур-Аксы, Муниципальный Район Монгун-Тайгинский, Тыва, RU
(c) Daba, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-01
Хандагайты - Мугур-Аксы, Муниципальный Район Монгун-Тайгинский, Тыва, RU
(c) Daba, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-01
Хандагайты - Мугур-Аксы, Муниципальный Район Монгун-Тайгинский, Тыва, RU
(c) Daba, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Acanthaceae. BISH 434615. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956162886. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/434615.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956162886 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026