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Cuphea carthagenensis
Colombian waxweed
As recorded: Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Lythraceae
- Collected by
- Yang, H.N.
- Collector number
- 2941
- Date
- July 10, 1979
- Locality
- Hualein Co.: Funbing
- Island
- Taiwan
- Region
- Taiwan
- Identified by
- Yang, H.N.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 10, 1979, Yang, H.N. also collected 13 other specimens.
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Cyperus cyperoides
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Cyperus imbricatus
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Echinochloa crus-galli
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Eriochloa procera
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Fimbristylis dichotoma
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Lysimachia mauritiana
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Panicum repens
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Paspalum scrobiculatum
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Poaceae
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Sacciolepis indica
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Schenkia japonica
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Cuphea carthagenensis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3,563 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-22.
2026-10-22
RPPN Cachoeiras do Cerradão - São Roque de Minas, MG, BR
(c) seiga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Pirassununga, SP, 13637, Brasil
(c) hemidactylus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
269台灣宜蘭縣冬山鄉八寶村
(c) 曾信儒, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Brundidge, AL, USA
(c) Alvin Diamond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-20
Rua João Salum - Carianos, Florianópolis - SC, 88047-668, Brasil
(c) João Miguel Vieira, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
Rua Antônio José Thomaz da Costa, Florianópolis, SC, BR
(c) ┈✷◎்۫۫ Lara ✵ ┈❃۬◦۪۪̥, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Cuphea carthagenensis. BISH 445377. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956634298. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/445377.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956634298 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026