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Boerhavia repens
Crawling Spiderling
As recorded: Boerhavia repens L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae
- Collected by
- Takeuchi, W.N.
- Collector number
- Waianae 32a
- Date
- January 28, 1984
- Locality
- Kaena Point
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.5667, -158.2667
- 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
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On January 28, 1984, Takeuchi, W.N. also collected 10 other specimens.
Still here: Boerhavia repens observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1984. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 14 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-07-29.

2026-07-29
Waialua, HI 96791, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-28
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Ehoarn Bidault, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-16
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Andrew Evans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-19
Ka'ena Point State Park, Waianae, HI, US
(c) R. Whitfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-02-25
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-01-07
North Shore, Waialua, HI, USA
(c) Jeff Steele, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Boerhavia repens. BISH 454256. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956185155. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/454256.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956185155 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
