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Ipomoea tuboides
Hawaiian moon flower
As recorded: Ipomoea tuboides O.Deg. & Ooststr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
- Collected by
- Hobdy, R.W.
- Collector number
- 1900
- Date
- January 13, 1984
- Locality
- East Maui, Puu o kali
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- 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
Collected the same day
On January 13, 1984, Hobdy, R.W. also collected 6 other specimens.
Ipomoea tuboides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1984. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-07-11.
2025-07-11
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kai Garcia-Tobar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-19
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2005-03-08
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ipomoea tuboides. BISH 459451. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956154639. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/459451.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956154639 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026