Melicope molokaiensis

As recorded: Melicope molokaiensis (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Sapindales › Rutaceae

Collected by: Jacobi, J.D.; Higashino, P.K.Paul K. Higashino →J.D. Jacobi →
Collector number: 1525
Date: July 11, 1979
Locality: Kaluaaha, Maunaoluolu ridge
Island: Molokaʻi
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.0768, -156.8215 ± 1,217 m
Elevation: 704 m
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

104 Bishop specimens of Melicope molokaiensis · collected 1909–2016Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On July 11, 1979, Jacobi, J.D.; Higashino, P.K. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Melicope molokaiensis observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2004-04-28.

2004-04-28

Hawaii, US

(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Melicope molokaiensis. BISH 462010. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956188545. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/462010.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956188545 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026