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Dubautia laxa in life
In life — Naʻenaʻe-pua-melemele, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY)
BISH 463371Botany

Dubautia laxa

Naʻenaʻe-pua-melemele

As recorded: Dubautia laxa subsp. laxa

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae

Collected by
Higashino, P.K.; Holt, R.A.Paul K. Higashino →Alan Holt →
Collector number
9408
Date
August 2, 1980
Locality
Wailau Ahu. tr. 19(2); btwn. Wailau & Pelekunu Valley, Olokui Plateau
Island
Molokaʻi
Region
Hawaii, United States
Coordinates
21.1479, -156.8556 ± 2,884 m
Elevation
1,371 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
368 Bishop specimens of Dubautia laxa · collected 1851–2025Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 2, 1980, Higashino, P.K.; Holt, R.A. also collected 13 other specimens.

Still here: Dubautia laxa observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1980. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-11-10.

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Dubautia laxa. BISH 463371. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956667335. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/463371.

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