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Cuscuta sandwichiana
Hawaiian Dodder
As recorded: Cuscuta sandwichiana Choisy
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
- Collected by
- MacCaughey, V.
- Collector number
- 17
- Date
- July 3, 1910
- Locality
- Kaneohe Bay
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.4500, -157.7833
- 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 July 3, 1910, MacCaughey, V. also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Cuscuta sandwichiana observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1910. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-05-22.

2025-05-22
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-11-07
Hawaii, US
(c) grinnin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-05-18
Hawaii, US
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2020-05-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Danielle Frohlich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cuscuta sandwichiana. BISH 47277. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956185396. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/47277.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956185396 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
