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Ipomoea cairica
Mile-a-minute vine
As recorded: Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 22010
- Date
- March 1, 1952
- Locality
- Near Airport
- Island
- Lānaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.7860, -156.9528 ± 1,474 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
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On March 1, 1952, Degener, O. also collected 11 other specimens.
Still here: Ipomoea cairica observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1952. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-06-21.
2023-06-21
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2023-06-21
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2023-06-19
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ipomoea cairica. BISH 47543. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956203827. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/47543.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956203827 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026