Metrosideros polymorpha

ʻŌhiʻa Lehua

As recorded: Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Myrtaceae

Collected by: Doty, M.S.
Collector number: 19666
Date: April 19, 1962
Locality: On 1955 lava flow in Kamaili, Puna
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 19.4333, -154.9333
Elevation: 290 m
Identified by: Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
Record type: Preserved specimen

1,346 Bishop specimens of Metrosideros polymorpha · collected 1817–2024Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 19, 1962, Doty, M.S. also collected 8 other specimens.

Arundina graminifolia

Botany

Calothrix pilosa

Botany

Campylopus exasperatus

Botany

Campylopus praemorsus

Botany

Nephrolepis brownii

Botany

Spathoglottis plicata

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Stereocaulon vulcani

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Stigonema

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Still here: Metrosideros polymorpha observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 256 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-22.