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Tacca leontopetaloides
Polynesian Arrowroot
As recorded: Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Meinecke, W.H.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- September 7, 1961
- Locality
- Kau District, Kawaa
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- 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
Tacca leontopetaloides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1961. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2022-12-02.
2022-12-02
Island of Hawaiʻi, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-08-21
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Philipp Walter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2022-06-13
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) plectrudis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-06-02
Hawaii Belt Rd, Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) Forrest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Tacca leontopetaloides. BISH 494485. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956170241. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/494485.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956170241 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026