Bernice Puahi Bishop Museum · CC BY-NC · GBIF · full resolution
Euphorbia celastroides
As recorded: Euphorbia celastroides var. hanapepensis Sherff
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Euphorbiaceae
- Collected by
- Rock, J.F.C.
- Collector number
- 17257
- Date
- July 24, 1920
- Locality
- Along rock wall from Haena to Hanakapiai
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Shun, N.; Kennedy, B.Barbara Kennedy →N. Shun →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 24, 1920, Rock, J.F.C. also collected 1 other specimen.
Euphorbia celastroides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1920. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 191 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-28.
2026-08-28
Kilauea Lighthouse Trail, Kilauea, HI, US
(c) tom91011, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-28
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) tom91011, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-27
Hawaii, US
(c) kairigney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-03
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Jakub Gluszek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-01
Olowalu, HI 96761, USA
(c) denizs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-26
Kilauea, HI 96754, USA
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Euphorbia celastroides. BISH 49627. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956529777. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/49627.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956529777 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026