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Lepidium owaihiense
As recorded: Lepidium bidentatum var. owaihiense (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fosberg
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Brassicales › Brassicaceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.; Corn, C.; Lamoureux, C.H.C. Corn →Derral R. Herbst →C.H. Lamoureux →
- Collector number
- 6284
- Date
- January 4, 1979
- Locality
- Green Island. Occasional; from a small colony at the east of the runway
- Island
- Kure Atoll
- 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
Collected the same day
On January 4, 1979, Herbst, D.R.; Corn, C.; Lamoureux, C.H. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Lepidium owaihiense observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-11-25.

2023-11-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-11-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-11-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-04-07
Hawaii, US
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-02-12
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-02-12
Hawaii, US
(c) Kyhl Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Lepidium owaihiense. BISH 496513. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956134846. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/496513.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956134846 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
