
Pritchardia forbesiana
Mount Eke Pritchardia
As recorded: Pritchardia forbesiana Rock
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Arecales › Arecaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- Collector Number: 472.M
- Date
- 1917
- Locality
- Honokahau drainage basin
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Read, R.W.
- Type status
- Holotype
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Pritchardia forbesiana observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1917. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-09-25.

2024-09-25
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-25
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-25
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-25
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-23
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-23
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pritchardia forbesiana. BISH 499359. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956349414. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/499359.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956349414 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
