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BISH 500077Botany
Houttuynia cordata
Chameleon Plant
As recorded: Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Saururaceae
- Collected by
- Nagata, K.M.
- Collector number
- 3237
- Date
- May 7, 1985
- Locality
- University of Hawaii Manoa campus, Honolulu. Cultivated along building behind St. John Hall
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3000, -157.8167
- Identified by
- Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On May 7, 1985, Nagata, K.M. also collected 1 other specimen.
Still here: Houttuynia cordata observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1985. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-08-05.
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Houttuynia cordata. BISH 500077. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956606266. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/500077.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956606266 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026

