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Asplenium macraei
Macrae's spleenwort
As recorded: Asplenium macraei Hook. & Grev.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Aspleniaceae
- Collected by
- Wagner, W.L.; Mill, S.W.; Lammers, T.; Weller, S.; Sakai, A.; Davis-Jacobsen, J.J. Davis-Jacobsen →Thomas G. Lammers →S.W. Mill →A.K. Sakai →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →S.G. Weller →
- Collector number
- 5554
- Date
- June 24, 1985
- Locality
- Kohala Mountains, upper Hamakua ditch trail, near head of Koiawe valley (finger of Waipio valley), at entrance of a lava tube
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,000 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 24, 1985, Wagner, W.L.; Mill, S.W.; Lammers, T.; Weller, S.; Sakai, A.; Davis-Jacobsen, J. also collected 8 other specimens.
Asplenium macraei observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1985. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 38 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-11.

2026-08-11
Hawaii, US
(c) Megan LR Steiner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-07
Hawaii, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-28
Hawaii, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-18
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Lily Stein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-11-22
Hawaii, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-11-22
Hawaii, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Asplenium macraei. BISH 500646. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956211961. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/500646.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956211961 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
