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Ipomoea tuboides
Hawaiian moon flower
As recorded: Ipomoea tuboides O.Deg. & Ooststr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 6020
- Date
- August 18, 1926
- Locality
- Between Puuwaawaa and Huehue
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Imada, C.
- Type status
- Isotype
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 18, 1926, Degener, O. also collected 14 other specimens.
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Dysphania ambrosioides
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Erodium cicutarium
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Ipomoea tuboides
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Nototrichium sandwicense
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Ipomoea tuboides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-07-11.
2025-07-11
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kai Garcia-Tobar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-19
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2005-03-08
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ipomoea tuboides. BISH 501802. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956267617. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/501802.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956267617 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026