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Pipturus ruber
As recorded: Pipturus ruber A.Heller
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Urticaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- 101h
- Date
- July 31, 1909
- Locality
- Lihue to Hanalei
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- 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 July 31, 1909, Forbes, C.N. also collected 3 other specimens.
Pipturus ruber observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1909. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-04-15.
2026-04-15
Hawaii, US
(c) gmoriondo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-08-08
Hawaii, US
(c) Edwin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-05-23
Hawaii, US
(c) Julien Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-04
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-09-29
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-08-16
Hawaii, US
(c) Matthew Kahokuloa, Jr., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pipturus ruber. BISH 508312. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956259226. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/508312.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956259226 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026