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BISH 508738Botany
Fagopyrum esculentum
Common Buckwheat
As recorded: Fagopyrum esculentum Moench
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Polygonaceae
- Collected by
- Nagata, K.M.
- Collector number
- 3480
- Date
- April 23, 1986
- Locality
- Lyon Arboretum, Herb Garden, makai terrace
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Howard, R.A.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On April 23, 1986, Nagata, K.M. also collected 4 other specimens.
Fagopyrum esculentum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1986. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2023-05-03.
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Fagopyrum esculentum. BISH 508738. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956232925. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/508738.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956232925 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026