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Cyrtandra kauaiensis
As recorded: Cyrtandra kauaiensis Wawra
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Gesneriaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S.; Webster, G.L.; Wilbur, R.L.R.S. Cowan →Harold St.John →Grady L. Webster →R.L. Wilbur →
- Collector number
- 22888
- Date
- December 21, 1947
- Locality
- Hd of Awaawapuhi Valley, Honopu
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,158 m
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 21, 1947, St.John, H.; Cowan, R.S.; Webster, G.L.; Wilbur, R.L. also collected 19 other specimens.
Cyrtandra kauaiensis observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1947. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-09-02.

2025-09-02
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-26
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-12-09
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-12-01
Hawaii, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-03-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Matthew Kahokuloa, Jr., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-02-02
Hawaii, US
(c) Spencer Barrett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cyrtandra kauaiensis. BISH 524546. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956567980. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/524546.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956567980 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
