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Nama sandwicense
As recorded: Nama sandwicensis A.Gray
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Boraginales › Namaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.; Degener, I.Isa Degener →Otto Degener →
- Collector number
- 28577
- Date
- August 9, 1963
- Locality
- Lae Hi
- Island
- Lānaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8803, -156.8827 ± 657 m
- Elevation
- 152 m
- 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
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 9, 1963, Degener, O.; Degener, I. also collected 11 other specimens.
Still here: Nama sandwicense observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1963. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-02-10.

2026-02-10
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) premota, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-10
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) biolyth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-26
Hawaii, US
(c) Kyhl Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-20
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nama sandwicense. BISH 53145. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956486603. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/53145.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956486603 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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