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Ixora coccinea
Jungle flame
As recorded: Ixora coccinea L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- Waas, S.
- Collector number
- 73
- Date
- October 4, 1973
- Locality
- Monaragala I.B.P. Plot, Monaragala District
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 4, 1973, Waas, S. also collected 2 other specimens.
Ixora coccinea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,341 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Tower 4, Tower 5, Entry Lobby Urbanrise, Bollaram Industrial Area, Hyderabad, Telangana 500118, India
(c) Abhyas kanakala, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
San Juan, PR, US
(c) DIEGO A DIAZ-ROBLES, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
Calle Notre Dame, San Juan, PR, US
(c) Jayden Borgos Gómez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
Avenida Gandara, San Juan, PR, US
(c) Raquel Candelario, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, US
(c) patriciamgonz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, US
(c) melaniecb04, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Ixora coccinea. BISH 561346. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956249770. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/561346.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956249770 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026