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Abutilon menziesii
Ko'oloa 'ula
As recorded: Abutilon menziesii Seem.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Judd Jr., A.F.; Rankin, P.Alfred F. Judd Jr →P. Rankin →
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- February 1, 1934
- Locality
- Kamehameha Girls' School Hawaiian forest
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 213 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
Collected the same day
On February 1, 1934, Judd Jr., A.F.; Rankin, P. also collected 1 other specimen.
Abutilon menziesii observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 50 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-13.

2026-10-13
Hawaii, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-21
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) pickin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-29
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) denizs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-10
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Angel Butterfly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-05
Hawaii, US
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-05
Hawaii, US
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Abutilon menziesii. BISH 57288. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956300158. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/57288.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956300158 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
