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Gossypium barbadense

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BISH 57352Botany

Gossypium barbadense

Sea Island Cotton

As recorded: Gossypium barbadense L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae

Collected by: Rock, J.F.C.
Collector number: 766
Date: December 3, 1908
Locality: Hauula
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.6000, -157.9000
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

98 Bishop specimens of Gossypium barbadense · collected 1905–2007Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Gossypium barbadense observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1908. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-02-07.

Gossypium barbadense observed 2023-02-07

2023-02-07

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) eddyk3, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Gossypium barbadense observed 2021-02-16

2021-02-16

O‘ahu, Pearl City, HI 96782, USA

(c) Addie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Gossypium barbadense. BISH 57352. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956299810. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/57352.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956299810 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026