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Gossypium hirsutum
Upland Cotton
As recorded: Gossypium hirsutum L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Judd Jr., A.F.; Bryan Jr., E.H.Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. →Alfred F. Judd Jr →
- Collector number
- 165
- Date
- October 16, 1928
- Locality
- Honolulu; Kalihi Valley; Bishop Estate Nursery
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Imada, C.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 16, 1928, Judd Jr., A.F.; Bryan Jr., E.H. also collected 3 other specimens.
Gossypium hirsutum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-01-06.

2024-01-06
Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) animalmanj1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-03-06
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Judith Allanson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-01-29
Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) Ken Chamberlain, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-01-29
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
(c) Tom and T Herman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-11-01
Waialae - Kahala, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-06-28
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) Don Rideout, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Gossypium hirsutum. BISH 57357. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956136041. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/57357.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956136041 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
