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Gossypium tomentosum
Ma'o
As recorded: Gossypium tomentosum Nutt. ex Seem.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Rock, J.F.C.; HammondHammond →Joseph F. Rock →
- Collector number
- 8037
- Date
- July 26, 1910
- Locality
- Maunalei Gulch, mouth, near and along beach
- Island
- Lānaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.9039, -156.8816 ± 786 m
- 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
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 26, 1910, Rock, J.F.C.; Hammond also collected 1 other specimen.
Still here: Gossypium tomentosum observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1910. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-05-27.
2026-05-27
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) emcguirt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-24
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) adelrocini, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-05
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) premota, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-28
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) markswatt1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-02
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) makennap, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-11-27
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Chiang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Gossypium tomentosum. BISH 57407. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956304984. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/57407.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956304984 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026