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Gossypium barbadense
Sea Island Cotton
As recorded: Gossypium barbadense L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Tanabe, L.
- Collector number
- 32
- Date
- October 28, 1960
- Locality
- Wailuku, 104 Nakoa Dr.
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 46 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Staples, G.W.Derral R. Herbst →George W. Staples III →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 28, 1960, Tanabe, L. also collected 2 other specimens.
Gossypium barbadense observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-02-18.
2025-02-18
Hawi, HI, USA
(c) Saban-Sequén, E.A., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-02-23
Kaimuki, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-06-20
Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) Kat Morgan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-02-13
Hawaii, US
(c) lidell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-02-07
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) eddyk3, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-02-16
O‘ahu, Pearl City, HI 96782, USA
(c) Addie, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Gossypium barbadense. BISH 582173. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956141945. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/582173.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956141945 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026