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Mastixia
As recorded: Mastixia Blume
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Cornales › Nyssaceae
- Collected by
- Waas, S.
- Collector number
- 1405
- Date
- July 5, 1975
- Locality
- Handapan Ella, Ratnapura District
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation
- 366 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 5, 1975, Waas, S. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Mastixia observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1975. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-12.

2026-07-12
Kadumane Estate, Karnataka 573134, India
(c) Steven Joy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-11
Malandur, Karnataka, India
(c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2024-01-17
Agumbe, Karnataka, India
(c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2024-01-15
Tiruppur, IN-AP, IN
(c) Srinivasan Kasinathan, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2023-12-21
Wayanad, IN-KL, IN
(c) maxncharlie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-02-18
Location: 10.000400, 76.798000
(c) renjus box, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Mastixia. BISH 584438. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956158826. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/584438.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956158826 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
