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Xenostegia tridentata
Narrowleaf Morning Glory
As recorded: Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
- Collected by
- Sohmer, S.H.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B.Seymour H. Sohmer →D.B. Sumithraarachchi →
- Collector number
- 10806
- Date
- November 23, 1975
- Locality
- Trincomalee District; Kantalai-Habarana Road, 2 miles south of Kantalai.
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- Identified by
- Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 23, 1975, Sohmer, S.H.; Sumithraarachchi, D.B. also collected 17 other specimens.
Xenostegia tridentata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1975. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 926 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-20.

2026-10-20
Hoedspruit, Limpopo, ZA
(c) Ella Margaret Joyce Buckley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19
Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, ZA
(c) brianrode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19
Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, ZA
(c) brianrode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-08
Taiwan
(c) lubukun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05
Kombo South, Gambia
(c) carsten_renker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-01
Lusaka, ZM
(c) Troos van der Merwe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Xenostegia tridentata. BISH 588448. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956243968. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/588448.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956243968 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
