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Disporum cantoniense
Chinese fairy bells
As recorded: Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Liliales › Colchicaceae
- Collected by
- Diluss
- Collector number
- 151
- Date
- October 22, 1899
- Island
- Java
- Region
- Indonesia
- Identified by
- Dihm, H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Disporum cantoniense observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1899. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 41 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-06-21.

2026-06-21
Nujiang Lisu, CN-YN, CN
(c) Yifan (Evan) Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-12
Zhangjiajie, CN-HN, CN
(c) eamonns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-18
绥阳县, 遵义市, 贵州省, CN
(c) zzzmark, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-30
5R8Q+79X, Roing, Arunachal Pradesh 792110, India
(c) Michael Leven, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-27
大帽山
no rights reserved

2025-03-24
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
(c) Luca Boscain, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Disporum cantoniense. BISH 590864. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956430767. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/590864.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956430767 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
