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Melicytus ramiflorus
Māhoe
As recorded: Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Violaceae
- Collected by
- van Balgooy, M.M.J.
- Collector number
- 4446
- Date
- February 13, 1983
- Locality
- Banks Peninsula, Price's valley
- Island
- South Island
- Region
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 25 m
- Identified by
- not listed
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 13, 1983, van Balgooy, M.M.J. also collected 18 other specimens.
Melicytus ramiflorus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1983. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9,724 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28
Palmerston North 4479, New Zealand
(c) Alice Shanks, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-27
Whangārei Heads 0174, New Zealand
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Te Ākau, New Zealand
(c) mark_smale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Waingaro, New Zealand
(c) mark_smale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Laura Ave, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
(c) Christopher Hynes, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-25
Mount Burnett, Tasman Region 7073, New Zealand
(c) cbeem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Melicytus ramiflorus. BISH 597056. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956372354. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/597056.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956372354 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
