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Justicia brandegeeana
Shrimp plant
As recorded: Justicia brandegeeana Wassh. & L.B.Sm.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Acanthaceae
- Collected by
- Flynn, T.W.; Harder, D.Timothy Flynn →D. Harder →
- Collector number
- 1997
- Date
- December 5, 1986
- Locality
- Lihue District. Puhi Camp just W of Kauai Community College
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 104 m
- Identified by
- Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 5, 1986, Flynn, T.W.; Harder, D. also collected 10 other specimens.
Justicia brandegeeana observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1986. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2021-09-08.

2021-09-08
Kauaʻi, Kilauea, HI, US
(c) hubica64, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-05-23
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) geoffr0cks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Justicia brandegeeana. BISH 599046. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956516607. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/599046.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956516607 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
