Sterculia
tropical chestnuts
As recorded: Sterculia L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Webster, G.L.; Hildreth, R.Richard Hildreth →Grady L. Webster →
- Collector number
- 15256
- Date
- September 11, 1968
- Locality
- ca. halfway between Bulolo and Wau,
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 914 m
- Identified by
- Frodin, D.G.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 11, 1968, Webster, G.L.; Hildreth, R. also collected 8 other specimens.
Sterculia observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1968. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6,116 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
520台灣彰化縣田中鎮姜子寮坑
(c) 陳士訓, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Amamoor Creek Rd, Amamoor Creek, QLD, AU
(c) Joel Bruckner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
MWCX+XM, Edale, Sénégal
(c) Oumou Diallo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
8PF2+VV7, Diwanpada, Maharashtra 421401, India
(c) Sandeep sakhare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
ตำบล เนินเพิ่ม อำเภอนครไทย พิษณุโลก 65120 ประเทศไทย
(c) Wich’yanan (Jay) Limparungpatthanakij, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Chongwe, Zambia
(c) Lisa Hester, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Sterculia. BISH 603975. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956193789. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/603975.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956193789 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026