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Boerhavia repens
Crawling Spiderling
As recorded: Boerhavia repens L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae
- Collected by
- Long, C.R.
- Collector number
- 1683
- Date
- May 2, 1964
- Locality
- Manana Island. S side of crater
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3290, -157.6559 ± 298 m
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On May 2, 1964, Long, C.R. also collected 9 other specimens.
Still here: Boerhavia repens observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1964. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 55 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-09-20.

2026-09-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-22
Kealahou St + Kalanianaole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-31
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-24
Kailua, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2026-02-28
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-02-22
Kailua, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Boerhavia repens. BISH 60657. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956561378. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/60657.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956561378 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
