Tacca leontopetaloides

As recorded: Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.
Collector number: 19392
Date: August 1, 1938
Locality: Hauatia Island 12°30'S 177°05'E
Island: Rotuma
Region: Fiji
Coordinates: -12.5000, 177.0833
Elevation: 23 m
Identified by: St.John, H.
Record type: Preserved specimen

295 Bishop specimens of Tacca leontopetaloides · collected 1800–2022Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On August 1, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Tacca leontopetaloides observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-12.

2026-10-12

Fiji, FJ

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Cite this specimen

Tacca leontopetaloides. BISH 618812. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956351705. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/618812.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956351705 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026