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Peperomia hirtipetiola
As recorded: Peperomia hirtipetiola C.DC.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Piperaceae
- Collected by
- Yuncker, T.G.
- Collector number
- 3424
- Date
- March 4, 1933
- Locality
- West Maui, trail to Puu Kukui
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,338 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 4, 1933, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 12 other specimens.
Peperomia hirtipetiola observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1933. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-03-20.
2025-03-20
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-09-23
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-11-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Brayden Pollvogt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-11-03
Hawaii, US
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Peperomia hirtipetiola. BISH 61938. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956694317. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/61938.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956694317 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026