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Ammannia coccinea
As recorded: Ammannia coccinea Rottb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Lythraceae
- Collected by
- Hosaka, E.Y.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- June 17, 1936
- Locality
- Makaha Valley Reservoir
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 305 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Imada, C.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 17, 1936, Hosaka, E.Y. also collected 13 other specimens.
Ammannia coccinea observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1936. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-07-03.

2024-07-03
Hawaii, US
(c) KISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-07-08
Kauai, Hawaii, United States
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ammannia coccinea. BISH 631735. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956294874. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/631735.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956294874 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
