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Heliotropium sarmentosum

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Heliotropium sarmentosum

As recorded: Tournefortia sarmentosa Lam.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Boraginales › Heliotropiaceae

Collected by: Takeuchi, W.N.
Collector number: 4806
Date: September 16, 1989
Locality: Hunstein River, between Bani and Gipa
Island: New Guinea
Region: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Record type: Preserved specimen

20 Bishop specimens of Heliotropium sarmentosum · collected 1909–2011Species page ›

Heliotropium sarmentosum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1989. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 247 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.

Heliotropium sarmentosum observed 2026-10-19

2026-10-19

臺灣島, 竹南鎮, 苗栗縣, TW

(c) aries0891, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Heliotropium sarmentosum observed 2026-10-18

2026-10-18

壽山國家自然公園, 鼓山區, 高雄市, TW

(c) ssnp023, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Heliotropium sarmentosum observed 2026-10-07

2026-10-07

壽山國家自然公園, 鼓山區, 高雄市, TW

(c) ssnp210, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Heliotropium sarmentosum observed 2026-10-04

2026-10-04

Pingtung, Taiwan, Taiwan

(c) liushengyu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Heliotropium sarmentosum observed 2026-09-23

2026-09-23

824台灣高雄市燕巢區

(c) coconwang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Heliotropium sarmentosum observed 2026-08-12

2026-08-12

947台灣屏東縣滿州鄉, 加都魯溪

(c) 洪阿愷, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Heliotropium sarmentosum. BISH 635583. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956334668. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/635583.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956334668 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026