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Nephrolepis exaltata

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BISH 647452Botany

Nephrolepis exaltata

southern sword fern

As recorded: Nephrolepis exaltata subsp. hawaiiensis W.H.Wagner

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Nephrolepidaceae

Collected by: Welton, P.; Haus, B.Bill Haus →P. Welton →
Collector number: 1005
Date: July 9, 1991
Locality: W Maui, Lahaina District, Lihau
Island: Maui
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 20.8515, -156.5991 ± 1,038 m
Elevation: 1,006 m
Identified by: Puttock, C.F.
Record type: Preserved specimen

180 Bishop specimens of Nephrolepis exaltata · collected 1838–2025Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Nephrolepis exaltata observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1991. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-09-24.

Nephrolepis exaltata observed 2024-09-24

2024-09-24

Maui County, US-HI, US

(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Nephrolepis exaltata. BISH 647452. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956285143. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/647452.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956285143 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026