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Nephrolepis brownii
As recorded: Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Nephrolepidaceae
- Collected by
- Welton, P.; Haus, B.Bill Haus →P. Welton →
- Collector number
- 994
- Date
- July 9, 1991
- Locality
- W Maui, Lahaina District, Lihau
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8443, -156.6081 ± 811 m
- Elevation
- 823 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 9, 1991, Welton, P.; Haus, B. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Still here: Nephrolepis brownii observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1991. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 15 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-03.

2026-06-03
Waiheʻe Ridge Trail, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) Spencer Boesdorfer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-26
Lahaina
(c) Bri, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-13
Kaanapali
(c) burkhardtk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-04
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) blip3, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-02
Waiheʻe Ridge Trail, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) rosetorres, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-25
Waiheʻe Ridge Trail, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) Aleksandra Guerra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nephrolepis brownii. BISH 647453. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956222787. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/647453.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956222787 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
