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Melicope oahuensis
As recorded: Melicope oahuensis (H.Lév.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Sapindales › Rutaceae
- Collected by
- Stone, B.C.; Pearsall, G.G.A. Pearsall →Benjamin C. Stone →
- Collector number
- 3282
- Date
- March 26, 1960
- Locality
- Waianae Range, ridge just northeast of Puu Kanehoa
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 549 m
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Type status
- Neotype
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 26, 1960, Stone, B.C.; Pearsall, G. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Melicope oahuensis observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-05-11.

2025-05-11
Hawaii, US
no rights reserved

2024-12-14
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-08-16
Hawaii, US
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-14
Hawaii, US
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-03-30
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-12-16
Hawaii, US
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Melicope oahuensis. BISH 649592. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956543187. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/649592.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956543187 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
