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Piper ponapense in life — In life — photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. no rights reserved, uploaded by Dana Lee Ling

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Piper ponapense

As recorded: Piper ponapense C.DC.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Piperaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 26566
Date: August 19, 1946
Locality: lowest sleopes and foot of S siode of Mt. Mtanta (Buache), N of head of Lela Harbor
Island: Kosrae
Region: Micronesia
Elevation: 26 m
Identified by: Yuncker, T.G.
Record type: Preserved specimen

91 Bishop specimens of Piper ponapense · collected 1913–2008Species page ›

Piper ponapense observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-20.

Piper ponapense observed 2026-08-20

2026-08-20

POHNPEI COMFSM

(c) Marco Samuel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Piper ponapense observed 2025-01-28

2025-01-28

Pohnpei, FM

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

Piper ponapense observed 2024-09-05

2024-09-05

FM

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

Piper ponapense observed 2021-01-24

2021-01-24

Madolenimw Municipality, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

(c) Nicole Pelep, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Piper ponapense observed 2009-03-07

2009-03-07

Pohnpei, Micronesia

(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

Cite this specimen

Piper ponapense. BISH 657896. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956260880. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/657896.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956260880 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026