Piper auritum
Root Beer Plant
As recorded: Piper auritum Kunth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Piperaceae
- Collected by
- Oppenheimer, H.L.
- Collector number
- H60208
- Date
- June 22, 2002
- Locality
- East Maui, Hana District, Kolea, vicinity of Waikamoi Stream, growing along Hana Hwy and in a small gully nearby
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8736, -156.1975 ± 193 m
- Elevation
- 183 m
- Identified by
- Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On June 22, 2002, Oppenheimer, H.L. also collected 6 other specimens.
Still here: Piper auritum observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 2002. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-01-23.
2026-01-23
RT-360, Hāna, HI, US
(c) lambt14, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-18
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-08-26
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) bibmik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-08-22
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) FreckLes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-07-31
Maui, Haiku, HI, US
(c) Ashley Martin Hare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-08-17
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) dandelion365, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Piper auritum. BISH 689447. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956299637. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/689447.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956299637 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026