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BISH 691568Botany
Herposiphonia
As recorded: Herposiphonia Nägeli, 1846
Plantae › Rhodophyta › Florideophyceae › Ceramiales › Rhodomelaceae
- Collected by
- Fortner, H.J.
- Collector number
- IA 17500
- Date
- June 29, 1983
- Locality
- Sand Island (Picket Point on N.W. end of the Island)
- Island
- Midway Atoll
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Not on sheet
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 29, 1983, Fortner, H.J. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Herposiphonia observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1983. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2026-01-04.

2026-01-04
Island of Hawaiʻi, Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Herposiphonia. BISH 691568. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956427205. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/691568.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956427205 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
