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Gunnera petaloidea
As recorded: Gunnera petaloidea Gaudich.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gunnerales › Gunneraceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.; Mitchell, A.A.L.M. Mitchell →Harold St.John →
- Collector number
- 21104
- Date
- August 25, 1945
- Locality
- East Maui, Hana District, Kipahulu Valley, near head of Oheo Stream
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.6700, -156.0536 ± 501 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 25, 1945, St.John, H.; Mitchell, A. also collected 12 other specimens.
Still here: Gunnera petaloidea observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-02-03.

2025-02-03
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Nikolai Braedt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-11-04
Hawaii, US
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Gunnera petaloidea. BISH 695224. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956228362. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/695224.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956228362 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
