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Ilex anomala
Kāwaʻu
As recorded: Ilex anomala Hook. & Arn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Aquifoliales › Aquifoliaceae
- Collected by
- Christophersen, E.; Hume, E.Erling Christophersen →E.P. Hume →
- Collector number
- 1417
- Date
- December 17, 1930
- Locality
- Kahuauli Ridge
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 625 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
Collected the same day
On December 17, 1930, Christophersen, E.; Hume, E. also collected 19 other specimens.
Ilex anomala observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 696 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25
Pearl City, HI 96782, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-20
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-10
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-06
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) reymond_miyajima, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-03
East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Steffen Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ilex anomala. BISH 697047. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956557524. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/697047.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956557524 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
