BISH 724470Botany

Urena lobata

Caesar weed

As recorded: Urena lobata L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae

Collected by: Hosaka, E.Y.
Collector number: 2898
Date: June 18, 1946
Locality: Saipan, S Mt. Tapotchau
Island: Saipan
Region: Northern Mariana Islands
Elevation: 61 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

182 Bishop specimens of Urena lobata · collected 1855–2024Species page ›

Collected the same day

On June 18, 1946, Hosaka, E.Y. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Urena lobata observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 13,110 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-30.

2026-10-30

Knights Community Club, Plant City, FL 33565, USA

(c) jobrady72, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-30

St. Petersburg, FL 33702, USA

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

2026-10-30

903台灣屏東縣瑪家鄉北葉村

(c) Ah Jin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-30

Gandhi Bhavana, Karnatak University Campus, Dharwad, Karnataka 580003, India

(c) Bhavana......., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-30

Kaohsiung, TW-KH, TW

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

2026-10-30

國立體育大學, 龜山區, 桃園市, TW

(c) Lijin Huang (紫楝), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Urena lobata. BISH 724470. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956642538. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/724470.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956642538 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026