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Asclepias curassavica
tropical milkweed
As recorded: Asclepias curassavica L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Apocynaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.; Thurston, L.A.Charles N. Forbes →L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston →
- Collector number
- 1066.H
- Date
- July 7, 1915
- Locality
- Railroad track in Puna on lava flow of 1840
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.2667, -155.1667
- 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 July 7, 1915, Forbes, C.N.; Thurston, L.A. also collected 20 other specimens.
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Cite this specimen
Asclepias curassavica. BISH 73055. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956230079. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/73055.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956230079 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026