Hedychium coronarium
Butterfly ginger lily
As recorded: Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Zingiberales › Zingiberaceae
- Collected by
- Dores, A.
- Collector number
- 188
- Date
- October 13, 2003
- Locality
- Nanisou
- Island
- Pohnpei
- Region
- U Municipality, Micronesia
- Coordinates
- 6.9244, 158.2860
- Elevation
- 11 m
- Identified by
- Flynn, T.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On October 13, 2003, Dores, A. also collected 7 other specimens.
Still here: Hedychium coronarium observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 2003. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-11-03.
2025-11-03
Madolenihmw, Pohnpei, Micronesia
(c) Bradley Rentz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-09-28
Pohnpei, FM
no rights reserved
2020-10-22
Pohnpei, Micronesia, FM
(c) elianson_manuel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2013-04-06
FM
(c) Marissa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2013-04-05
Pohnpei, , Micronesia, FM
(c) Marissa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Hedychium coronarium. BISH 731176. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956643955. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/731176.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956643955 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026