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Gossypium hirsutum
Upland Cotton
As recorded: Gossypium hirsutum L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- OED; Frohlich, D.; Lau, A.D. Frohlich →A. Lau →
- Collector number
- 2007100502
- Date
- October 5, 2007
- Locality
- Waihale Products- Waimanalo
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 5, 2007, OED; Frohlich, D.; Lau, A. also collected 2 other specimens.
Gossypium hirsutum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2007. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2024-01-06.

2024-01-06
Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) animalmanj1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-03-06
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) Judith Allanson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-01-29
Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) Ken Chamberlain, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-01-29
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
(c) Tom and T Herman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-11-01
Waialae - Kahala, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-06-28
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) Don Rideout, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Gossypium hirsutum. BISH 731444. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956306620. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/731444.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956306620 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
