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Piper auritum
Root Beer Plant
As recorded: Piper auritum Kunth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Piperaceae
- Collected by
- Parker, J.; Parsons, R.J.L. Parker →R. Parsons →
- Collector number
- BIED 151
- Date
- February 2, 2011
- Locality
- Wainaku rd, S Hilo.l
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- BISH staff
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Piper auritum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2011. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 78 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.
2026-10-24
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-08-30
Forest Ridge Way, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-03
Holualoa
(c) ek4e, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-24
Kamehameha Hwy, Punaluʻu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-24
Leilani Estates, HI 96778, USA
(c) John, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-30
Tantalus Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Piper auritum. BISH 749870. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956549305. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/749870.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956549305 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026