
Sida acuta
Spinyhead Sida
As recorded: Sida acuta Burm.fil.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Blackburn, B.S.
- Collector number
- 242
- Date
- February 12, 1968
- Locality
- On path down the road from the Catholic mission. Turn right + right at the fork
- Island
- Yap
- Region
- Micronesia
- Identified by
- St.John, H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 12, 1968, Blackburn, B.S. also collected 5 other specimens.
Sida acuta observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1968. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,567 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24
IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
(c) manishpatil, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23
Culiacán, Sin., México
(c) Marco Polo amarillas vargas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-21
Jos, Plateau, NG
(c) Sulaiman Inuwa Muhammad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19
Oda Mike, Ethiopia
(c) Mitiku Muanenda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19
4-7-9-187/2/A, Raghavendra Nagar, Nacharam, Hyderabad, Telangana 500076, India
(c) Raja Sekhar Chimirala, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-17
Alluri Sitharama Raju, Andhra Pradesh, IN
(c) srinivasd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Sida acuta. BISH 750563. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956658827. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/750563.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956658827 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
