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Odontonema cuspidatum
Cardinal’s guard
As recorded: Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Acanthaceae
- Collected by
- Beachy, J.; Lee, J.J. Beachy →Julia Lee →
- Collector number
- USARMY 356
- Date
- October 23, 2014
- Locality
- Waianae Mountains, Ka'ala summit, just south of FAA facility, in a bowl below a concrete sidewalk and old tunnels. Growing into native forest.
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,219 m
- Identified by
- BISH staff
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Odontonema cuspidatum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2014. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 562 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
Moku St, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Elaina Wesel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-19
Honomu, HI 96728, USA
(c) The Roving Naturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Manoa Falls Trail, Kailua, HI, US
(c) FML, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Kennedy Webb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Manoa Falls Trail, Kailua, HI, US
no rights reserved
2026-10-10
Manoa Falls, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
(c) Sophie Paradis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Odontonema cuspidatum. BISH 761792. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956608845. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/761792.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956608845 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026