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Vaccinium wrightii
As recorded: Vaccinium wrightii A.Gray
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Ericaceae
- Collected by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Collector number
- 37174
- Date
- May 29, 1956
- Locality
- Ryuku Islands; Ishigaki Shima; 2 --2.3km w.s.w. of Kabira, o.6 --0.7km s. of Mae Take
- Island
- Ishigaki Island
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Elevation
- 125 m
- Identified by
- Walker, E.H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 29, 1956, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 3 other specimens.
Vaccinium wrightii observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1956. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 123 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.
2026-10-19
New Taipei, TW-NT-TP, TW
(c) Chia Yi Lu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2026-06-12
Yilan, Taiwan, Taiwan
(c) 眼子菜, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-07
233台灣新北市烏來區福山里
(c) 賴碧珠, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-12-18
Okinawa, JP
(c) JIN Pin-Tsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-14
臺灣島, 烏來區, 新北市, TW
(c) 陳昱茹, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-12
臺灣島, 內湖區, 臺北市, TW
(c) lin63428, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Vaccinium wrightii. BISH 76720. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956474882. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/76720.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956474882 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026