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Pisonia sandwicensis
As recorded: Rockia sandwicensis (Hillebr.) Heimerl
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae
- Collected by
- Tangalin, N.; Griffin-Noyes, E.; Szabo, Z.Emory Griffin-Noyes →Z. Szabo →Natalia Tangalin →
- Collector number
- 2138
- Date
- August 22, 2010
- Locality
- Hanalei District. Napali Coast State Park, back of Kalalau Valley, Upper reaches of stream in East side of Valley. On ridge above Eastern most main stream, on ledge at the top of ridge and before lateral cliff edge.
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 483 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Pisonia sandwicensis observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2010. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-03.

2026-09-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Rebekah Magers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Rebekah Magers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-15
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-12-23
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved

2022-03-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Matthew Kahokuloa, Jr., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-01-06
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pisonia sandwicensis. BISH 767233. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956610550. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/767233.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956610550 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
