Bernice Puahi Bishop Museum · CC BY-NC · GBIF · full resolution
Hibiscus waimeae
koki‘o ke‘oke‘o
As recorded: Hibiscus waimeae subsp. waimeae
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Kennedy, B.; Witt, C.Barbara Kennedy →C. Witt →
- Collector number
- 2017-5
- Date
- November 9, 2017
- Locality
- Honolulu, Bishop Museum Campus, native Hawaiian garden.
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 20 m
- Identified by
- Kennedy, B.; Walvoord, N.Barbara Kennedy →Nicholas Walvoord →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 9, 2017, Kennedy, B.; Witt, C. also collected 8 other specimens.
Hibiscus waimeae observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2017. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 97 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-10.
2026-10-10
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-06
Hawaii, US
(c) Salem De La Luna, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-14
Hawaii, US
(c) GreenSeedAustin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Marc AuMarc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-14
Hawaii, US
(c) Logan Olton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-04
Hawaii, US
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hibiscus waimeae. BISH 768488. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956533171. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/768488.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956533171 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026