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Crepidium bancanoides
As recorded: Malaxis bancanoides Ames
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Orchidaceae
- Collected by
- Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.Sh. Tawada →E.H. Walker →
- Collector number
- 6667
- Date
- August 21, 1951
- Locality
- Between Hoshitate and Urauchi River. Yaeyama Gunto.
- Island
- Iriomote Island
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Identified by
- Garay, L.A.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 21, 1951, Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S. also collected 13 other specimens.
Crepidium bancanoides observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1951. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 19 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-09.

2026-09-09
台灣臺東縣蘭嶼鄉
(c) 駿, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-06-28
Ishigaki irimote
(c) oakfern22114, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-12-21
Marfil, Agusan del Sur, Philippines
(c) Benoît Segerer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-25
Uehara, Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa 907-1541日本
(c) galanhsnu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-11
Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, Taketomi, Okinawa, JP
(c) Sebastian Hatt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-09
Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, Taketomi, Okinawa, JP
(c) Sebastian Hatt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Crepidium bancanoides. BISH 76880. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956344267. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/76880.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956344267 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
