Charpentiera ovata
As recorded: Charpentiera ovata var. niuensis Sohmer
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Amaranthaceae
- Collected by
- Sohmer, S.H.
- Collector number
- Collector Number: 6466
- Date
- 1970
- Locality
- Left (Ewa) fork of Pia Valley, Koolau Mts, about 2 mi into gulch from Niu Valley
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Charpentiera ovata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1970. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-02.
2026-10-02
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-05
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-01-02
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Matthew Thompson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2012-03-16
Hawaii, US
(c) Karl Magnacca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2012-01-01
Manuka State Wayside
(c) 104623964081378888743, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2009-09-26
Hawaii, US
(c) Karl Magnacca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Charpentiera ovata. BISH 77096. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956276964. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/77096.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956276964 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026