BISH 772585Botany

Lobophora variegata

Encrusting fan-leaf alga

As recorded: Lobophora variegata (J.V.Lamour.) Womersley ex E.C.Oliveira

Chromista › Ochrophyta › Phaeophyceae › Dictyotales › Dictyotaceae

Collected by: Puttock, C.F.; Fisher, J.Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. →C.F. Puttock →
Collector number: SG-1323
Date: May 7, 2001
Locality: Hale o Mano Heiau, Kailua-Kona
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 19.6667, -156.0167
Record type: Preserved specimen

656 Bishop specimens of Lobophora variegata · collected 1908–2018Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 7, 2001, Puttock, C.F.; Fisher, J. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Lobophora variegata observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 2001. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-05-10.

2024-05-10

Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI 96704, USA

(c) Darcy Kehler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Lobophora variegata. BISH 772585. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956269184. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/772585.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956269184 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026