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Portulaca in life
In life — purslanes, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) rafasl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
BISH 794001Botany

Portulaca

purslanes

As recorded: Portulaca L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by
Kim, I.
Collector number
86131
Date
March 26, 1987
Locality
Salt pond Beach park
Island
Kauaʻi
Region
Hawaii, United States
Record type
Preserved specimen
24 Bishop specimens of Portulaca · collected 1935–2014Species page ›

Collected the same day

On March 26, 1987, Kim, I. also collected 2 other specimens.

Portulaca observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1987. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,085 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.

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

Cite this specimen

Portulaca. BISH 794001. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956156682. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/794001.

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