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Piper auritum
Root Beer Plant
As recorded: Piper auritum Kunth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Piperales › Piperaceae
- Collected by
- Arthur, K.; Faccenda, K.K. Arthur →K. Faccenda →
- Collector number
- 220
- Date
- December 9, 2025
- Locality
- Koolau Mts, Manoa Valley, Lyon Arboretum, Haukulu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 210 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 9, 2025, Arthur, K.; Faccenda, K. also collected 5 other specimens.
Piper auritum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2025. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 78 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.
2026-10-24
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-08-30
Forest Ridge Way, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-03
Holualoa
(c) ek4e, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-24
Kamehameha Hwy, Punaluʻu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-24
Leilani Estates, HI 96778, USA
(c) John, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-30
Tantalus Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Piper auritum. BISH 803628. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 6546533511. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/803628.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 6546533511 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026