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Charpentiera obovata
As recorded: Charpentiera obovata Gaudich.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Amaranthaceae
- Collected by
- Warshauer, F.R.; NULL
- Collector number
- FRW 1866
- Date
- June 18, 1978
- Locality
- Keauhou 1 Ahupuaa, NW slope of Muana Loa, heading WNW from edge of 1859 lava flow toward Kahaluu. Transect 57, Station 171.
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 922 m
- Identified by
- Imada, C.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 18, 1978, Warshauer, F.R.; NULL also collected 1 other specimen.
Charpentiera obovata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-02-12.

2026-02-12
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) premota, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-31
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-05-31
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-15
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Noriko Ito, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-06-08
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Abram Fleishman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2021-05-18
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) A. Moore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Charpentiera obovata. BISH 804696. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 6546522530. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/804696.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 6546522530 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
