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Cibotium barometz
Golden Chicken Fern
As recorded: Cibotium barometz (L.) J.Sm.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Cyatheales › Cibotiaceae
- Collected by
- Conover, J.T.
- Collector number
- 917
- Date
- August 4, 1945
- Locality
- Ravine in the Onna-dake, 3 miles northwest of Kanna Village. Okinawa Shima: Kunigami.
- Island
- Okinawa
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 4, 1945, Conover, J.T. also collected 11 other specimens.
Cibotium barometz observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1945. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 267 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-17.

2026-10-17
Tai Po Kau, New Territories, HK
(c) humidgreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-02
(c) dryasoctopetala, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-30
香港新界大埔滘
(c) 孟尝君, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-23
555台灣南投縣魚池鄉水社村水社
(c) 陳界良, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-23
555台灣南投縣魚池鄉水社村水社
(c) 陳界良, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-07
Kinabalu, MY-SA-RA, MY-SA, MY
(c) campbellnotjames, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cibotium barometz. BISH 93525. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956298717. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/93525.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956298717 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
