Bernice Puahi Bishop Museum · CC BY-NC · GBIF · full resolution
Cibotium barometz
Golden Chicken Fern
As recorded: Cibotium barometz (L.) J.Sm.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Cyatheales › Cibotiaceae
- Collected by
- Conover, J.T.
- Collector number
- 1727
- Date
- October 15, 1945
- Locality
- North slope of South Gimbaru River Valley; south of Gimbaru Village. Okinawa Shima: Kunigami.
- Island
- Okinawa
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 15, 1945, Conover, J.T. also collected 10 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 93529. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956242358. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/93529.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956242358 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
