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Lepisorus mucronatus
Needle Fern
As recorded: Belvisia mucronata (Fée) Copel.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Polypodiaceae
- Collected by
- Parks, H.E.; Parks, S.T.Harold E. Parks →S.T. Parks →
- Collector number
- 22022
- Date
- May 29, 1929
- Locality
- Rarotonga
- Island
- Rarotonga
- Region
- Cook Islands
- Elevation
- 61 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 29, 1929, Parks, H.E.; Parks, S.T. also collected 5 other specimens.
Lepisorus mucronatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 124 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-06.
2026-10-06
Malanda QLD 4885, Australia
(c) Rene, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-15
Taiwan, TW
(c) Chen Shu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-16
Taiwan, TW
(c) Chen Shu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-02
Davies Creek QLD 4880, Australia
(c) Steve Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2026-07-01
Gorge Rd, Finch Hatton, QLD, AU
(c) Linus Brinker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-25
Balmoral Ridge, QLD, AU
(c) Hilary Pearl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Lepisorus mucronatus. BISH 98558. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956253381. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/98558.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956253381 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026