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Abrus precatorius

Crab's Eye

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

106

Bishop specimens

1

Type specimens

1887

First collected

2013

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Abrus precatorius, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 2019

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

    Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

16 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1880s2010s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1887 by Eggers, H. (H. Tanuas, W.I.).

From the collection

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