Alternanthera caracasana
Washerwoman
Introduced to Hawaiʻi
Photo: (c) pilob, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (iNaturalist)
17
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1925
First collected
2015
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Alternanthera caracasana, most mentions first.
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2017
New plant records from Kaho‘olawe Island and Midway AtollStarr, F. & Starr, K. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2016
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2016: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
3 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1920s2010s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1925 by Degener, O. (Oʻahu).
From the collection
