
Asplenium
Spleenwort
Photo: (c) Quinn Sommer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Quinn Sommer (iNaturalist)
143
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1879
First collected
2025
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Asplenium, 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 · 14 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 5 pages
2025
Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) of the Kauaʻi summits, Hawaiʻi, with two new state records and five new island recordsJudziewicz, E.J., Faccenda, K. & Frieire, A.V. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2009
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2009: -10: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2024
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2008
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2007
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2024
New Hawaiian bryophyte records from Herbarium Pacificum for 2023: 106 new island records for Hawaiian liverworts and hornwortsJudziewicz, E., Freire, A.V. & Thomas, M.K. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
44 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1879 by Boyd, E.S. (unknown).
From the collection
Alive today
1,195 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-26
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Mauna Kea Access Road, Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-02
Volcano, HI 96785, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-02
Hilo, HI 96720, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-01
Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
