Asplenium acuminatum
tapertip spleenwort
Photo: (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY) (iNaturalist)
235
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1779
First collected
2025
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Asplenium acuminatum, 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 · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
47 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1779 by Nelson, D. (Hawaiʻi Island).
From the collection
Alive today
21 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-08-11
Hawaii, US
(c) Megan LR Steiner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-04
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-17
Hawaii, US
(c) Nicolai Barca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-17
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-03-20
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-12-27
Hawaii, US
(c) Makoa de Almeida, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)