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Besa leptophylla

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Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1912

First collected

1941

Last collected

2019

Last seen alive

Two centuries of collecting

1910s1940s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1912 by Gardner, N.L. (Santa Monica). The Museum last collected it in 1941; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 7, 2019.

Alive today

1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild since 2000. Most recent first.