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Brugmansia suaveolens

Angel's tears

Introduced to Hawaiʻiextinct in the wild

4

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1922

First collected

1982

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1922 by Setchell, W.A.; Parks, H.E. (Tahiti). The Museum last collected it in 1982; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as May 3, 2025.

From the collection

Brugmansia suaveolens, 80900Brugmansia suaveolens, 762107

Alive today

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