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Calliandra

False Mesquite

7

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1842

First collected

1981

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Calliandra, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 2019

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

    Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  3. 2013

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: Index

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  4. 2011

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: Plants

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  5. 2009

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2009: -10: Plants

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  6. 2019

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019: Volume

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  7. 2012

    New plant records from the Hawaiian Islands for 2010-2011

    Frolich, D. & Lau, A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  8. 2008

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1840s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1842 by Libmann (Guatulco.). The Museum last collected it in 1981; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as May 21, 2026.

From the collection

Calliandra, 54871Calliandra, 83559

Alive today

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