Cestrum
Flowering Jessamine
Photo: (c) David W K Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by David W K Foster (iNaturalist)
7
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1937
First collected
1990
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cestrum, 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 · 3 pages
2023
The trail less traveled: Envisioning a new approach to identifying key food resources for threatened Hawaiian arboreal snailsMeyer, W.M., K.A. Hayes, N.W. Yeung, E.J. Crane III, A. Turvey, C. LeBlanc, and A.R.O. Cavalcanti · Museum research publication · 2 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2002
Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000Evenhuis, N.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2000
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: IndexEvenhuis, 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 · 1 page
2007
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 2: notesEvenhuis, N.L. and Eldredge, L.G. (editors) · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1937 by Overstreet, E. (Java). The Museum last collected it in 1990; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as September 12, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
266 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-09-12
Kalaniai Rd, Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-02
Kolowalu Trail, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) atcgnyc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-19
United States
(c) Aaron Anderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-19
Makiki/Lower/ Punchbowl/Tantalus, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-07-18
Kalaniai Rd, Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-05
Kōkeʻe State Park, Princeville, HI, US
(c) dietri377, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-13
Kalawahine Trail, Kailua, HI, US
(c) turkeytail86, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-06
Manoa Falls Trail, Kailua, HI, US
(c) William (Go Expanse), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)