Charpentiera elliptica
Pāpala
Photo: (c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG) (iNaturalist)
64
Bishop specimens
1
Type specimens
1895
First collected
2016
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Charpentiera elliptica, 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 · 1 page
1999
Hawaiian vascular plants at risk: 1999Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, M.M. Bruegmann & J.Q. Lau · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
1998
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: SupplementEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
3 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1895 by Heller, A.A. (Kauaʻi).
Alive today
19 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-05-29
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-09
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-19
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-11-30
Hawaii, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-10-20
Hawaii, US
(c) embrines, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-09
Hawaii, US
(c) embrines, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-07-13
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-11-09
Hawaii, US
(c) radinis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)