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Cheilanthes

Lip Ferns

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14

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1886

First collected

1982

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1880s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1886 by Anthelme, F. (Haute-Loire: sommet du Mezene.). The Museum last collected it in 1982; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 26, 2026.

From the collection

Cheilanthes, 35116Cheilanthes, 35117Cheilanthes, 104920Cheilanthes, 99186Cheilanthes, 99232Cheilanthes, 99185Cheilanthes, 652001Cheilanthes, 99188Cheilanthes, 745870Cheilanthes, 35115Cheilanthes, 596939Cheilanthes, 99192

Alive today

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