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Clermontia waimeae

swampforest clermontia

Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: endangeredcritically imperiled

Photo: (c) Karl Magnacca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karl Magnacca (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

11

Type specimens

1909

First collected

1995

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1900s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Rock, J.F.C. (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 1995; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 4, 2025.

From the collection

Clermontia waimeae, 44521Clermontia waimeae, 24258Clermontia waimeae, 44385Clermontia waimeae, 44526Clermontia waimeae, 44532Clermontia waimeae, 657829Clermontia waimeae, 443389Clermontia waimeae, 612473Clermontia waimeae, 44530Clermontia waimeae, 432088Clermontia waimeae, 501186Clermontia waimeae, 44527

Alive today

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