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Cyanea crispa

Koolau Range rollandia

Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: critically endangeredcritically imperiled

68

Bishop specimens

2

Type specimens

1819

First collected

1994

Last collected

2024

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cyanea crispa, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 1999

    Contributions to the flora of Hawai‘i. VII. Bishop Mus

    Herbst, D.R. & W.L. Wagner · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  3. 1999

    Hawaiian vascular plants at risk: 1999

    Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, M.M. Bruegmann & J.Q. Lau · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  4. 1998

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: Supplement

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

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Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1810s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1819 by Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1994; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as July 10, 2024.

Alive today

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