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Euphorbia pulcherrima

Christmas-flower

Introduced to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concern

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1926

First collected

1992

Last collected

2023

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1926 by Octavio, A.M. (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1992; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as December 3, 2023.

From the collection

Euphorbia pulcherrima, 430990Euphorbia pulcherrima, 590639Euphorbia pulcherrima, 581324Euphorbia pulcherrima, 142623Euphorbia pulcherrima, 430991Euphorbia pulcherrima, 581325Euphorbia pulcherrima, 720199Euphorbia pulcherrima, 142622Euphorbia pulcherrima, 581327Euphorbia pulcherrima, 554446Euphorbia pulcherrima, 28647Euphorbia pulcherrima, 10471

Alive today

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