Halophila hawaiiana
Hawai'i seagrass
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53
Bishop specimens
1
Type specimens
1912
First collected
2002
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Halophila hawaiiana, most mentions first.
2002
Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 7 pages
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 · 3 pages
2010
New Hawaiian plant records from Herbarium Pacificum for 2008Kennedy, B.H., James, S.A. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2002
Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2002
Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000Evenhuis, N.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2000
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of 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
Where Bishop collected it
9 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1912 by Forbes, C.N. (Molokaʻi). The Museum last collected it in 2002; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as September 19, 2025.
From the collection
Alive today
11 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-09-19
Hawaii, US
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-05-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-05-02
Hawaii, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-02
Hawaii, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-02
Hawaii, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-02
Hawaii, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-02
Hawaii, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-02
Hawaii, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)