
Hedychium gardnerianum
Himalayan ginger
Photo: (c) Horacio Aguilar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Horacio Aguilar (iNaturalist)
25
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1930
First collected
2024
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Hedychium gardnerianum, most mentions first.
2012
Wood, K.R.2012. Possible extinctions, rediscoveries, and new plant records within the Hawaiian Islands. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 91-102.· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2011
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2016
New Hawaiian Plant Records for 2015Oppenheimer, H. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2015
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2015: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 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 · 1 page
2024
New Hawaiian bryophyte records from Herbarium Pacificum for 2023: 106 new island records for Hawaiian liverworts and hornwortsJudziewicz, E., Freire, A.V. & Thomas, M.K. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2024
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2021
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2021: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
7 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1930 by Judd Jr., A.F. (Oʻahu).
From the collection
Alive today
2,047 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-25
Hao St, Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) Kyle McWhirter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Kalaniai Rd, Honokaa, HI, US
(c) paulie_tre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22
Pahoa, HI, US
(c) cwlonie6626, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) kathythor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) kathythor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) kathythor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) kathythor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-15
Crater Rim Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
no rights reserved
