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Hibiscus clayi

Clay's Hibiscus

Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: critically endangeredcritically imperiled

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35

Bishop specimens

3

Type specimens

1916

First collected

2004

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Hibiscus clayi, most mentions first.

  1. 2014

    Biological survey on a 10-acre parcel and adjacent areas, proposed land acquisition, Kahuluui, Maui, Hawaii

    Preston, D. & Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  2. 2025

  3. 2007

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

Two centuries of collecting

1910s2000s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1916 by Forbes, C.N. (Kauaʻi). The Museum last collected it in 2004; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as July 4, 2026.

From the collection

Hibiscus clayi, 407843Hibiscus clayi, 650175Hibiscus clayi, 407845Hibiscus clayi, 57595Hibiscus clayi, 511163Hibiscus clayi, 487132Hibiscus clayi, 511159Hibiscus clayi, 709201Hibiscus clayi, 650078Hibiscus clayi, 57560Hibiscus clayi, 57547Hibiscus clayi, 536649

Alive today

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