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Hoya carnosa

Common Wax-plant

6

Bishop specimens

1

Type specimens

1933

First collected

1991

Last collected

2021

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1930s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1933 by Smith, A.C. (Vanua Levu). The Museum last collected it in 1991; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as May 7, 2021.

From the collection

Hoya carnosa, 501120Hoya carnosa, 51825Hoya carnosa, 501880Hoya carnosa, 502135Hoya carnosa, 505900

Alive today

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