
Hydrangea
Hydrangea
Photo: (c) mtfoliveira, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by mtfoliveira (iNaturalist)
10
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1946
First collected
1992
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Hydrangea, most mentions first.
2023
The trail less traveled: Envisioning a new approach to identifying key food resources for threatened Hawaiian arboreal snailsMeyer, W.M., K.A. Hayes, N.W. Yeung, E.J. Crane III, A. Turvey, C. LeBlanc, and A.R.O. Cavalcanti · Museum research publication · 5 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 · 4 pages
2021
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2021: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1946 by Conover, J.T. (Okinawa). The Museum last collected it in 1992; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 21, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
634 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-21
Kapaʻa, HI 96746, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13
Hawaii, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-09
Kaaipu Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Steffen Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
Kamuela, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-03
East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Steffen Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
