Bishop MuseumExplore

Ipomoea batatas

Sweet Potato

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

Photo: no rights reserved, uploaded by 葉子 (iNaturalist)

248

Bishop specimens

1

Type specimens

1864

First collected

2024

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1860s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1864 by Mann, H.; Brigham, W.T. (unknown).

From the collection

Ipomoea batatas, 47333Ipomoea batatas, 47331Ipomoea batatas, 47335Ipomoea batatas, 148502Ipomoea batatas, 768416Ipomoea batatas, 801810Ipomoea batatas, 140254Ipomoea batatas, 47336Ipomoea batatas, 501230Ipomoea batatas, 47384Ipomoea batatas, 148501Ipomoea batatas, 148497