Korthalsella platycaula
po'owaha
Photo: (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) (iNaturalist)
121
Bishop specimens
3
Type specimens
1876
First collected
2025
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Korthalsella platycaula, most mentions first.
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 · 2 pages
1999
Contributions to the flora of Hawai‘i. VII. Bishop MusHerbst, D.R. & W.L. Wagner · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
9 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1876 by Savatier, L. (Tahiti).
From the collection
Alive today
20 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-06-11
Hawaii, US
(c) Spencer Len Pote, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-23
Hawaii, US
(c) Spencer Barrett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-16
Hawaii, US
(c) Hannah Mirando, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-12-05
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2023-11-03
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2023-09-30
Hawaii, US
(c) KISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-08-17
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-05-28
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)