
Laportea
wood nettles
Photo: (c) Jason Hollinger, some rights reserved (CC BY) (iNaturalist)
13
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1955
First collected
1989
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Laportea, 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 · 3 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2013
New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2011–2012Lau, A. & Frolich, D. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2013: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2012
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
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 1955 by Gressitt, J.L. (New Britain). The Museum last collected it in 1989; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as September 2, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
11 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-09-02
Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-04
Hilo, HI 96720, USA
no rights reserved

2026-01-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Andrew Evans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-06
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-12-10
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-10-22
Hawaii, US
(c) jharv, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-07
Papaikou, HI 96781, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-06-17
Hilo, HI 96720, USA
(c) BIISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
