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Lysimachia forbesii

Castle Trail yellow loosestrife

Endemic to Hawaiʻipossibly extinct

23

Bishop specimens

10

Type specimens

1908

First collected

1934

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Lysimachia forbesii, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 1999

    Hawaiian vascular plants at risk: 1999

    Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, M.M. Bruegmann & J.Q. Lau · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  3. 1998

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: Supplement

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1900s1930s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1908 by Forbes, C.N.; Rock, J.F. (Oʻahu).

From the collection

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