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Manihot

Cassava

4

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1974

First collected

1986

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Manihot, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 2019

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

    Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  3. 2013

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: Index

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  4. 2012

    New plant records from the Hawaiian Islands for 2010-2011

    Frolich, D. & Lau, A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  5. 2011

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: Plants

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

  6. 2003

    Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu stream estuary study

    Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston & K.T. Arakaki · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1970s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1974 by Waas, S. (Sri Lanka). The Museum last collected it in 1986; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as July 21, 2026.

From the collection

Manihot, 433601Manihot, 805518Manihot, 433602

Alive today

38 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.