Bishop MuseumExplore

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Broad-leaved Paperbark

Introduced to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concern

Photo: (c) gillbsydney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by gillbsydney (iNaturalist)

76

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1908

First collected

2021

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Melaleuca quinquenervia, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 2019

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

    Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  3. 2002

    Stream and botanical survey of an unnamed tributary flowing into Pu‘u Ka ‘Ele Reservoir and Pila‘a Stream, Pila‘a, Kilauea, Kaua‘i

    Englund, R.A., C. Imada & D.J. Preston · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  4. 2000

    Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘i

    Staples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

Search the Library for “Melaleuca quinquenervia” →

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1900s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1908 by Slaer, J. (N.S. Wales; Woy Woy).

From the collection

Melaleuca quinquenervia, 60085Melaleuca quinquenervia, 579978Melaleuca quinquenervia, 33225Melaleuca quinquenervia, 582852Melaleuca quinquenervia, 60091Melaleuca quinquenervia, 40041Melaleuca quinquenervia, 7213Melaleuca quinquenervia, 460597Melaleuca quinquenervia, 595142Melaleuca quinquenervia, 19804Melaleuca quinquenervia, 443852Melaleuca quinquenervia, 165389

Alive today

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