
Melastoma
melastomes
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59
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1909
First collected
2015
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Melastoma, 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 · 5 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2011
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2003
Hawaii's biodiversity: a detailed assessment of the numbers of species in the Hawaiian IslandsEldredge, L.G. & N.L. Evenhuis · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2003
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2001-2002. Part II: NotesN.L. Evenhuis & Eldredge, L.G., eds. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2002
Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000Evenhuis, N.L. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2001
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2001: -02: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
14 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Cillons (Archipel. Ind. Noem; Kambanjay).
