Nephrolepis exaltata
Boston Swordfern
IUCN: least concern
180
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1838
First collected
2025
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Where Bishop collected it
30 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1830s2020s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1838 by U.S. Exploring Expedition (Oʻahu).
From the collection
