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Ophiopogon japonicus

Dwarf Lily-turf

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

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6

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1909

First collected

1994

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Ophiopogon japonicus, most mentions first.

  1. 2007

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Two centuries of collecting

1900s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Elmer, A.D.E. (Mindanao).

From the collection

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