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Pachira aquatica

Guiana-Chestnut

Introduced to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concern

33

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1925

First collected

2021

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Pachira aquatica, most mentions first.

  1. 2019

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

    Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  2. 2013

    New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2011–2012

    Lau, A. & Frolich, D. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  3. 2012

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012: Volume

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

  4. 2025

  5. 2013

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

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

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Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1920s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1925 by Wilder, G.P. (Tahiti).

From the collection

Pachira aquatica, 133968Pachira aquatica, 405205Pachira aquatica, 133972Pachira aquatica, 802291Pachira aquatica, 802292Pachira aquatica, 645142Pachira aquatica, 133971Pachira aquatica, 17903Pachira aquatica, 511417Pachira aquatica, 659246Pachira aquatica, 582453Pachira aquatica, 647173

Alive today

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