Peperomia hypoleuca
thickleaf peperomia
Photo: (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) (iNaturalist)
121
Bishop specimens
3
Type specimens
1909
First collected
2007
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Peperomia hypoleuca, 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 · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
19 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Rock, J.F.C. (Hawaiʻi Island).
From the collection
Alive today
10 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-02
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-11
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) nmoorhatch, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-01-27
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Chiang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-10
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-30
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-07-22
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Grigory Heaton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-01-03
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Jeff Steele, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-12-20
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) willhendricks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)