
Phlebodium aureum
Blue-star Fern
Photo: (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) (iNaturalist)
32
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1878
First collected
2022
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Phlebodium aureum, 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
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2014
New plant records for 2012Oppenheimer, H. & Bustamente, K.M. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2013: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2007
Translocation and monitoring efforts to establish a second population of the rare Megalagrion xanthomelas Selys-Longchamps) on O`ahu, Hawai`i (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)Preston, D.J., Englund, R.A. & McShane, M.K.K. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2002
Stream and botanical survey of an unnamed tributary flowing into Pu‘u Ka ‘Ele Reservoir and Pila‘a Stream, Pila‘a, Kilauea, Kaua‘iEnglund, R.A., C. Imada & D.J. Preston · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2001
Native and exotic organism studyEnglund, R.A., D.J. Preston, N.L. Evenhuis, R.H. Cowie, C. Imada, C. Puttock, & K. Arakaki · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2000
Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘iStaples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
3 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1878 by Reyoolds, M.C. (St. Augustine.).
From the collection
Alive today
863 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-25
Haleiwa, HI, US
(c) faerthen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jawbones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-19
Aiea, HI 96701, USA
(c) Sam Buswell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05
Kualapuu, HI, USA
(c) Hannah Mirando, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-27
Hawaii, US
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-27
Hawaii, US
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) thejoyofnature, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-20
Waialae - Kahala, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
