Pleiostachya pruinosa
Prayer plant
Photo: (c) tessmorrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (iNaturalist)
9
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1940
First collected
2017
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Pleiostachya pruinosa, most mentions first.
2022
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
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
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2004
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: ArticlesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1940 by Neal, M.C. (Oʻahu).
From the collection
Alive today
4 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-08-18
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-08-06
95PR+WR, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA
(c) Aaron Plex Sulá, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-04
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-09-13
Kailua, HI 96734, USA
no rights reserved