Pluchea
Camphorweed
Photo: (c) Will Pearce, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Will Pearce (iNaturalist)
8
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1945
First collected
2003
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Pluchea, most mentions first.
2008
Inventory of seabirds, plants, and arthropods on twenty offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsEijzenga, H. & Preston, D.J. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 15 pages
2007
Monitoring for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i, Phase II. Final report prepared for E.kHowarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 7 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 · 6 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 5 pages
2014
Biological survey on a 10-acre parcel and adjacent areas, proposed land acquisition, Kahuluui, Maui, HawaiiPreston, D. & Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 5 pages
2003
Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu stream estuary studyEnglund, R.A., D.J. Preston & K.T. Arakaki · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 5 pages
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2004
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: ArticlesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
Where Bishop collected it
1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1945 by Bryan, L.W. (Christmas Island). The Museum last collected it in 2003; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 26, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
1,141 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-10-26
Molokaʻi, Hoolehua, HI, US
(c) Caitlin Hazelquist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) cwlonie6626, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-16
Hawaii, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-14
Hawaii, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-09
Hawaii, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-08
Dike Trail, Maalaea, HI, US
(c) alex3haase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-08
N Kihei Rd, Kīhei, HI, US
(c) alex3haase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
Waipahu, HI, US
(c) Ean Schiffman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)