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Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Four-angled Bean

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1809

First collected

1986

Last collected

2024

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1800s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1809 by Coll. ind. (Noesa Kambangan). The Museum last collected it in 1986; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as March 14, 2024.

From the collection

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 55867.2Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 155511Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 155508Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 155509Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 155510Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 505730Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 155512Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, 55867

Alive today

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