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Rhapis excelsa

Broadleaf Lady Palm

IUCN: least concern

12

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1953

First collected

1997

Last collected

2025

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1950s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1953 by Woolford, H.A. (Oʻahu). The Museum last collected it in 1997; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as February 9, 2025.

From the collection

Rhapis excelsa, 40299Rhapis excelsa, 116258Rhapis excelsa, 653760Rhapis excelsa, 40294Rhapis excelsa, 116259Rhapis excelsa, 647500Rhapis excelsa, 116260Rhapis excelsa, 582890Rhapis excelsa, 582889Rhapis excelsa, 637725Rhapis excelsa, 582887Rhapis excelsa, 582888

Alive today

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