Rumex hypogaeus
Cape Spinach
10
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1931
First collected
2005
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Rumex hypogaeus, 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 · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1930s2000s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1931 by Goff, R.A. (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 2005; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as July 22, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
1 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
