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Sphaeropteris medullaris

black tree fern

61

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1863

First collected

1988

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1860s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1863 by Whitmee, S.J. (Upolu).

From the collection

Sphaeropteris medullaris, 92960Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93037Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93119Sphaeropteris medullaris, 92932Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93121Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93134Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93184Sphaeropteris medullaris, 92963Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93124Sphaeropteris medullaris, 92989Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93128Sphaeropteris medullaris, 93120