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Carex baccans
As recorded: Carex baccans Nees
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 24190
- Date
- November 11, 1950
- Locality
- Pidurutalgala
- Region
- Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Elevation
- 2,225 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 11, 1950, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Carex baccans observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1950. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,022 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-12.

2026-10-12
臺灣島, 和平區, 臺中市, TW
(c) Amy Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-01
Kunming Haikou Forest Farm, Kunming, Yunnan, CN
(c) Vladislav Isaev, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-28
Shiding District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 223
(c) lecanorchis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-27
Guanxi Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan 306
(c) lecanorchis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-12
Kunming, CN-YN, CN
(c) 鸹鸹, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-20
臺灣島, 尖石鄉, 新竹縣, TW
(c) usaviah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Carex baccans. BISH 109973. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956470044. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/109973.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956470044 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
