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Cladium mariscus
Swamp Sawgrass
As recorded: Cladium jamaicense Crantz
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 2246
- Date
- July 23, 1926
- Locality
- Roadside near Hilo toward Olaa
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 23, 1926, Degener, O. also collected 12 other specimens.
Antidesma platyphyllum
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Clermontia parviflora
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Clermontia parviflora
Botany
Coprosma pubens
Botany
Hippobroma longiflora
Botany
Phyllostegia vestita
Botany
Phyllostegia vestita
Botany
Phyllostegia vestita
Botany
Pleroma urvilleanum
Botany
Rubus argutus
Botany
Stenogyne calaminthoides
Botany
Xylosma hawaiense
Botany
Cladium mariscus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-14.
2026-09-14
Kailua, HI, US
(c) Ean Schiffman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-19
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-23
Kailua, HI 96734, USA
no rights reserved
2024-10-12
Palolo, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-10-12
Hawaii, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-03-23
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cladium mariscus. BISH 116893. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956320964. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/116893.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956320964 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026