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Panicum tenuifolium
As recorded: Panicum tenuifolium Hook. & Arn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Cranwell, L.M.; Selling, O.; Skottsberg, C.Lucy May Cranwell →Olof H. Selling →Carl Skottsberg →
- Collector number
- 3277
- Date
- September 14, 1938
- Locality
- Near end of Mauna Loa truck road from Kilauea
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 2,100 m
- Identified by
- Clayton, W.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 14, 1938, Cranwell, L.M.; Selling, O.; Skottsberg, C. also collected 6 other specimens.
Panicum tenuifolium observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1938. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2022-08-15.

2022-08-15
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-06-11
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Panicum tenuifolium. BISH 119854. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956379330. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/119854.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956379330 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
