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Panicum tenuifolium
As recorded: Panicum tenuifolium Hook. & Arn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Hosaka, E.Y.
- Collector number
- 2195
- Date
- June 3, 1938
- Locality
- On slope of Kaikipauula, Upper Paauhau, Waimea, Hamakua
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,981 m
- Identified by
- Clayton, W.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 3, 1938, Hosaka, E.Y. also collected 22 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 119856. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956277164. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/119856.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956277164 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
