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Chrysopogon aciculatus
Wild Oat Grass
As recorded: Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Yuncker, T.G.
- Collector number
- 15185
- Date
- March 6, 1953
- Locality
- In Lavagatoga village near the southeastern side of the island
- Island
- Tongatapu Island
- Region
- Tonga
- Identified by
- Clayton, W.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 6, 1953, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 19 other specimens.
Bidens pilosa
Botany
Broussonetia papyrifera
Botany
Cyanthillium cinereum
Botany
Digitaria setigera
Botany
Echinochloa colonum
Botany
Eugenia reinwardtiana
Botany
Ganoderma mangiferae
Botany
Garcinia sessilis
Botany
Guilandina major
Botany
Inocarpus fagifer
Botany
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Botany
Jasminum didymum
Botany
Megathyrsus maximus
Botany
Mucuna gigantea
Botany
Planchonella tahitensis
Botany
Pueraria montana
Botany
Syzygium malaccense
Botany
Xylosma smithiana
Botany
Xylosma smithiana
Botany
Chrysopogon aciculatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1953. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 518 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-16.
2026-10-16
Tai Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(c) W. K. Lo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Dampe - Pitipana Rd, කොළඹ, Sri Lanka
(c) shalani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
Homagama, LK-CO, LK
(c) hirunidilhani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
Chiayi County, TW-TA, TW
(c) 你猜猜看, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-30
University of Guam, Guam
(c) Anna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-27
Upper Thomson Rd, Singapore, SG, SG
(c) quinn kuiken, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Chrysopogon aciculatus. BISH 123781. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956622607. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/123781.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956622607 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026