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Lophatherum gracile
Sasagrass
As recorded: Lophatherum gracile Brongn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.; Amano, T.T. Amano →Sh. Tawada →E.H. Walker →
- Collector number
- 6666
- Date
- August 21, 1951
- Locality
- Iriomoto Island; Yaeyama Gunto, Hoshitate to Urauchi River
- Island
- Iriomote Island
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Lophatherum gracile observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1951. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 447 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-02.

2026-10-02
Chiayi County, TW-TA, TW
(c) 你猜猜看, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-01
112台灣臺北市北投區陽明交大實驗大樓
(c) pinerywu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-26
363台灣苗栗縣公館鄉
(c) liushengyu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-24
臺灣島, 新店區, 新北市, TW
(c) Lilian Huang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-24
972台灣花蓮縣秀林鄉銅門村
(c) vrxz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-09-21
臺灣島, 關西鎮, 新竹縣, TW
(c) Zheng-An Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Lophatherum gracile. BISH 125615. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956687392. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/125615.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956687392 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
