BISH 126722Botany

Saccharum spontaneum

Wild Cane

As recorded: Saccharum spontaneum L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 26644
Date: August 21, 1946
Locality: Valley south of Lela (Lele) Harbor
Island: Kosrae
Region: Micronesia
Elevation: 3 m
Identified by: Clayton, W.D.
Record type: Preserved specimen

44 Bishop specimens of Saccharum spontaneum · collected 1909–2024Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 21, 1946, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Saccharum spontaneum observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 985 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-15.

2026-10-15

735台灣臺南市下營區

(c) garlice99, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-14

VFHC+266 Sevoke Khola, Sevoke Bridge, Khola (River, Sevoke Bazar, Sevoke, West Bengal 734008, India

(c) Sagnik Dutta Roy, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-10

931台灣屏東縣佳冬鄉佳冬車站

(c) Mike P. Li, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-09

IIT Kanpur, Shiwali Gate, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

(c) manishpatil, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05

741台灣臺南市善化區

(c) garlice99, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04

Water park,Naini, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211010, India

(c) Bipasha David, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Saccharum spontaneum. BISH 126722. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956171797. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/126722.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956171797 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026