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Cyperus polystachyos

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BISH 404171Botany

Cyperus polystachyos

Bunchy flat-sedge

As recorded: Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G.R.J. Baker →J.W. Coulter →F. Raymond Fosberg →Harold St.John →Truman George Yuncker →
Collector number: 12501
Date: December 23, 1932
Locality: Puu o Kaeha, Kawela
Island: Molokaʻi
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.1142, -156.9169 ± 756 m
Elevation: 1,158 m
Identified by: (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
Record type: Preserved specimen

407 Bishop specimens of Cyperus polystachyos · collected 1851–2025Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On December 23, 1932, St.John, H.; Baker, R.J.; Coulter, J.W.; Fosberg, F.R.; Yuncker, T.G. also collected 20 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Cyperus polystachyos. BISH 404171. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956531593. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/404171.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956531593 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026