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Cyperus polystachyos
Bunchy flat-sedge
As recorded: Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Hobdy, R.W.
- Collector number
- 715
- Date
- October 24, 1979
- Locality
- W Maui, Waihee Ridge Trail
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 656 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 24, 1979, Hobdy, R.W. also collected 17 other specimens.
Adenophorus tripinnatifidus
Botany
Calamagrostis expansa
Botany
Clermontia micrantha
Botany
Dichanthelium cynodon
Botany
Dichanthelium cynodon
Botany
Dichanthelium hillebrandianum
Botany
Dichanthelium hillebrandianum
Botany
Dichanthelium hillebrandianum
Botany
Dichanthelium isachnoides
Botany
Dryopteris mauiensis
Botany
Fimbristylis dichotoma
Botany
Huperzia erubescens
Botany
Isachne distichophylla
Botany
Rhynchospora chinensis
Botany
Scaevola chamissoniana
Botany
Selaginella deflexa
Botany
Wikstroemia bicornuta
Botany
Cyperus polystachyos observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 507 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-22.
2026-10-22
Crater Rim Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Lucy Breda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Crater Rim Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
no rights reserved
2026-10-15
Crater Rim Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) swahn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-14
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) birdbirdbird, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
Hawaii, US
(c) Brendan Stogner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
Kamehameha Hwy W, Aiea, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cyperus polystachyos. BISH 439663. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956681414. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/439663.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956681414 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026