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Carex wahuensis
Oahu Sedge
As recorded: Carex wahuensis subsp. wahuensis
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 8227
- Date
- June 30, 1928
- Locality
- gulch W of Ualapue
- Island
- Molokaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.0789, -156.8407 ± 2,684 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On June 30, 1928, Degener, O. also collected 5 other specimens.
Still here: Carex wahuensis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-03-19.
2025-03-19
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2004-02-05
Molokai, Hawaii, USA
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Carex wahuensis. BISH 443725. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956307065. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/443725.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956307065 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026