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Cyperus polystachyos
Bunchy flat-sedge
As recorded: Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Flynn, T.W.; Fromm, H.Timothy Flynn →H. Fromm →
- Collector number
- 2526
- Date
- October 22, 1987
- Locality
- East Maui, Hana Distr., coastal pasturelands southeast of Kauiki from Kaihalulu Bay to Ka Iwi O Pele
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 37 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 22, 1987, Flynn, T.W.; Fromm, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Abutilon grandifolium
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Alternanthera sessilis
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Amaranthus spinosus
Botany
Asclepias curassavica
Botany
Chenopodiastrum murale
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Crotalaria pallida
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Eclipta alba
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Ficus benghalensis
Botany
Fimbristylis cymosa
Botany
Fimbristylis dichotoma
Botany
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Botany
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Botany
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Botany
Lycium sandwicense
Botany
Momordica charantia
Botany
Plantago major
Botany
Senna occidentalis
Botany
Sida rhombifolia
Botany
Solanum linnaeanum
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Sonchus oleraceus
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Sphagneticola trilobata
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Thespesia populnea
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Vigna marina
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Vitex trifolia
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Cyperus polystachyos observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1987. 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 559119. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956367180. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/559119.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956367180 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026