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Chloris gayana
Rhodes Grass
As recorded: Chloris gayana Kunth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Funk, E.J.
- Collector number
- PTA 08
- Date
- December 13, 1990
- Locality
- Hamakua District Pohakuloa Training Area, along Saddle Road Collected between the 30 mi & 45 mi markers, within 60' of road
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Clayton, W.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 13, 1990, Funk, E.J. also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Argemone glauca
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Asplenium densum
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Atriplex suberecta
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Bidens pilosa
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Bromus catharticus
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Bromus catharticus
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Capsella bursa-pastoris
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Centaurium erythraea
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Chenopodiastrum murale
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Crepis capillaris
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Dactylis glomerata
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Delairea odorata
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Dysphania ambrosioides
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Epilobium billardierianum
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Eragrostis atropioides
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Eragrostis leptophylla
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Erigeron sumatrensis
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Erodium cicutarium
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Foeniculum vulgare
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Frangula californica
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Galinsoga parviflora
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Galium divaricatum
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Helichrysum foetidum
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Chloris gayana observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1990. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 15 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-01-14.
2026-01-14
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-17
Old Māmalahoa Hwy, Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) Jake Gross, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2025-09-18
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-10
Lānaʻi City, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-16
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
no rights reserved
2025-04-16
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Chloris gayana. BISH 595491. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956515282. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/595491.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956515282 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026