BISH 599206Botany

Cenchrus echinatus

Southern Sandbur

As recorded: Cenchrus echinatus L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae

Collected by: Sachet, M.-H.
Collector number: 1375
Date: October 25, 1963
Locality: Tiputa islet, Tiputa village
Island: Rangiroa Atoll
Region: French Polynesia
Elevation: 2 m
Identified by: Clayton, W.D.
Record type: Preserved specimen

390 Bishop specimens of Cenchrus echinatus · collected 1845–2020Species page ›

Collected the same day

On October 25, 1963, Sachet, M.-H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cenchrus echinatus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1963. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4,014 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.

2026-10-25

La Paz, B.C.S., MX

(c) Sula Vanderplank, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-25

330台灣桃園市桃園區大有里

(c) 李貓樹, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23

Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA

no rights reserved

2026-10-22

Briscoe County, US-TX, US

(c) Jean Stuntz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-22

Winnecke Avenue, East Side NT 0870, Australia

(c) maxark, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-18

South St + Halekauwila St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA

no rights reserved

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Cite this specimen

Cenchrus echinatus. BISH 599206. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956524115. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/599206.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956524115 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026