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Eragrostis viscosa
Sticky Love Grass
As recorded: Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Wester, L.
- Collector number
- 2120
- Date
- August 18, 1982
- Locality
- Near Capt. Cook Hotel adjacent to employee residences
- Region
- Kiribati
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 18, 1982, Wester, L. also collected 5 other specimens.
Eragrostis viscosa observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1982. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 36 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-19.
2026-05-19
Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana
(c) Christine Sydes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-12
Polokwane Local Municipality, South Africa
(c) Dimakatjo Mothapo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-05
North West, BW
(c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-03-20
Lephalale, Limpopo, ZA
(c) Nico Lubcker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-03
Manimutharu, Tamil Nadu, India
(c) Christopher Guna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-05-26
Ongwediva, Namibia
(c) Ben Strohbach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Eragrostis viscosa. BISH 603902. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956418238. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/603902.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956418238 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched only at a higher rank (e.g. genus)
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