Bishop MuseumExplore
Rhynchospora colorata in life
In life — whitetop sedge, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Richard Stovall, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Richard Stovall
BISH 619088Botany

Rhynchospora colorata

whitetop sedge

As recorded: Cyperus kyllingia Endl.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Collected by
St.John, H.
Collector number
18975
Date
June 29, 1938
Locality
Motusa; Itutiu District 12°30'S 177°05'E
Island
Rotuma
Region
Fiji
Coordinates
-12.5000, 177.0833
Elevation
3 m
Identified by
St.John, H.
Record type
Preserved specimen
119 Bishop specimens of Rhynchospora colorata · collected 1899–2013Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On June 29, 1938, St.John, H. also collected 15 other specimens.

Amaranthus viridis

Botany

Centella asiatica

Botany

Chrysopogon aciculatus

Botany

Cyanthillium cinereum

Botany

Cyanthillium cinereum

Botany

Cyperus compressus

Botany

Eleusine indica

Botany

Euphorbia atoto

Botany

Euphorbia prostrata

Botany

Euphorbia prostrata

Botany

Paspalum conjugatum

Botany

Phyllanthus amarus

Botany

Spermacoce tenuior

Botany

Triumfetta procumbens

Botany

Urochloa subquadripara

Botany

Cite this specimen

Rhynchospora colorata. BISH 619088. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956548373. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/619088.

Record sources