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BISH 655008Botany
Carex brunnea
greater brown sedge
As recorded: Carex brunnea Thunb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Blake, S.T.
- Collector number
- 20615
- Date
- August 17, 1959
- Locality
- Moreton - Coomera River Gorge, below Mt. Roberts
- Region
- Queensland, Australia
- Coordinates
- -28.0000, 153.0000
- Elevation
- 390 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Carex brunnea observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-08-05.
2026-08-05
Queensland, AU
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2026-06-29
Queensland, AU
(c) Greg Tasney, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Carex brunnea. BISH 655008. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956380632. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/655008.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956380632 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026