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Scleria testacea
Hawai'i nutrush
As recorded: Scleria testacea Nees
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Yoshida, L.
- Collector number
- 79.04
- Date
- February 23, 1979
- Locality
- ahupuaa of Halepuaa in the Puna District
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.5333, -154.8500
- Elevation
- 76 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On February 23, 1979, Yoshida, L. also collected 10 other specimens.
Still here: Scleria testacea observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-09-21.
2025-09-21
Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Nikolai Braedt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-27
United States
(c) Tara Severns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-07-30
Ainaloa, HI, USA
(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-07-30
Hawaiʻi, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-07-08
Ainaloa, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-06-09
Hawaiian Beaches, HI 96778, USA
(c) Michael Sthreshley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Scleria testacea. BISH 655880. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956351866. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/655880.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956351866 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026