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Scleria testacea
As recorded: Scleria testacea Nees
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Collector number
- 9782
- Date
- July 5, 1996
- Locality
- South Hilo District, Waiakea, Keaukaha Military Reservation
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.7167, -155.0417
- Elevation
- 18 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 5, 1996, Herbst, D.R. also collected 3 other specimens.
Still here: Scleria testacea observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1996. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 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)
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)
2024-01-07
Hawaiian Beaches, HI 96778, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Scleria testacea. BISH 662687. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956637786. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/662687.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956637786 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026