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Cyperus javanicus
Javanese Flatsedge
As recorded: Cyperus javanicus Houtt.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.; Ordonez; Salucop, F.Otto Degener →E. Ordonez →F. Salucop →
- Collector number
- 12567
- Date
- August 25, 1939
- Locality
- W Maui, Lahaina District, Ukumehame Gulch
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8299, -156.5800 ± 3,424 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 25, 1939, Degener, O.; Ordonez; Salucop, F. also collected 3 other specimens.
Still here: Cyperus javanicus observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1939. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-06-27.
2026-06-27
Waihee-Waiehu, HI 96793, USA
(c) Prairie Guy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-15
Lahaina
(c) burkhardtk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-11
Kihei, HI, US
(c) popojo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-03-22
Waihe‘e Coastal Dunes & Wetlands Refuge, Waiehu, HI, US
(c) lokowaka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-03-01
Waihee-Waiehu, HI 96793, USA
(c) Monte Tudor-Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-11-29
Waihe‘e Coastal Dunes & Wetlands Refuge, Waiehu, HI, US
(c) Stephen Clifford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cyperus javanicus. BISH 680893. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956427153. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/680893.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956427153 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026