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Chrysopogon aciculatus
Wild Oat Grass
As recorded: Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Quayle, E.H.; Whitney South Seas ExpeditionErnest H. Quayle →Whitney South Seas Expedition →
- Collector number
- 1080
- Date
- September 7, 1922
- Locality
- Ua Pou? (or Nukuhiva, by W.B. Jones, summer 1922)
- Island
- Nuku Hiva
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Identified by
- Lorence, D.H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Chrysopogon aciculatus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 518 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-16.
2026-10-16
Tai Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(c) W. K. Lo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Dampe - Pitipana Rd, කොළඹ, Sri Lanka
(c) shalani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
Homagama, LK-CO, LK
(c) hirunidilhani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
Chiayi County, TW-TA, TW
(c) 你猜猜看, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-30
University of Guam, Guam
(c) Anna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-27
Upper Thomson Rd, Singapore, SG, SG
(c) quinn kuiken, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Chrysopogon aciculatus. BISH 697537. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956701219. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/697537.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956701219 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026