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Eragrostis brownii
Brown's love grass
As recorded: Eragrostis brownii (Kunth) Nees ex Steud.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.; Bishop, E.; Gaines, H.E.F. Bishop →H. Gaines →Derral R. Herbst →
- Collector number
- 184
- Date
- August 6, 1966
- Locality
- Kahaluu Forest Reserve, along trail
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 914 m
- Identified by
- Imada, C.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 6, 1966, Herbst, D.R.; Bishop, E.; Gaines, H. also collected 16 other specimens.
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Digitaria violascens
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Fimbristylis dichotoma
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Isachne distichophylla
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Lachnagrostis filiformis
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Luzula hawaiiensis
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Machaerina angustifolia
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Microlaena stipoides
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Oplismenus hirtellus
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Paspalum paniculatum
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Paspalum scrobiculatum
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Sporobolus africanus
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Eragrostis brownii observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1966. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 74 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-09.
2026-10-09
Hawaii County, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-08-18
Mauna Loa Rd, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-10
Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-02
Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-01
Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-01
Mauna Loa Observatory Road, Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Eragrostis brownii. BISH 769272. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956316630. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/769272.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956316630 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026