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Bromus diandrus
ripgut brome
As recorded: Bromus diandrus Roth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Collector number
- 401
- Date
- March 29, 1967
- Locality
- Saddle Road, about 26 miles from Hilo
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,829 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Silver, B.; Kennedy, B.Barbara Kennedy →Bryan Silver →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 29, 1967, Herbst, D.R. also collected 14 other specimens.
Bromus diandrus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1967. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 14 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24
Mauna Kea Access Road, Hilo, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-17
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-06
Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-28
Mauna Kea Access Road, Hilo, HI, US
(c) pupa_babe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-10
Mauna Kea Access Road, Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Spencer Boesdorfer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-07
Kipuka Puʻu Huluhulu Trail, 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
Bromus diandrus. BISH 769336. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956520912. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/769336.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956520912 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
