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Cyperus polystachyos in life — In life — Bunchy flat-sedge, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) chiuluan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by chiuluan

BISH 79648Botany

Cyperus polystachyos

Bunchy flat-sedge

As recorded: Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Collected by: Sohmer, S.H.
Collector number: 6361
Date: January 8, 1970
Locality: Volcanoes National Park; forests around junction of Crater Rim Road and the Job Corps Road
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii, United States
Identified by: (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
Record type: Preserved specimen

407 Bishop specimens of Cyperus polystachyos · collected 1851–2025Species page ›

Cite this specimen

Cyperus polystachyos. BISH 79648. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956614996. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/79648.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956614996 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026