Cenchrus purpureus
Elephant grass
IUCN: least concern
114
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1908
First collected
2023
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cenchrus purpureus, most mentions first.
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
18 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1900s2020s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1908 by Elmer, A.D.E. (Negros Oriental; Dumaguete, Cueronos Mts.).
From the collection
