
Cenchrus setaceus
African Fountain Grass
Photo: (c) btburke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by btburke (iNaturalist)
63
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1914
First collected
2025
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cenchrus setaceus, 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 · 3 pages
2023
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2023: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2022
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
36 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1914 by Munro, G.C. (Lānaʻi).
From the collection
Alive today
435 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-19
Loloku St @ Nearside Ma'a Way (Park & Ride), Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
(c) Robert Hansen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Lanikai Pillbox, Kailua, HI, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13
Waimea, HI 96743, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) redsara, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-07
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-02
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
(c) Shaina Epstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-23
Hawaii, US
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
