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Cenchrus setaceus

African Fountain Grass

Introduced to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concern

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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.

  1. 2025

  2. 2023

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2023: Volume

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages

  3. 2019

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

    Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  4. 2022

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: Volume

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

36 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1910s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1914 by Munro, G.C. (Lānaʻi).

From the collection

Cenchrus setaceus, 611127Cenchrus setaceus, 120151Cenchrus setaceus, 785711Cenchrus setaceus, 751166Cenchrus setaceus, 120145Cenchrus setaceus, 799497Cenchrus setaceus, 662365Cenchrus setaceus, 662894Cenchrus setaceus, 16633Cenchrus setaceus, 16631Cenchrus setaceus, 800600Cenchrus setaceus, 773885

Alive today

435 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.