Cyperus esculentus
Chufa (edible Variety)
10
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1930
First collected
2024
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Cyperus esculentus, 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
1997
New and noteworthy Cyperaceae from the Hawaiian IslandsStrong, M.T. & W.L. Wagner · 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 · 1 page
2004
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1930 by Svenson, H.K. (the Galapogos Islands: Tortoise Country, ca 8 mi W of Academy Bay, Indefatigable Is.).
