
Oplismenus hirtellus
Australian Basket-grass
Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey (iNaturalist)
264
Bishop specimens
1
Type specimens
1851
First collected
2025
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Oplismenus hirtellus, most mentions first.
2024
A natural history survey of North Halawa Valley, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Cultural and Environmental Sciences 5, 84 ppPolhemus, D.A., Howarth, F.G.& Miller, S.E. (editors) · 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 · 3 pages
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
2021
Terrestrial arthropod survey of HalonaValley, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Kickham, Naval Magazine, Lualualei Annex, August–November 2020Evenhuis, N.L., Arakaki, K.T. & Imada, C.T. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2013
New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2011–2012Lau, A. & Frolich, D. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2012
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2002
Stream and botanical survey of an unnamed tributary flowing into Pu‘u Ka ‘Ele Reservoir and Pila‘a Stream, Pila‘a, Kilauea, Kaua‘iEnglund, R.A., C. Imada & D.J. Preston · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
53 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1851 by Rémy, J. (Hawaiʻi Island).
From the collection
Alive today
278 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-10-21
Haleakalā National Park, Hana, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-15
Hawaii, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-14
Maunawili, HI 96734, USA
(c) Sam Buswell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-07
Lahaina, HI, US
(c) alex3haase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
Wailuku, HI 96793, USA
(c) Craig Ontl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-27
Round Top Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-27
Round Top Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-27
Round Top Dr, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
