
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Madagascar Dropseed
Photo: (c) Clifton Albrecht, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Clifton Albrecht (iNaturalist)
45
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1908
First collected
2024
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Sporobolus pyramidatus, most mentions first.
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2020
New Hawaiian plant records from Herbarium Pacificum for 2019Imada, C.T. & Kennedy, B.H. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2019
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 3 pages
2008
Inventory of seabirds, plants, and arthropods on twenty offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsEijzenga, H. & Preston, D.J. · 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
2023
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2023: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2014
Biological survey on a 10-acre parcel and adjacent areas, proposed land acquisition, Kahuluui, Maui, HawaiiPreston, D. & 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
3 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1908 by Hitchcock, A.S. (Mexico: Sonora - near bay Guayamas).
From the collection
Alive today
80 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-09-02
Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-01
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-30
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-30
Island of Hawaiʻi, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-18
Waialua, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-28
Makako Bay Dr, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Carlos/Giancarla Ross (AnimeBirder), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-26
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) nickminnich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-15
Ala Kahakai Trail, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Carlos/Giancarla Ross (AnimeBirder), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
