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Thysanolaena latifolia

Asian broom grass

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

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32

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1915

First collected

2024

Last collected

2024

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Thysanolaena latifolia, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 2019

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

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

  3. 2013

    Identification of invasive plant species on U.S. Army lands on O`ahu

    Imada, C.T., Frolich, D. & Lau, A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages

  4. 2013

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2013: Volume

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

  5. 2013

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: Index

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

  6. 2010

    Notes on grasses (Poaceae) in Hawai‘i: 2

    Snow, N. & Lau, S. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1910s2020s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1915 by Elmer, A.D.E. (Luzon, Irosin, Mt. Bulusan, Sorsocon).

From the collection

Thysanolaena latifolia, 82497Thysanolaena latifolia, 127172Thysanolaena latifolia, 805606Thysanolaena latifolia, 696766Thysanolaena latifolia, 505251Thysanolaena latifolia, 502877Thysanolaena latifolia, 662383Thysanolaena latifolia, 514191Thysanolaena latifolia, 796595Thysanolaena latifolia, 763741Thysanolaena latifolia, 502876Thysanolaena latifolia, 441895

Alive today

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