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Species

Eragrostis deflexa A.S.Hitchc.

Original Distribution

US, Hawaii, Lana’i and Hawai’i

Habitat

Habitat at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

Extinction Data

IUCN = N/a, Listed Extinct by WCMC 1996

Description

Panicle open; lanceolate; secund; 15–25 cm long

Number of Specimens at Kew

1

Specimen Type (Y/N)

Y

Kew Herbcat Barcode Number

K000518039

Collector

A.S. Hitchcock

Collector Number

14476

Date Collected

30th August 1916

Information Sources

Wagner, W., Herbst, D. & Sohmer, S. (1990). Manual of the flowering Eragrostis hosakai O.Deg.plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.Walter, K.S. and Gillett, H.J. (eds) (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK