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Eragrostis mauiensis Hitchc.

Maui Lovegrass (Eragrostis mauiensis 

The Maui Lovegrass was described in 1922, the species is apparently known only from the type that was collected on sandhills at Wailuku on the eastern part of Maui, Hawaiian Islands.  

The species may also have occurred on the island of Lana’i. [1]  

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References:  

[1] A. S. Hitchcock: The grasses of Hawaii. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 8(3): 1-132. 1922  

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Depiction from: ‘A. S. Hitchcock: The grasses of Hawaii. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 8(3): 1-132. 1922’

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edited: 05.04.2018