Callaeum macropterum (A. P. de Candolle) D. M. Johnson, Malpighiaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 6 (Go to the risk assessment)

Other Latin names:  Hiraea macroptera DC.; Mascagnia macroptera (DC.) Nied.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: hillyhock, hollyhock

Spanish: aparigua, bataneni, gallinita, guirote, jumete, matanene

Habit:  herb

Description:  (description info not known by PIER)

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  (no propagation information known by PIER)

Native range:  Mexico (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced cultivated	Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2008) Planted in Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden.

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)

Additional information:
Additional online information about Callaeum macropterum is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Callaeum macropterum as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Callaeum macropterum may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Other Latin names:  Hiraea macroptera DC.; Mascagnia macroptera (DC.) Nied.

References:

EcoPort Foundation. 2009. EcoPort (on-line resource).

Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. 2008. Annotated checklist of cultivated plants of Hawai‘i (online searchable database).

U. S. Government. 2009. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2009. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.