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Houtt., Lamiaceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? yes
Threat only at high elevations? no
Risk assessment results: Reject, score: 9 (Go to the risk assessment)
Other Latin names: Leonurus sibiricus L.
Common name(s): [more details]
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English: Chinese motherwort, honeyweed, motherwort, Siberian motherwort |
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Maori (Cook Islands): vavai tara |
Habit: herb
Description: "Annual or short-lived perennial herbs; stems 4-angled and furrowed, 5-15 dm long, puberulent to glabrate. Leaves variable, lower ones broadly ovate to deltate in outline, 5-11 cm long, 4-6.5 cm wide, deeply palmately lobed, upper leaves gradually reduced in size and with fewer and smaller lobes, those of the inflorescence linear, unlobed, both surfaces puberulent, petioles 2-4 cm long. Flowers sessile, in dense verticillasters, bracteoles linear, up to ca. 7 mm long, spinose; calyx turbinate, 4-5 mm long, enlarging to 6-7 mm long in fruit, glabrous to sparsely puberulent, the teeth subulate; corolla white, pink or reddish, 10-15 mm long, puberulent, upper lobe obovate, pubescent on outer side. Nutlets brown, ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm long" (Wagner et al., 1999; pp. 803-804).
Habitat/ecology: In Hawaii, "naturalized in relatively dry areas, especially pastures, 40-600 m elevation" (Wagner et al., 1999; pp. 803-804). In Niue, "locally fairly common now in waste places in and near the villages" (Sykes, 1970; p. 103). In Tonga, "occasional as a dooryard and waste-area weed" (Yuncker, 1959; p. 234). In New Caledonia, "répandu comme mauvaise herbe, surtout aux îles, mais rarement abondante" (MacKee, 1994; p. 68).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: Temperate Asia, now widely naturalized in the tropics and subtropics.
Presence:
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Aitutaki Atoll |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2002) (p. 75) |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Aitutaki Atoll |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1969) (voucher ID: BISH 81937)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mangaia Island | McCormack, Gerald (2007) | |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mangaia Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2002) (p. 87) |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mangaia Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1928) (voucher ID: BISH 150646)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mauke Island | McCormack, Gerald (2007) | |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mauke Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2002) (p. 92) |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mitiaro Island | McCormack, Gerald (2007) | |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Mitiaro Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim (2002) (p. 98) |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Rarotonga Island | McCormack, Gerald (2007) | |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Rarotonga Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1929) (voucher ID: BISH 150647)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Cook Islands
Southern Cook Islands |
Rarotonga Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1929) (voucher ID: BISH 150648)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Moorea Island |
introduced
invasive |
Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 128)
Voucher cited: H.M. Smith 123 |
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French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Moorea Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1967) (voucher ID: BISH 150645)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Tahiti Island |
introduced
invasive |
Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 128)
Voucher cited: Leland et al. 17 |
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French Polynesia
Society Islands |
Tahiti Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1909) (voucher ID: BISH 150643)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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French Polynesia
Tuamotu Archipelago |
Niau Atoll |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1990) (voucher ID: BISH 642079)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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French Polynesia
Tubuai (Austral) Islands |
Rurutu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1983) (voucher ID: BISH 553161)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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French Polynesia
Tubuai (Austral) Islands |
Tubuai (Austral) Islands |
introduced
invasive |
Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 218) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Hawaii (Big) Island |
introduced
invasive |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 803-805) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Kauai Island |
introduced
invasive |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 803-805) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Maui Island |
introduced
invasive |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 803-805) |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Molokai Island |
introduced
invasive |
Wydong, Michael/Hughes, Guy/Wood, K. R. (2007) (p. 5)
Voucher cited: Wysong 754 (BISH). The plants that were found were pulled. |
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State of Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands |
Oahu Island |
introduced
invasive |
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (pp. 803-805)
Voucher cited: Faurie 891 (BISH) |
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New Caledonia
Îles Bélep (Belep Islands) |
Île Pott |
introduced
invasive |
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 68)
Voucher cited: Veillon 3748 |
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New Caledonia
Îles Loyauté (Loyalte Islands) |
Île Lifou |
introduced
invasive |
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 68)
Voucher cited: Sarasin 827 (Z), MacKee 5202 |
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New Caledonia
Îles Loyauté (Loyalte Islands) |
Île Maré |
introduced
invasive |
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 68)
Voucher cited: Sarasin 515 (Z) |
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New Caledonia
New Caledonia |
New Caledonia Islands |
introduced
invasive |
Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 218) |
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New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago |
Île Grande Terre |
introduced
invasive |
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 68)
Vouchers cited: Grunow s.n. s.loc. (W), Schlechter 14898, Franc 1372 s.loc., Däniker 16 (Z), MacKee 11858 |
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New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago |
Île Grande Terre |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1992) (voucher ID: BISH 654880)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago |
Île des Pins (Isle of Pines) |
introduced
invasive |
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 68)
Voucher cited: Déméné in MacKee 19735 |
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Niue
Niue |
Niue Island |
introduced
invasive |
Sykes, W. R. (1970) (p. 103)
Vouchers cited: CHR 169932, CHR 169933 |
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Niue
Niue |
Niue Island |
introduced
invasive |
Yuncker, T. G. (1943) (p. 103)
Voucher cited: Yuncker 9683 (BISH) "Occasional along roadsides and in waste areas". |
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Niue
Niue |
Niue Island |
introduced
invasive |
Space, James C./Waterhouse, Barbara M./Newfield, Melanie/Bull, Cate (2004) (p. Voucher specimen submitted for determination.)
Specimen collected: BMW 7076 (BISH, CHR, BRI) |
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Palau
Palau (main island group) |
Koror Island |
introduced
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Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 241) |
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Tonga
Haapai Group |
Haano Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1959) (voucher ID: BISH 41182)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Tonga
Haapai Group |
Haapai Islands |
Whistler, W. A. (1992) (p. 38)
Voucher cited: Soakai 308 |
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Tonga
Tonga Islands |
Tonga Islands |
introduced
invasive |
Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 218) |
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Tonga
Tonga Islands |
Tonga Islands | Swarbrick, John T. (1997) (p. 93) | |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Eua Island |
Whistler, W. A. (1992) (p. 38)
Vouchers cited: Lawrence 338, Soakai 398, Soakai 939 (EI) |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Eua Island |
introduced
invasive |
Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 234)
Voucher cited: Yuncker 15423 |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Eua Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1967) (voucher ID: BISH 22275)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Eua Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1959) (voucher ID: BISH 41263)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Eua Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1959) (voucher ID: BISH 41358)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Eua Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1953) (voucher ID: BISH 150641)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Eua Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1979) (voucher ID: BISH 618347)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
Whistler, W. A. (1992) (p. 38)
Vouchers cited: Lawrence 61, Soakai 166, Soakai 621 |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
introduced
invasive |
Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 234)
Voucher cited: Yuncker 15119 |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1958) (voucher ID: BISH 41305)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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Tonga
Tongatapu Group |
Tongatapu Island |
Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1953) (voucher ID: BISH 150640)
Taxon name on voucher: Leonurus sibiricus L. |
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| Pacific Rim | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Cambodia
Cambodia |
Cambodia (Kingdom of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007) |
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China
China |
China (People's Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007) |
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Guatemala
Guatemala |
Guatemala (Republic of) | Holm, Leroy/Pancho, Juan V./Herberger, James P./Plucknett, Donald L. (1979) (pp. 211-212) | |
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Indonesia
Indonesia |
Indonesia (Republic of) | Holm, Leroy/Pancho, Juan V./Herberger, James P./Plucknett, Donald L. (1979) (pp. 211-212) | |
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Japan
Japan |
Japan (country) | Holm, Leroy/Pancho, Juan V./Herberger, James P./Plucknett, Donald L. (1979) (pp. 211-212) | |
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North Korea
North Korea |
North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007) |
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South Korea
South Korea |
South Korea (Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007) |
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Malaysia
Malaysia |
Malaysia (country of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007) |
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Taiwan
Taiwan |
Taiwan Island | Holm, Leroy/Pancho, Juan V./Herberger, James P./Plucknett, Donald L. (1979) (pp. 211-212) | |
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Thailand
Thailand |
Thailand (Kingdom of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007) |
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Vietnam
Vietnam |
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007) |
| Indian Ocean | |||
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Mauritius
Mautitius Islands (Mauritius and Rodrigues) |
Mauritius Island | Holm, Leroy/Pancho, Juan V./Herberger, James P./Plucknett, Donald L. (1979) (pp. 211-212) | |
Additional information: Additional online information about Leonurus japonicus is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).
Taxonomic information about Leonurus japonicus may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
References:
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1909. Voucher specimen #BISH 150643 (B.Leland 17).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1928. Voucher specimen #BISH 150646 (Graham, J. 1).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1929. Voucher specimen #BISH 150647 (Wilder, G.P. 705).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1929. Voucher specimen #BISH 150648 (Parks, H.E. 22300).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1953. Voucher specimen #BISH 150640 (Yuncker, T.G. 15119).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1953. Voucher specimen #BISH 150641 (Yuncker, T.G. 15423).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1958. Voucher specimen #BISH 41305 (Lawrence, E. 61).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1959. Voucher specimen #BISH 41182 (Soakai, E. 308).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1959. Voucher specimen #BISH 41263 (Lawrence, E. 338).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1959. Voucher specimen #BISH 41358 (Soakai, E. 398).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1967. Voucher specimen #BISH 22275 (Bristol, M.L. 1901).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1967. Voucher specimen #BISH 150645 (Smith, H.M. 123).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1969. Voucher specimen #BISH 81937 (Stoddart, D.R. 2313).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1979. Voucher specimen #BISH 618347 (N.L.H.Krauss 1619).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1983. Voucher specimen #BISH 553161 (Florence, J. 5559).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1990. Voucher specimen #BISH 642079 (Florence 10195).
Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 1992. Voucher specimen #BISH 654880 (Koyama, H. 8029).
Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce. 1979. A geographical checklist of the Micronesian dicotyledonae. Micronesica 15:1-295.
Holm, Leroy/Pancho, Juan V./Herberger, James P./Plucknett, Donald L. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 391 pp.
MacKee, H. S. 1994. Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 164 p.
McCormack, Gerald. 2007. Cook Islands biodiversity and natural heritage. On-line database.
Smith, Albert C. 1991. Flora Vitiensis nova: a new flora of Fiji. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. Volume 5. 626 pp.
Space, James C./Flynn, Tim. 2002. Report to the Government of the Cook Islands on invasive plant species of environmental concern. USDA Forest Service, Honolulu. 146 pp.
Space, James C./Waterhouse, Barbara M./Newfield, Melanie/Bull, Cate. 2004. Report to the Government of Niue and the United Nations Development Programme: Invasive plant species on Niue following Cyclone Heta. UNDP NIU/98/G31 - Niue Enabling Activity. 80 pp.
Swarbrick, John T. 1997. Weeds of the Pacific Islands. Technical paper no. 209. South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. 124 pp.
Sykes, W. R. 1970. Contributions to the flora of Niue. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 200, Wellington. 321 pp.
U. S. Government. 2006. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2007. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.
Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Revised edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication. University of Hawaii Press/Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1919 pp. (two volumes).
Welsh, S. L. 1998. Flora Societensis: A summary revision of the flowering plants of the Society Islands. E.P.S. Inc., Orem, Utah. 420 pp.
Whistler, W. A. 1988. Checklist of the weed flora of western Polynesia. Technical Paper No. 194, South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia. 69 pp.
Whistler, W. A. 1992. Flora of Tonga [unpublished checklist]. 107 pp.
Wydong, Michael/Hughes, Guy/Wood, K. R. 2007. New Hawaiian plant records for the island of Molokai. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Eldredge, Lucias G., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 2: Notes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96:1-8.
Yuncker, T. G. 1943. The flora of Niue Island. Bishop Mus. Bull. 178. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 126 pp.
Yuncker, T. G. 1959. Plants of Tonga. Bishop Museum Bull. 220. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 343 pp.