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Asclepias physocarpa
(Asclepiadaceae)
balloon plant

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Species description or overview Taxonomy & nomenclature Impacts Control methods Images
Distribution Where to see this species Books Full-text articles Bibliography

Species description or overview

Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Asclepias physocarpa
Nomenclatural information about Asclepias physocarpa is provided by ITIS.

Impacts

Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Asclepias physocarpa (Asclepiadaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Asclepias physocarpa as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Control methods

Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Images

Images of Asclepias physocarpa (Asclepiadaceae) (balloon plant)
Links to high-resolution free images of Asclepias physocarpa (Asclepiadaceae) (balloon plant) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Asclepias physocarpa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Asclepias physocarpa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Distribution

Asclepias physocarpa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Asclepias physocarpa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Asclepias physocarpa as a weed in Hawaii is presented by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawai).

Where to see this species

Kahoolawe (Kanaloa): natural areas of Hawaii  new posting 
Forest and Kim Starr provide information about the island of Kahoolawe as a natural area in Hawaii. Links to additional resources are provided, as well as links to images of plant species found on Kahoolawe.

Books

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.

Bibliography

References for Asclepias physocarpa
Bibliographic references for Asclepias physocarpa are provided by HEAR.

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