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Asparagus asparagoides
(Liliaceae)

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HEAR CLOSING      HEAR CLOSING      HEAR CLOSING

A message from Dr. David Duffy, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU), University of Hawaii (posted 05 November 2012):

Because of a lack of funds, HEAR (www.hear.org) may close as soon as December 15, although there may be enough funds to extend it until February 15. This will mean several things. The web site will be placed on a new server although it is not clear who will pay for the server or for transitioning the site. HEAR data will not be updated. The Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (http://www.hear.org/pier/abtproj.htm) site will also become frozen, as will numerous books, reports and papers (http://www.hear.org/). As software evolves we will likely lose the ability to access the data. The various list servers will need new owners, otherwise moderated lists will cease to function altogether, while other lists will not be able to add or delete members. The photo collection (http://www.hear.org/starr/images/?o=plants) will remain accessible, but only through a third party site that will charge for access.

I should point out that we have already lost the original homes of both the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) and Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) although they have found temporary refuges. Together with HEAR, they represent the corporate memory both here in Hawaii and across the Pacific of efforts to sustain our natural ecosystems and agriculture against problems caused by species alien to the islands. HEAR also serves as the glue that holds the community together, providing information and facilitating communication. I just hope hindsight is kind to this decision.

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Species description or overview

Asparagus asparagoides information from PIER
Information on Asparagus asparagoides as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Asparagus asparagoides
Nomenclatural information about Asparagus asparagoides is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Asparagus asparagoides information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Asparagus asparagoides--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Asparagus asparagoides information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Asparagus asparagoides, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Asparagus asparagoides
Nomenclatural information about Asparagus asparagoides is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Impacts

Asparagus asparagoides (Liliaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Asparagus asparagoides as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Images of Asparagus asparagoides (Liliaceae) (smilax, bridal creeper)
Links to high-resolution free images of Asparagus asparagoides (Liliaceae) (smilax, bridal creeper) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Asparagus asparagoides information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Asparagus asparagoides in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Asparagus asparagoides images from PIER
Images of Asparagus asparagoides provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).


Distribution

Asparagus asparagoides information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Asparagus asparagoides in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Asparagus asparagoides information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Asparagus asparagoides--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

New plant records for the Hawaiian Archipelago (2001) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
New island records, new state records, and range extensions of plants located on Midway Atoll, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii, State of Hawaii are in this report.


Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.


Full-text articles

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

New plant records from the Hawaiian archipelago
Starr, Forest, Kim Martz, and Lloyd L. Loope. 2002. New plant records from the Hawaiian archipelago. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Eldredge, Lucius G., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2000. Part 2: Notes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 69:16-27.


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The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is currently funded by grants from the Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service with support from PCSU (UH Manoa). Historically, HEAR has also received funding and/or support from the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), PIERC (USGS), the USFWS, HCSU (UH Hilo), and HALE (NPS).

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