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Bixa orellana
(Bixaceae)

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Species description or overview

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


Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Bixa orellana
Nomenclatural information about Bixa orellana is provided by ITIS.


Impacts

Bixa orellana (Bixaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Bixa orellana as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Images of Bixa orellana (Bixaceae) (annatto, achiote, alaea, alaea laau, kumauna)
Links to high-resolution free images of Bixa orellana (Bixaceae) (annatto, achiote, alaea, alaea laau, kumauna) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

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

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


Distribution

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


Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9.


Bibliography

References for Bixa orellana
Bibliographic references for Bixa orellana are provided by HEAR.


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