Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

Canna indica
(Cannaceae)
African arrowroot, Indian shot, arrowroot, canna, edible canna, purple arrowroot, red canna, wild canna

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Species description or overview

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

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Canna indica
Nomenclatural information about Canna indica is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Canna indica
Nomenclatural information about Canna indica is provided by ITIS.

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

Impacts

Canna indica (Cannaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Canna indica as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Canna indica (Cannaceae) (Indian shot, canna)
Links to high-resolution free images of Canna indica (Cannaceae) (Indian shot, canna) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Canna indica
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

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

Herbarium specimens

Images of voucher specimens for Canna indica from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA)
Images of voucher specimens of Canna indica from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA) are available online.

Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Canna indica
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

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. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

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