Charpentiera obovata (Amaranthaceae)

Species description or overview

Charpentiera obovata information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" 
Information about Charpentiera obovata is presented with respect to this species being a forest tree in Hawaii. The information on this site is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) 1989 publication by Little and Skolmen entitled "Common forest trees of Hawaii (native and introduced)."

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Charpentiera obovata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Charpentiera obovata--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.

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

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

Cultivation & propagation

Got Erosion? ... Plant!
Native species that can combat soil loss are the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 12/19/2003).

In the Garden: Papala will attract much attention
Papala (Charpentiera obovata), called Hawaii's pyrotechnic plant, is the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 4/7/2006).

Images

Charpentiera obovata information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Charpentiera obovata in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Charpentiera obovata images from Native Plants Hawaii
Images of Charpentiera obovata are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Charpentiera obovata images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Charpentiera obovata are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Distribution

Charpentiera obovata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Charpentiera obovata--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.

Where to see this species

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 15 October 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.