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Eragrostis curvula
(Poaceae)

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Species description or overview

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


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Eragrostis curvula
Nomenclatural information about Eragrostis curvula is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Eragrostis curvula information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Eragrostis curvula--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.

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

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


Impacts

Eragrostis curvula (Poaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Eragrostis curvula as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Images of Eragrostis curvula (Poaceae) (eragrostis)
Links to high-resolution free images of Eragrostis curvula (Poaceae) (eragrostis) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

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


Distribution

Eragrostis curvula information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Eragrostis curvula--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

Kahoolawe (Kanaloa): natural areas of Hawaii
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

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.

Grasses of the Hawaiian ranges (book)
A complete list of all species covered in Grasses of the Hawaiian ranges (Whitney, Hosaka, and Ripperton, 1939) is presented, along with a complete bibliographic citation. This book "describes and illustrates 103 of the most important grasses in Hawaii.... There are many grasses, either recently introduced or slow to become acclimatized, that have not yet established themselves on the ranges; these are not here included. Species that are found outside the general range areas, as in summit bogs, forest reserves, and national parks, are also omitted. Keys to the tribes and genera [are also included." ([adapted] from the book's introduction)


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.


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