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Eugenia koolauensis
(Myrtaceae)

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Species description or overview

USFWS species report on Eugenia koolauensis
The is available online. A general description of the organism and information about its distribution in the U.S. (including territories and national wildlife refuges) is presented by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, along with links to other documentation regarding federal (endangered/threatened) status, recovery information, and additional resources.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Eugenia koolauensis
Nomenclatural information about Eugenia koolauensis is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Eugenia koolauensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Eugenia koolauensis--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.

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

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

Federal endangered/threatened status

USFWS species report on Eugenia koolauensis
The is available online. A general description of the organism and information about its distribution in the U.S. (including territories and national wildlife refuges) is presented by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, along with links to other documentation regarding federal (endangered/threatened) status, recovery information, and additional resources.

Eugenia koolauensis species profile from USFWS
A species profile for Eugenia koolauensis is provided by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, including links to information regarding the federal endangered/threatened status of this species.

Pests of this species

Ohia rust pest advisory (HDOA) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
A "new pest advisory" RE: ohia rust (Puccinia psidii), a rust which which affects the native Hawaiian forest tree ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) and many other species in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), was issued by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. This rust has wide host range including eucalyptus, paperbark tree, guava, rose apple, allspice, jaboticaba, Surinam cherry, species of Eugenia, and others in the family Myrtaceae. In other parts of the world, the rust is referred to as eucalyptus rust or guava rust.

An analysis of the risk of introduction of additional strains of the rust Puccinia psidii Winter (ohia rust) to Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This 2008 analysis of the risk of introduction of additional strains of the rust Puccinia psidii to Hawaii provided a basis for Hawaii Department of Agriculture's interim rule regulating importation of plant in the myrtle family, in place for 12 months after its enactment on August 28, 2007.

Distribution

Eugenia koolauensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Eugenia koolauensis--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.

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