Hemigraphis alternata (Acanthaceae) cemetery plant, metal leaf, metallic plant, purple waffle plant, red ivy, red-flame ivy

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Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Hemigraphis alternata
Nomenclatural information about Hemigraphis alternata is provided by ITIS.

Hemigraphis alternata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Hemigraphis alternata--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.

Impacts

Risk assessments

Images

Hemigraphis alternata information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Hemigraphis alternata in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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

Distribution

Hemigraphis alternata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Hemigraphis alternata--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.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) 
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Full-text articles

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 15 September 2011 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.