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Medinilla venosa
(Melastomataceae)

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HEAR CLOSING      HEAR CLOSING      HEAR CLOSING

A message from Dr. David Duffy, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU), University of Hawaii (posted 05 November 2012):

Because of a lack of funds, HEAR (www.hear.org) may close as soon as December 15, although there may be enough funds to extend it until February 15. This will mean several things. The web site will be placed on a new server although it is not clear who will pay for the server or for transitioning the site. HEAR data will not be updated. The Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (http://www.hear.org/pier/abtproj.htm) site will also become frozen, as will numerous books, reports and papers (http://www.hear.org/). As software evolves we will likely lose the ability to access the data. The various list servers will need new owners, otherwise moderated lists will cease to function altogether, while other lists will not be able to add or delete members. The photo collection (http://www.hear.org/starr/images/?o=plants) will remain accessible, but only through a third party site that will charge for access.

I should point out that we have already lost the original homes of both the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) and Pacific Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) although they have found temporary refuges. Together with HEAR, they represent the corporate memory both here in Hawaii and across the Pacific of efforts to sustain our natural ecosystems and agriculture against problems caused by species alien to the islands. HEAR also serves as the glue that holds the community together, providing information and facilitating communication. I just hope hindsight is kind to this decision.

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Species description or overview

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


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Medinilla venosa
Nomenclatural information about Medinilla venosa is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Medinilla venosa information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Medinilla venosa--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.

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

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


Impacts

Medinilla venosa (Melastomataceae): species information from GCW
Information on Medinilla venosa as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Images of Medinilla venosa (Melastomataceae) (medinilla)
Links to high-resolution free images of Medinilla venosa (Melastomataceae) (medinilla) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Medinilla venosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Medinilla venosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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


Distribution

Medinilla venosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Medinilla venosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Medinilla venosa information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Medinilla venosa--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) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
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.


Cited as invasive

Hawaii State DLNR/DOFAW cites Medinilla venosa (Melastomataceae) as a weedy species used in horticulture
Medinilla (Medinilla venosa) is on Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants list from the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife.


Full-text articles

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds.) . 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages.

Biological control potential of Miconia calvescens using three fungal pathogens
Killgore, Eloise M. 2002. Biological control potential of Miconia calvescens using three fungal pathogens. pp. 45-52 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.


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The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is currently funded by grants from the Hau'oli Mau Loa Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service with support from PCSU (UH Manoa). Historically, HEAR has also received funding and/or support from the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), PIERC (USGS), the USFWS, HCSU (UH Hilo), and HALE (NPS).

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