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Melochia umbellata
(Sterculiaceae)

gunpowder tree, melochia

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Species description or overview

Melochia umbellata information from CTAHR (Motooka et al.) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Melochia umbellata from "Weeds of Hawaii's pastures and natural areas: an identification and management guide" (Motooka et al. 2003) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).

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

Melochia umbellata on Maui (Hawaii, USA): species information View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This report on the species Melochia umbellata in Hawaii--with particular emphasis on its status on the island of Maui--includes information about the taxonomy, description, biology and ecology, distribution, control methods, and management recommendations, as well as references.

Melochia umbellata information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Melochia umbellata 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

GRIN nomenclature info for Melochia umbellata
Nomenclatural information about Melochia umbellata is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Melochia umbellata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Melochia umbellata--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.

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

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


Impacts

Melochia umbellata (Sterculiaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Melochia umbellata as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Risk assessments

Melochia umbellata weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Melochia umbellata for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.


Control methods

Melochia umbellata information from CTAHR (Motooka et al.) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Melochia umbellata from "Weeds of Hawaii's pastures and natural areas: an identification and management guide" (Motooka et al. 2003) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).


Images

Images of Melochia umbellata (Sterculiaceae) (melochia)
Links to high-resolution free images of Melochia umbellata (Sterculiaceae) (melochia) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Melochia umbellata information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Melochia umbellata in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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


Distribution

Melochia umbellata information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Melochia umbellata in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Plants of Hawaii: Melochia umbellata -- MAPS
taxonomic nomenclature, ITIS, Tetramolopium tenerrimum

Melochia umbellata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Melochia umbellata--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.

Melochia umbellata on Maui (Hawaii, USA): species information View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This report on the species Melochia umbellata in Hawaii--with particular emphasis on its status on the island of Maui--includes information about the taxonomy, description, biology and ecology, distribution, control methods, and management recommendations, as well as references.

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.


Books

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.


Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

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.

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.

Melochia umbellata on Maui (Hawaii, USA): species information View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This report on the species Melochia umbellata in Hawaii--with particular emphasis on its status on the island of Maui--includes information about the taxonomy, description, biology and ecology, distribution, control methods, and management recommendations, as well as references.


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