Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

Pimenta dioica
(Myrtaceae)
allspice, pimento

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Species description or overview

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

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Pimenta dioica
Nomenclatural information about Pimenta dioica is provided by ITIS.

Impacts

Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Pimenta dioica as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Pests of this species

Puccinia psidii on allspice and related plants View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Guava rust was discovered on an allspice tree in Miami in 1977 and later in other areas of Florida. These incidences represent the first reports of Puccinia psidii on the North American continent. Images, symptoms, and disease development are provided (Bureau of Plant Pathology, Florida, 1985).

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.

Images

Images of Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae) (all spice)
Links to high-resolution free images of Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae) (all spice) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Pimenta dioica information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Pimenta dioica in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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

Distribution

Pimenta dioica information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Pimenta dioica in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Plants of Hawaii: Pimenta dioica -- MAPS
USDA/ITIS (http://www.itis.usda.gov/)

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