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

GRIN nomenclature info for Pimenta dioica
Nomenclatural information about Pimenta dioica is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

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

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

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

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
In April 2005, the rust fungus Puccinia psidii (most widely known as guava rust or eucalyptus rust) was found in Hawaii. It is important to ecosystem conservation and commercial forestry that additional rust strains or genotypes be prevented from establishing in Hawaii.

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.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Pimenta dioica
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

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

Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Pimenta dioica
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

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

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