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Pisonia brunoniana
(Nyctaginaceae)

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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

Pisonia brunoniana information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Pisonia brunoniana 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 Pisonia brunoniana
Nomenclatural information about Pisonia brunoniana is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Pisonia brunoniana information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pisonia brunoniana--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.

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

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


Cultivation & propagation

Got Erosion? ... Plant!
Native species that can combat soil loss are the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 12/19/2003).


Images

Images of Pisonia brunoniana (Nyctaginaceae) (papala kepau)
Links to high-resolution free images of Pisonia brunoniana (Nyctaginaceae) (papala kepau) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Pisonia brunoniana information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pisonia brunoniana in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Pisonia brunoniana images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Pisonia brunoniana are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Pisonia brunoniana images by Karl Magnacca
Images of Pisonia brunoniana by Karl Magnacca are available online.


Distribution

Pisonia brunoniana information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pisonia brunoniana in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Pisonia brunoniana information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pisonia brunoniana--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.


Full-text articles

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.


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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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