Pisonia sandwicensis (Nyctaginaceae)

Species description or overview

Pisonia sandwicensis information from "Common forest trees of Hawaii" 
Information about Pisonia sandwicensis 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

Pisonia sandwicensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Pisonia sandwicensis--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 sandwicensis information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Pisonia sandwicensis, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Pisonia sandwicensis
Nomenclatural information about Pisonia sandwicensis 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

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

Distribution

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 16 October 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.