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Plantago major
(Plantaginaceae)

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Species description or overview

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


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Plantago major
Nomenclatural information about Plantago major is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Plantago major information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Plantago major--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.

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

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


Impacts

Plantago major (Plantaginaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Plantago major as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Images

Images of Plantago major (Plantaginaceae) (broad-leaved or common plantain)
Links to high-resolution free images of Plantago major (Plantaginaceae) (broad-leaved or common plantain) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Plantago major information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Plantago major in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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


Distribution

Plantago major information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Plantago major in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Plantago major information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Plantago major--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.


Books

Weed handbook of Western Polynesia
Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. ISBN: 3-88085-227-8.

Weeds of the West
Whitson, Tom D., Larry C. Burrill, Steven A. Dewey, David W. Cudney, B.E. Nelson, Richard D. Lee, and Robert Parker. Whitson, Tom D. (ed.) . 2001. Weeds of the West. 9th ed. Laramie: University of Wyoming. ISBN: 0-941570-13-4.


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.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey
Starr, F. and K. Starr. 2006. Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.


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