Rhus sandwicensis (Anacardiaceae)

Species description or overview

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

Rhus sandwicensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Rhus 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.

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

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

Cultivation & propagation

Images

Rhus sandwicensis information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Rhus sandwicensis in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Rhus sandwicensis images from Native Plants Hawaii
Images of Rhus sandwicensis are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Rhus sandwicensis images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Rhus sandwicensis are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

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

Distribution

Rhus sandwicensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Rhus 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.

Full-text articles

Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds.) . 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages.

Host specificity and risk assessment of Heteroperryia hubrichi, a potential classical biological control agent of christmasberry (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Hawaii
Hight, Stephen D. 2002. Host specificity and risk assessment of Heteroperryia hubrichi, a potential classical biological control agent of christmasberry (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Hawaii. pp 30-44 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

Biological control of invasive plants in native Hawaiian ecosystems (synthesis and conclusions)
Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight. 2002. Biological control of invasive plants in native Hawaiian ecosystems (synthesis and conclusions). pp. 117-122 in 2002. Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight. pp. 117-122 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.

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