Scaevola taccada
(Goodeniaceae)
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Scaevola taccada
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Scaevola taccada is native to East Africa to India, southeast Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands (including Hawaii).
Scaevola taccada information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Scaevola taccada--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.
Scaevola taccada information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Scaevola taccada, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
IPNI nomenclature info for Scaevola taccada
Nomenclatural information about Scaevola taccada is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
Best native plants for landscapes 
Endemic and indigenous Hawaiian plants used in landscapes are pictured in this publication from the University of Hawaii.
Images of Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae) (naupaka)
Links to high-resolution free images of Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae) (naupaka) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.
Scaevola taccada images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Scaevola taccada are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.
Kaena Point natural area reserve ecosystem restoration project
The resources of Kaena, and threats to the wildlife, are depicted on this US Fish and Wildlife site.
A nature walk to Kaena Point
Arrigoni, Edward. 1978. A nature walk to Kaena Point. Honolulu: Topgallant Publishing Co., Ltd. ISBN: 0-914916-30-0.
Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.
Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Wood K. 2006. Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, 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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