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Silybum marianum
(Asteraceae)

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Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Silybum marianum
Nomenclatural information about Silybum marianum is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

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

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

Impacts

Silybum marianum (Asteraceae): species information from GCW
Information on Silybum marianum as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Risk assessments

Silybum marianum weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Silybum marianum for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.

Images

Images of Silybum marianum (Asteraceae) (Mary's thistle)
Links to high-resolution free images of Silybum marianum (Asteraceae) (Mary's thistle) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Books

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.

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.

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.

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