Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae)

Tithonia diversifolia
(Asteraceae)
Japanese sunflower, Mexican sunflower, shrub sunflower, sunflower, tree marigold

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Species description or overview

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

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Tithonia diversifolia
Nomenclatural information about Tithonia diversifolia is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Tithonia diversifolia
Nomenclatural information about Tithonia diversifolia is provided by ITIS.

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

Impacts

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

Images

Images of Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae) (tree marigold)
Links to high-resolution free images of Tithonia diversifolia (Asteraceae) (tree marigold) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Tithonia diversifolia
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

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

Distribution

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000)
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

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. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens
Dawson, Wayne, Ahmed S. Mndolwa, David F. R. P. Burslem, and Philip E. Hulme. 2008. Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens. Biodiversity Conservation. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. ISBN: (unknown or N/A). ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Bibliography

References for Tithonia diversifolia
Bibliographic references for Tithonia diversifolia are provided by HEAR.

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