Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

Urena lobata
(Malvaceae)

Congo jute, bur mallow, caesarweed, hibiscus burr, pink Chinese burr, pink burr, urena burr

image of Urena lobata image of Urena lobata image of Urena lobata
MORE IMAGES
HEAR home  >  species info  >  plants  >  Urena lobata (Malvaceae)
(hints)
Species description or overview Taxonomy & nomenclature Impacts Control methods
Images Distribution Books Full-text articles

Let us know if you have suggestions for additional references to add to this page.

Urena lobata is native to India and tropical Asia. 


Species description or overview

Urena lobata information from CTAHR (Motooka et al.) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Urena lobata from "Weeds of Hawaii's pastures and natural areas: an identification and management guide" (Motooka et al. 2003) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).

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


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Urena lobata
Nomenclatural information about Urena lobata is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Urena lobata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Urena lobata--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.

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

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


Impacts

Urena lobata (Malvaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Urena lobata as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).


Control methods

Urena lobata information from CTAHR (Motooka et al.) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Information about Urena lobata from "Weeds of Hawaii's pastures and natural areas: an identification and management guide" (Motooka et al. 2003) is provided by the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR).


Images

Urena lobata information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Urena lobata in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

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


Distribution

Urena lobata information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Urena lobata in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Urena lobata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Urena lobata--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.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
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.


Books

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.

Identification and biology of nonnative plants in Florida's natural areas (second edition)
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, and K.A. Craddock Burks. 2008. Identification and biology of nonnative plants in Florida's natural areas (second edition). The University of Florida IFAS Communication Services (Gainesville). 193+ pp. illus. ISBN: 978-0-916287-70-2.


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.

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.

Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide
Motooka, Philip, Luisa Castro, Duane Nelson, Guy Nagai, and Lincoln Ching. 2003. Weeds of Hawaii's Pastures and Natural Areas: An Identification and Management Guide. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (University of Hawaii--Manoa), Honolulu. 184 pp. color illus. ISBN: 1-929325-14-2.


PDF icon Some documents posted on the HEAR website are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If your computer is not already set up to read these files, you can download the FREE Adobe Acrobat reader. You can set up most web browsers to automatically invoke this reader (as a "helper application" or "add-in") upon encountering documents of this type (refer to your browser's documentation for how to do this). download Acrobat reader


The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) project was historically funded by the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) through PIERC (USGS) with support from HCSU (UH Hilo). More details are available online. Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)

species lists  ]    [  plants  ]    [  HEAR home  ]

Comments?  Questions?  Send e-mail to: webmaster@hear.org

The content of this page is based on information last generated on 07 August 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT. Valid HTML 4.01!