Myrtales
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: Rosidae |
| Order: Myrtales |
| 5 Images of 2 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1624046 | miconia | Miconia calvescens | Called "green cancer" in Tahiti, has replaced over 70% of the native forest on that Pacific Island. |
| 1299143 | miconia | Miconia calvescens | |
| 1299160 | miconia | Miconia calvescens | underside of leaf |
| 1624042 | soapbush | Clidemia hirta | Native to the Neotropics, is an agressive invader of moist forests of many Pacific Islands. Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands in 1940, it covered 90,000 acres on Oahu by the late 1970s and has spread to Hawaii (by 1972), Molokai (1973), Maui (1976), Kauai (1982), and Lanai (1988). The primary mode of inter-island dispersal is believed to be in mud on boots. Several biological control agents show promise of limiting the further invasion on islands other than Oahu. |
| 1624047 | miconia | Miconia calvescens | on mountainside in Tahiti. |
