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Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta
soapbush

       
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Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

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Synonyms:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

  MEHI4 Melastoma hirtum L.
 

Related Taxa:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

View 23 genera in Melastomataceae, 4 species in Clidemia, 1 varieties in Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don
 

Classification:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Myrtales
Family Melastomataceae – Melastome family
Genus Clidemia D. Don – clidemia
Species Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don – soapbush
Variety Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta – soapbush
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Hawaii:
Koster's curse              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

Koster's curse
Clidemia hirta
Koster's curse
kaurasiga
kui
mbona na mbulamakau
roinisinga
soap bush

This plant and the related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
HEAR        USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don var. hirta

Clidemia hirta:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW FACU
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