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Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume
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Symbol: MEVE3
Group: Dicot
Family: Melastomataceae
Growth Habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced

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State Distributional Map for MEVE3
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Plant Distribution by State

Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume

MEVE3

Hawaii

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Related Taxa:
Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume

View 24 genera in Melastomataceae, 3 species in Medinilla

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Classification:
Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
    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 Medinilla Gaud. – medinilla
                               Species Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume – holdtight

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Noxious Weed Information:
Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume
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.
Hawaii:
            Noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume
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This plant is considered invasive by 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 invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 43 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 
HEAR   USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information Index for Selected Alien Plants in Hawaii (http://www.hear.org, October 20, 1999). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
 

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Introduced Information:
Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

List of Invasive PlantsScientific Name = A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K| L| M| N| O| P| Q| R| S| T| U| V| W| X| Y| Z| all
List of Invasive PlantsCommon Name = A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K| L| M| N| O| P| Q| R| S| T| U| V| W| X| Y| Z| all
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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Medinilla venosa (Blume) Blume

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503730.

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    Alien Species in Hawaii: distribution map

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