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2025-010
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]p. 128Hawai‘i, treated as endemic, likely needs to be transferred to Achyranthes ) Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze [ruby leaf, Brazilian joyweed, alligator weed] nat O Mo † M ? Wagner
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Read484 pp.2019
2019-003
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 69. 203 pp.
p. 80single coll. in 1850s from unknown locality, likely no longer present], DESCR) Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze [ruby leaf, Brazilian joyweed, alligator weed] nat O Mo M? Wagner
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Read209 pp.2009
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2009: -10: PlantsEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110
p. 25Starr, Starr, & Higashino 080210-02 . Amaranthaceae Alternanthera brasiliana (l.) kuntze New island record Alternanthera brasiliana (ruby leaf, Brazilian joyweed, alligator weed) is native from mexico to Brazil
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey
Read40 pp.1995
1995-006
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994: notesEvenhuis, N.L. & S.E. Miller, editors · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 42: 1-68.
p. 14Hawaii Tropical Bot- anical Garden, 10 Jan 1990, Matayoshi s. n. (BISH). Amaranthaceae Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze The following collection represents a new naturalized record of Alternanthera brasiliana
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Read68 pp.1994
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 42
p. 14Hawaii Tropical Bot- anical Garden, 10 Jan 1990, Matayoshi s. n. (BISH). Amaranthaceae Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze The following collection represents a new naturalized record of Alternanthera brasiliana
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Read68 pp.2023
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2023: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155
p. 47growing ca. 5 m from a rocky shoreline in sandy soil with Alternanthera pungens , ca. 100 plants observed, <3 m, 21.182334, -158.123819, 13 Mar 2023, M.C. Ross
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Read204 pp.2017
2017-001
New plant records from Kaho‘olawe Island and Midway AtollStarr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L., Ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2016. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 119: 3-8.
p. 1housed in Bishop Museum’s Herbarium Pacificum (BISH), Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Amaranthaceae Alternanthera caracasana Kunth New island record this low-growing weed of dry disturbed areas in Hawai
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Read6 pp.2016
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2016: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 119
p. 5housed in Bishop Museum’s Herbarium Pacificum (BISH), Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Amaranthaceae Alternanthera caracasana Kunth New island record this low-growing weed of dry disturbed areas in Hawai
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Read39 pp.2015
2015-003
New plant records from Maui, Kaho`olawe, and Kaua`iStarr, F. & Starr, K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Miller, S.E. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2014. Part I: Articles. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 116: 23-25.
p. 1Megathyrsus maximus , 15 ft [49 m], 16 Jun 2013, Starr & Starr 130116-01 . Alternanthera pungens Kunth New island & new elevation record Previously reported from all the main Hawaiian
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Read3 pp.2014
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2014: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 116
p. 25Megathyrsus maximus , 15 ft [49 m], 16 Jun 2013, Starr & Starr 130116-01 . Alternanthera pungens Kunth New island & new elevation record Previously reported from all the main Hawaiian
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey
Read60 pp.2014
2014-001
Biological survey on a 10-acre parcel and adjacent areas, proposed land acquisition, Kahuluui, Maui, HawaiiPreston, D. & Imada, C. · Final report prepared for EKNA Services, Inc., Honolulu. 44 pp.
p. 26zones Cd Cf Ri Ww Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. nat - - r - AMARANTHACEAE (amaranth family) Alternanthera pungens Kunth khaki weed nat - - r - Amaranthus spinosus L. spiny amaranth nat - - o - Amaranthus
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Read52 pp.2013
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 117
p. 36Alsinidendron viscosum, 41: 30 Alstonia macrophylla, 48: 51; 78: 3; 87: 12 Alternanthera brasiliana, 42: 14; 110: 23 pungens, 59: 3; 64: 1; 69: 2; 69: 17 sessilis
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Read80 pp.2008
2008-004
Inventory of seabirds, plants, and arthropods on twenty offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsEijzenga, H. & Preston, D.J. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 43, 201 pp.
p. 51right of the landing and another south of C. equisetifolia stand. Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens (khaki weed), nat. Occasional, especially along the western edge of the islet, all plants
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Read214 pp.2007
2007-013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 2: notesEvenhuis, N.L. and Eldredge, L.G. (editors) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96, 73 pp.
p. 36supporting voucher specimens are on deposit at BISH, except as otherwise noted. Amaranthaceae Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC. New island record Previously reported as naturalized
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Read78 pp.2006
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96
p. 36supporting voucher specimens are on deposit at BISH, except as otherwise noted. Amaranthaceae Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC. New island record Previously reported as naturalized
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Read78 pp.2002
2002-011
Index to the Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for the years 1994 through 2000Evenhuis, N.L. · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 70, 44 p.
p. 22Alpinia zerumbet, 69: 15 Alsinidendron viscosum, 41: 30 Alstonia macrophylla, 48: 51 Alternanthera brasiliana, 42: 14 pungens, 59: 3; 64: 1; 69: 2; 69: 17 sessilis
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Read47 pp.2002
2002-009
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2000. Part 2: notesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 69, 52 p.
p. 4Distr., Lahaina Town, 6 m, 17 Jul 2000, Oppenheimer H70094 (BISH, PTBG). Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens Kunth New island record Khaki weed was previously known from O‘ahu, Moloka
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Read57 pp.2000
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2000: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 70
p. 22Alpinia zerumbet, 69: 15 Alsinidendron viscosum, 41: 30 Alstonia macrophylla, 48: 51 Alternanthera brasiliana, 42: 14 pungens, 59: 3; 64: 1; 69: 2; 69: 17 sessilis
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Read47 pp.2000
2000-021
Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘iStaples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 65: 35 p.
p. 17Aizoaceae Tetragonia tetragonioides A Aloeaceae Aloe vera V Amaranthaceae Alternanthera spp. U V Amaranthus dubius B? 36:362, 526–seeds spread in livestock manure, and by ants Amaranthus
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Read33 pp.2000
2000-017
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999. Part 2: NotesEvenhuis,N.L. & L.G. Eldredge, editors · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 64, 63 p.
p. 1Oppenheimer H119820; same date and locality, flowers white, Oppenheimer H119821 . Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens Kunth New island record Common on O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, and Hawai‘i (Wagner
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Read64 pp.1999
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64
p. 1Oppenheimer H119820; same date and locality, flowers white, Oppenheimer H119821 . Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens Kunth New island record Common on O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, and Hawai‘i (Wagner
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Read64 pp.1999
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: Part 2: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & L.G. Eldredge, eds · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 59: 1-55.
p. 3supplemental information published in succeeding years (Evenhuis & Miller, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998). Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens Kunth New island record This is a new island record for Khaki weed
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Read56 pp.1998
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 59
p. 3supplemental information published in succeeding years (Evenhuis & Miller, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998). Amaranthaceae Alternanthera pungens Kunth New island record This is a new island record for Khaki weed
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey
Read56 pp.1995
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Contributions to the Flora of Hawai‘i. III. Additions, range extensions, and rediscoveries of flowering plantsLorence, D.H., T.W. Flynn & W.L. Wagner · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 41: 19-58.
p. 3Chapin et al. 3 (PTBG). Amaranthaceae Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC This common weed of moist ground is also naturalized on Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii (Wagner
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