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Tribulus cistoides

Puncture Weed

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Puncture Weed

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Africa - Asia - New Guinea - ne.Australia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Potential weed - moderate; Injurous spines - moderate

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: -    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
+
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Tribulus cistoides Linnaeus
SYNONYMS: Kalstroemia cistoides

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Sapindales; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.1343 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.477 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.3/579 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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