Taxon: Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*, HI*°, OR*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• biddy-biddy   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• bidgee-widgee   (Source: F SAust )
  
• New Zealand-bur   (Source: L NWeeds Hawaii )
  
• piripiri   (Source: State Noxweed Seed )
  
• pirri-pirri-bur   (Source: BSBI )
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Eur Gard F)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust)
  

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
  New Zealand: New Zealand

References:

• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
• Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993–. Flora of Victoria. (F Victoria)
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSWales)
• Hawaii Department of Agriculture. 1992. List of plant species designated as noxious weeds for eradication or control purposes. (L NWeeds Hawaii)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. (F SAust)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) ["novae-zelandica"].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Parsons, M. J. et al. 1995. Current names for wild plants in New Zealand. (L NZeal)
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
• Symon, D. E. et al. 2000. Diversity of Acaena (Rosaceae) in South Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 19:55–73.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F) ["novaezelandiae"].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Acaena novae-zelandiae.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Acaena novae-zelandiae. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Acaena novae-zelandiae Kirk:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316530 (21 November 2009)

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