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Bixa orellana
(Bixaceae)

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Species description or overview

Bixa orellana information from PIER
Information on Bixa orellana as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Bixa orellana
Nomenclatural information about Bixa orellana is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Bixa orellana
Nomenclatural information about Bixa orellana is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Bixa orellana
Nomenclatural information about Bixa orellana is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Bixa orellana (Bixaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Bixa orellana as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Bixa orellana (Bixaceae) (annatto, achiote, alaea, alaea laau, kumauna)
Links to high-resolution free images of Bixa orellana (Bixaceae) (annatto, achiote, alaea, alaea laau, kumauna) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Bixa orellana
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Bixa orellana images from PIER
Images of Bixa orellana provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Bixa orellana
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants  new posting 
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Bibliography

References for Bixa orellana
Bibliographic references for Bixa orellana are provided by HEAR.

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