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Family: Acanthaceae Taxon: Hypoestes phyllostachya Synonym: Hypoestes sanguinolenta hort. Common Name: flamingo plant freckle face measlesplant pink dot polka dot plant Questionaire : current 20090513 Assessor: Chuck Chimera Designation: H(HPWRA) Status: Assessor Approved Data Entry Person: Chuck Chimera WRA Score 20 101 Is the species highly domesticated? y=-3, n=0 n 102 Has the species become naturalized where grown? y=1, n=-1 103 Does the species have weedy races? y=1, n=-1 201 Species suited to tropical or subtropical climate(s) - If island is primarily wet habitat, then (0-low; 1-intermediate; 2- High substitute "wet tropical" for "tropical or subtropical" high) (See Appendix 2) 202 Quality of climate match data (0-low; 1-intermediate; 2- High high) (See Appendix 2) 203 Broad climate suitability (environmental versatility) y=1, n=0 y 204 Native or naturalized in regions with tropical or subtropical climates y=1, n=0 y 205 Does the species have a history of repeated introductions outside its natural range? y=-2, ?=-1, n=0 y 301 Naturalized beyond native range y = 1*multiplier (see y Appendix 2), n= question 205 302 Garden/amenity/disturbance weed n=0, y = 1*multiplier (see Appendix 2) 303 Agricultural/forestry/horticultural weed n=0, y = 2*multiplier (see n Appendix 2) 304 Environmental weed n=0, y = 2*multiplier (see y Appendix 2) 305 Congeneric weed n=0, y = 1*multiplier (see y Appendix 2) 401 Produces spines, thorns or burrs y=1, n=0 n 402 Allelopathic y=1, n=0 403 Parasitic y=1, n=0 n 404 Unpalatable to grazing animals y=1, n=-1 405 Toxic to animals y=1, n=0 n 406 Host for recognized pests and pathogens y=1, n=0 n 407 Causes allergies or is otherwise toxic to humans y=1, n=0 n 408 Creates a fire hazard in natural ecosystems y=1, n=0 n 409 Is a shade tolerant plant at some stage of its life cycle y=1, n=0 y Print Date: 10/22/2012 Hypoestes phyllostachya (Acanthaceae) Page 1 of 8 410 Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions (or limestone conditions if not a volcanic island) y=1, n=0 y 411 Climbing or smothering growth habit y=1, n=0 n 412 Forms dense thickets y=1, n=0 y 501 Aquatic y=5, n=0 n 502 Grass y=1, n=0 n 503 Nitrogen fixing woody plant y=1, n=0 n 504 Geophyte (herbaceous with underground storage organs -- bulbs, corms, or tubers) y=1, n=0 n 601 Evidence of substantial reproductive failure in native habitat y=1, n=0 n 602 Produces viable seed y=1, n=-1 y 603 Hybridizes naturally y=1, n=-1 604 Self-compatible or apomictic y=1, n=-1 y 605 Requires specialist pollinators y=-1, n=0 n 606 Reproduction by vegetative fragmentation y=1, n=-1 y 607 Minimum generative time (years) 1 year = 1, 2 or 3 years = 0, 1 4+ years = -1 701 Propagules likely to be dispersed unintentionally (plants growing in heavily trafficked y=1, n=-1 y areas) 702 Propagules dispersed intentionally by people y=1, n=-1 y 703 Propagules likely to disperse as a produce contaminant y=1, n=-1 y 704 Propagules adapted to wind dispersal y=1, n=-1 y 705 Propagules water dispersed y=1, n=-1 y 706 Propagules bird dispersed y=1, n=-1 n 707 Propagules dispersed by other animals (externally) y=1, n=-1 n 708 Propagules survive passage through the gut y=1, n=-1 801 Prolific seed production (>1000/m2) y=1, n=-1 802 Evidence that a persistent propagule bank is formed (>1 yr) y=1, n=-1 803 Well controlled by herbicides y=-1, n=1 y 804 Tolerates, or benefits from, mutilation, cultivation, or fire y=1, n=-1 y 805 Effective natural enemies present locally (e.g. introduced biocontrol agents) y=-1, n=1 Designation: H(HPWRA) WRA Score 20 Print Date: 10/22/2012 Hypoestes phyllostachya (Acanthaceae) Page 2 of 8 Supporting Data: 101 2005. Staples, G.W./Herbst, D.R.. A Tropical [Is the species highly domesticated? No evidence] Garden Flora - Plants Cultivated in the Hawaiian Islands and Other Tropical Places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, HI 102 2012. WRA Specialist. Personal Communication. NA 103 2012. WRA Specialist. Personal Communication. NA 201 2012. USDA ARS National Genetic Resources [Species suited to tropical or subtropical climate(s) 2-High] "Native: Africa - Program. Germplasm Resources Information Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar" Network - (GRIN). http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi- bin/npgs/html/index.pl 202 2012. USDA ARS National Genetic Resources [Quality of climate match data 2-High] Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi- bin/npgs/html/index.pl 203 2008. Gargiullo, M.B./Magnuson, B.L/Kimball, [Broad climate suitability (environmental versatility)?Yes] "Altitude: Sea level to L.D.. A Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica. 2000 m" [Environmentally versatile. Elevation range exceeds 1000 m] Oxford University Press US, New York, NY 204 2012. USDA ARS National Genetic Resources [Native or naturalized in regions with tropical or subtropical climates? Yes] Program. Germplasm Resources Information "Native: Africa - Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar" Network - (GRIN). http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi- bin/npgs/html/index.pl 205 2004. Meyer, J-Y./Lavergne, C.. Beautés fatales : [Does the species have a history of repeated introductions outside its natural Acanthaceae species as invasive alien plants on range? Yes] "Acanths are widely used in horticulture for their numerous flowers or tropical Indo-Pacific Islands. Diversity and bracts with showy colours and/or for their variegated or bicolorous foliage (e.g. Distributions. 10: 333-347. Graptophyllum pictum , Hypoestes phyllostachya ,.." 205 2005. Staples, G.W./Herbst, D.R.. A Tropical [Does the species have a history of repeated introductions outside its natural Garden Flora - Plants Cultivated in the Hawaiian range? Yes] "Native to Madagascar, polka-dot plant is grown worldwide as an Islands and Other Tropical Places. Bishop ornamental." Museum Press, Honolulu, HI 301 1997. Liogier, H.A.. Descriptive Flora of Puerto [Naturalized beyond native range? Yes] "Cultivated in P.R., naturalized in Rico and Adjacent Islands: Spermatophyta, Maricao." Volume V. Acanthaceae to Compositae. La Editorial, UPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico 301 1999. Herbst, D.R./Wagner, W.L.. Contributions [Naturalized beyond native range? Yes] "The following collection is the first record to the flora of Hawai‘i. VII. Bishop Museum of the species as naturalized in Hawai‘i. The mother plant is growing in an Occasional Papers. 58: 12-36. abandoned garden of a tenant farmer who had leased the land from Amy Greenwell to grow coffee. It apparently is at least sparingly naturalized as there are many seedlings in the area. The species also is cultivated as an ornamental on Kaua‘i and O‘ahu but is not known to have escaped on either of these islands. Material examined. HAWAI‘I: South Kona District, Amy B.H. Greenwell Garden, Captain Cook, ca. 1500 ft, 19 May 1990, Botany Dept. sub G. Staples 625 (BISH)." 301 2004. Meyer, J-Y./Lavergne, C.. Beautés fatales : [Naturalized beyond native range? Yes] "The herb Hypoestes phyllostachya, Acanthaceae species as invasive alien plants on widely cultivated as a houseplant and in gardens in warm temperate areas, has tropical Indo-Pacific Islands. Diversity and escaped cultivation and is naturalized in Norfolk Is. (Wilson, 1994). It is also Distributions. 10: 333-347. recorded as naturalized in La Réunion along the trails in a semidry forest (J. Dupont, pers. comm. 2003) and subspontaneous in a human-disturbed area at 800 m elevation (Cadet N°3607, 2 April 1972, [STCR]), and more recently in Hawaii (Wagner & Herbst, 1999)." 301 2008. Foxcroft, L.C./Richardson, D.M./Wilson, [Naturalized beyond native range? Yes] "Table 2 Ornamental alien plant species J.R.U.. Ornamental Plants as Invasive Aliens: recorded per camp in the Kruger National Park, indicating the number of camps Problems and Solutions in Kruger National Park, in which each species has been recorded, as well as mode of introduction" South Africa. Environmental Management. 41: [Hypoestes phyllostachya - Evidence of naturalization? = Yes] 32–51. 301 2012. Daniel, T.F./Véliz P., M.E./Kriebel, R.. New [Naturalized beyond native range? Yes] "This commonly cultivated species is distribution records of Acanthaceae in native to Madagascar. Daniel (2010) noted that it has become naturalized in at Guatemala. Phytoneuron. 79: 1-5. least six departments of Guatemala: Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Escuintla, Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, and San Marcos. The species, which sometimes forms an extensive ground cover, continues to increase its range in the American tropics." Print Date: 10/22/2012 Hypoestes phyllostachya (Acanthaceae) Page 3 of 8 301 2012. Queensland Government. Weeds of [Naturalized beyond native range? Yes] "Widely naturalised in the coastal Australia - Polkadot plant - Hypoestes districts of eastern Australia (i.e. in coastal southern, central and northern phyllostachya. Queensland and in the coastal northern New South Wales). Also naturalised on http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/0303 Norfolk Island and possibly naturalised in the coastal districts of central New 0800-0b07-490a-8d04- South Wales." 0605030c0f01/media/Html/Hypoestes_phyllostach ya.htm [Accessed 19 Oct 2012] 302 1995. Sheat, B./Schofield, G.. Complete [Garden/amenity/disturbance weed? A disturbance weed with environmental Gardening in Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, impacts] "Though this plant will thrive outdoors in temperate and subtropical Cape Town, South Africa areas, do not be tempted to plant it outside for it luxuriates and spreads like a weed and, once established, is difficult to eradicate. 302 2010. CSIRO. Australian Tropical Rainforest [Garden/amenity/disturbance weed? A disturbance weed with environmental Plants Edition 6 [online database] - Hypoestes impacts] "Usually grows as a weed in gardens but also found in disturbed areas phyllostachya.