Bikkia tetrandra unopened flower, GuamBikkia tetrandra ("siale tafa") on Tongatapu, Tonga.Bikkia tetrandra flower, Île des Pins, Southern Province, New Caledonia
Bikkia tetrandra has become a popular symbol of native ecology on the island of Guam.[4][5][6][7][8] Legislation was proposed twice on Guam, in 2014 and 2018, to make Bikkia tetrandra the official territorial flower, although both efforts failed.[9][10] The current territorial flower, the South American Bougainvillea, was introduced to Guam in 1910, and is now considered invasive on Guam.[11]
bikkia, tetrandra, chamorro, gausåli, herbaceous, member, family, rubiaceae, distinguished, white, square, shaped, flowers, native, papuasia, islands, western, pacific, including, caroline, islands, fiji, mariana, islands, caledonia, guinea, niue, solomon, isl. Bikkia tetrandra Chamorro gausali is an herbaceous member of the family Rubiaceae distinguished by its white square shaped flowers It is native to Papuasia and islands of the western Pacific including the Caroline Islands Fiji Mariana Islands New Caledonia New Guinea Niue Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu and Wallis Futuna Islands 2 The stems ignite easily and can be used to make torches or candles 3 Bikkia tetrandraScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder GentianalesFamily RubiaceaeGenus BikkiaSpecies B tetrandraBinomial nameBikkia tetrandra L f A Rich 1 Synonyms 1 Portlandia tetrandra L f Cormigonus tetrandus L f KuntzeBikkia australis var commersoniana DC Petesia carnosa Hook amp Arn Bikkia hombroniana Brongn Bikkia mariannensis Brongn Cormigonus mariannensis Brongn W WightBikkia comptonii S MooreBikkiopsis comptonii S Moore Baum Bod Bikkia tetrandra unopened flower GuamBikkia tetrandra siale tafa on Tongatapu Tonga Bikkia tetrandra flower Ile des Pins Southern Province New CaledoniaBikkia tetrandra has become a popular symbol of native ecology on the island of Guam 4 5 6 7 8 Legislation was proposed twice on Guam in 2014 and 2018 to make Bikkia tetrandra the official territorial flower although both efforts failed 9 10 The current territorial flower the South American Bougainvillea was introduced to Guam in 1910 and is now considered invasive on Guam 11 See also editList of endemic plants in the Mariana IslandsReferences edit a b Bikkia tetrandra World Checklist of Selected Plant Families WCSP Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Retrieved 16 April 2018 Bikkia tetrandra L f A Rich Plants of the World Online Kew Science Plants of the World Online Retrieved 2024 02 27 Raulerson Lynn 1992 Trees and Shrubs of the Mariana Islands Anderson Airforce Base Guam Visitor s Bureau sign 2023 Marianas Terrestrial Conservation Conference and Workshop Marianas Terrestrial Conservation Conference and Workshop Retrieved 2023 04 27 Division of Aquatic amp Wildlife Resources DAWR DOAG Retrieved 2023 04 27 IHFG I HAGAN FAMALAO AN GUAHAN Retrieved 2023 04 27 Facebook UOG Press Guam may make native plant its national flower AP NEWS Retrieved 2023 04 27 Post Tihu Lujan The Guam Daily Youth Congress proposes change to territorial flower The Guam Daily Post Retrieved 2023 04 27 McPherson Alan 2013 06 10 State Botanical Symbols AuthorHouse ISBN 978 1 4817 4885 8 nbsp This Cinchonoideae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bikkia tetrandra amp oldid 1211811678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
