scholarly journals Clerodendrum paniculatum (pagoda flower).

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
Root Suckers

Abstract Clerodendrum paniculatum is a shrub which is widely cultivated as an ornamental for its spectacularly showy inflorescences. This species often establishes as a garden escapee. Its ability to produce root suckers allows the species to easily colonize new areas. Once established, it can form clonal stands of several plants. C. paniculatum is included in the Global Compendium of Weeds and listed as invasive in Singapore, Cuba, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Micronesia, Fiji, Palau, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Western Samoa.

The Decolonisation of the Pacific Islands

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 173-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Aldrich
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The United States ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
American Samoa ◽  
Caroline Islands ◽  
Foreign Control

At the end of the Second World War, the islands of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia were all under foreign control. The Netherlands retained West New Guinea even while control of the rest of the Dutch East Indies slipped away, while on the other side of the South Pacific, Chile held Easter Island. Pitcairn, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Fiji and the Solomon Islands comprised Britain's Oceanic empire, in addition to informal overlordship of Tonga. France claimed New Caledonia, the French Establishments in Oceania (soon renamed French Polynesia) and Wallis and Futuna. The New Hebrides remained an Anglo-French condominium; Britain, Australia and New Zealand jointly administered Nauru. The United States' territories included older possessions – the Hawaiian islands, American Samoa and Guam – and the former Japanese colonies of the Northern Marianas, Mar-shall Islands and Caroline Islands administered as a United Nations trust territory. Australia controlled Papua and New Guinea (PNG), as well as islands in the Torres Strait and Norfolk Island; New Zealand had Western Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. No island group in Oceania, other than New Zealand, was independent.

Drechslera incurvata. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Cocos Nucifera ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
New Hebrides

Abstract A description is provided for Drechslera incurvata. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Cocos nucifera. DISEASE: A leaf spot of young coconut (Cocos nucifera). The spots are at first small, oval, brown; enlarging and becoming pale buff in the centre with a broad, dark brown margin. In severe attacks the edges of leaves become extensively necrotic. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Apart from records from Jamaica and Seychelles the fungus has been reported only from S.E. Asia, Australasia and Oceania: British Solomon Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Malaysia (W., Sabah, Sarawak), New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Thailand. TRANSMISSION: Presumably air dispersed.

Meliola citricola. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Minter
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
Citrus Aurantiifolia

Abstract A description is provided for M. citricola. Information on the symptoms of the disease caused by this fungus, transmission, hosts (Citrus aurantiifolia, C. aurantium, C. decumana [C. maxima], C. grandis [C. maxima], C. maxima, C. medica, C. nobilis, C. paradisi, C. reticulata, C. sinensis, C. suhuiensis, Citrus sp. and Citrofortunella mitis [Citrus madurensis]) and geographical distribution (Brunei; Cambodia; China; Karnataka and West Bengal, India; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; Fiji; New Caledonia; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu; and Western Samoa) is included.

Pseudoperonospora cubensis. [Distribution map].

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
French Guiana ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Far East ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
American Samoa ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Pseudoperonospora Cubensis ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. & Curt.) Rostow. Hosts: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), melon (C. melo) and other Cucurbitaceae. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, ASIA, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, (general) (Manchuria), (Miura, Flora of Manchuria & E. Mongolia), Hong Kong, India (general), Indonesia (Java), Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Peninsular Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USSR (Armenia, Far East), AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia, (NT) Fiji, French, Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, EUROPE, Austria, Britain, (Essex) Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, (Sardinia), Netherlands, Poland, Romania, USSR, (Caucasus, Lithuania), Yugoslavia, NORTH AMERICA, Bermuda, Canada, (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec), Mexico, USA (general), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador St., Kitts St., Vincent, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina (Tucuman) Brazil (Amazonia, Minas Gerais, Rio do Sul., Sao Paulo, Tucuman), Colombia, French, Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Stigmina mangiferae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. D. Hyde
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Leaf Spot ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Samoa

Abstract A description is provided for Stigmina mangiferae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Mangifera indica. DISEASE: Leaf spot, black, angular and relatively small (0.5-6.0 mm diam.), each surrounded by a raised rim, and a wide greenish or yellowish halo. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Cook Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Taiwan, Tongo, Trinidad, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Samoa, Zambia. TRANSMISSION: By windborne conidia.

Tarophagus proserpina. [Distribution map].

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
American Samoa ◽  
Colocasia Esculenta ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Tarophagus proserpina (Kirkaldy). Hemiptera: Delphacidae. Host: taro (Colocasia esculenta). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Oceania (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu).

Fulvia fulva. [Distribution map].

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
Fulvia Fulva ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Fulvia fulva (Cooke) Ciferri. Hosts: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rodriguez Islands, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zimbabwe, ASIA, China, India (Maharastra, Madya Pradesh, Hyderabad, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kampuchea, Korea, Lebanon, Peninsular Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia, Fiji, French, Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, West Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, EUROPE, Belgium, Britain & Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Irish Republic, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USSR (Baltic States, Leningrad etc.,), NORTH AMERICA, Bermuda, Canada (general), Mexico, USA (incl. Alaska), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Barbados, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Salvador, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil (Amazonia), Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Distribution of the newly invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) in Thailand and its potential role as a paratenic host carrying Angiostrongylus malaysiensis larvae

2018 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 711-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Chaisiri ◽  
S. Dusitsittipon ◽  
N. Panitvong ◽  
T. Ketboonlue ◽  
S. Nuamtanong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Native Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Paratenic Host ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Terrestrial Biodiversity

AbstractInvasive species constitute one of the most serious threats to biodiversity and ecosystems, and they potentially cause economic problems and impact human health. The globally invasive New Guinea flatworm, Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae), has been identified as a threat to terrestrial biodiversity, particularly soil-dwelling native species (e.g. molluscs, annelids and other land planarians), and is listed among 100 of the world's worst invasive alien species. We report here, for the first time, P. manokwari occurrences in many locations throughout Thailand, using voluntary digital public participation from the social network portals associated with the Thailand Biodiversity Conservation Group and collections of living flatworm specimens. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences confirmed that all collected flatworms were P. manokwari and placed them in the “world haplotype” clade alongside other previously reported specimens from France, Florida (USA), Puerto Rico, Singapore, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands. In addition, infective stage larvae (L3) of the nematode Angiostrongylus malaysiensis were found in the flatworm specimens, with a 12.4% infection rate (15/121 specimens examined). Platydemus manokwari occurrence in Thailand and its capacity to carry L3 of Angiostrongylus should be of concern to biodiversity conservation and human health practitioners, because this invasive flatworm species may be involved in the life cycle of angiostrongylid worms in Thailand.

scholarly journals Genome Sequence Analysis of First Ross River Virus Isolate from Papua New Guinea Indicates Long-Term, Local Evolution

Viruses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Alice Michie ◽  
John S. Mackenzie ◽  
David W. Smith ◽  
Allison Imrie
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Febrile Illness ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Recent Common Ancestor ◽  
Ross River Virus ◽  
Most Recent Common Ancestor ◽  
Mean Time

Ross River virus (RRV) is the most medically significant mosquito-borne virus of Australia, in terms of human morbidity. RRV cases, characterised by febrile illness and potentially persistent arthralgia, have been reported from all Australian states and territories. RRV was the cause of a large-scale epidemic of multiple Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) from 1979 to 1980, involving at least 50,000 cases. Historical evidence of RRV seropositivity beyond Australia, in populations of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Indonesia and the Solomon Islands, has been documented. We describe the genomic characterisation and timescale analysis of the first isolate of RRV to be sampled from PNG to date. Our analysis indicates that RRV has evolved locally within PNG, independent of Australian lineages, over an approximate 40 year period. The mean time to most recent common ancestor (tMRCA) of the unique PNG clade coincides with the initiation of the PICTs epidemic in mid-1979. This may indicate that an ancestral variant of the PNG clade was seeded into the region during the epidemic, a period of high RRV transmission. Further epidemiological and molecular-based surveillance is required in PNG to better understand the molecular epidemiology of RRV in the general Australasian region.

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