Plants on which Pink Hibiscus Mealybugs

have been found in Florida

July 23, 2004

Scientific Name

Common Names

#  Samplesa

Acalypha ostryifolia Riddell

pineland threeseed mercury

1

Acalypha wilkesiana Muell. Arg.

Jacob's coat; copperleaf; beefsteak plant

 4 Moderate

Allamanda violacea Gardner & Fielding

purple allamanda

Alternanthera ficoidea R. Br. ex Roum. & Schult

Joseph's-coat

4 Severe

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

common ragweed

1 Moderate

Annona muricata L

soursop, guanabana

1 Severe

Annona squamosa L.

sugar apple; custard apple; sweetsop

1

Baccharis halimifolia L.

salt bush, groundsel bush

1 Slight

Baccharis sp.

salt bush, groundsel bush

1 Moderate

Bauhinia sp.

 

5 Moderate

Bidens sp.

beggarticks

1

Bidens alba (L.) DC.

beggarticks, romerillo, Spanish needle

1` Moderate

Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urban

Browne's blechum

Moderate

Bucida buceras L.

black olive, gregory wood

1 Moderate

Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg.

gumbo limbo; West Indian birch

1 Moderate 

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.)Sw.   

Pride-of-Barbados; dwarf poinciana

1

Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.

powderpuff

2 Moderate

Calophyllum sp.

 

8 Moderate

Calophyllum antillanum Britton 

Santa Maria, mast wood, Alexandrian laurel; beauty leaf

5 Moderate to Severe

Calophyllum inophyllum L. 

Alexandrian laurel, indiapoon, beauty-leaf

2 Moderate

Cestrum diurnum   L.

day-blooming jasmine

1

Citrus sp.  

1 Moderate

Citrus paradisi Macf. grapefruit

1 Moderate

Clerodendrum bungei Steud.

rose glorybower; strong scented glorybower

1

Coccoloba diversifolia Jacq.

pigeon plum, tietongue

1

Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L.

seagrape

2

Cocos nucifera L.

coconut palm

1

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

false daisy

1

Erythrina variegata L.

coral tree

1 Severe

Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam.) Small

dogfennel

1

Ficus aurea Nutt.

Florida strangler fig

1

Gossypium hirsutum L.

upland cotton, wild cotton

1

Hamelia patens Jacq.

scarletbush, firebush

2 Severe

Helianthemum nashii Britt.

Florida scrub frostweed

1 Severe

Hibiscus sp.

 

37 Severe

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

hibiscus

544 Severe

Ixora sp.

 

1 Severe

Ixora coccinea L.

ixora, flame-of-the-jungle

6 Moderate

Jasminum multiflorum (Burm. f.) Andr. star jasmine

1 Moderate

Liatris sp.

a blazing star, a gay feather

1 Moderate

Livistona chinensis (Jacq.) R. Br. ex Mart

Chinese fan, fountain palm

1 Moderate

Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven

Mexican primrose-willow

1 Moderate

Ludwigia peruviana (L.) Hara

Peruvian primrose-willow

1 Moderate

Momoridica charantia

balsam pear

1

Myrica cerifera

wax myrtle

2

Philodendron sp.

Xandu philodendron

1 Moderate

Pittosporum tobira (Thumb) Ait. f. ‘Variegata’

variegated pittosporum

1 Moderate

Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

sweetscent, stinky plant

1

Polyscias sp.  

1

Pongamia pinnata

karum tree; poonga-oil tree; pongam

1 Moderate

Portulaca sp.

purslane

2 Moderate

Schefflera sp.

 

unknown

Schefflera arboricola (Hayata) Merrill

dwarf schefflera

7 Severe

Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi

Brazilian peppertree; Florida holly, Christmas berry

1 Severe

Senna sp.

cassia

2 Severe

Senna polyphylla

desert cassia, retama prieta

4 Moderate

Senna surattensis (Burm. f.) Irwin & Barneby

glossy shower

1 Severe

Sida sp.

fanpetals

1

Solanum viarum Dunal

tropical soda-apple; Sodom apple, apple-of-Sodom

1

Spermacoce verticillata L.

shrubby false buttonweed

1 Severe

Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem

Confederate jasmine; Star jasmine

2 Moderate

Trema micranthum (L.) Blume

Florida trema; nettletree

57 Severe

Viburnum sp.

viburnum

Viburnum odoratissimum

mirror leaf viburnum

3 Moderate

 

Data obtained from Nancy G. Croley

Dr. Greg S. Hodges is currently responsible for the identification of mealybug samples and without him, this table would not be possible.

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Division of Plant Industry

 

a Numbers represent positive samples identified by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  Samples are often submitted with a qualifier that describes the level of infestation.  These qualifiers are slight, moderate, moderate to server and server.  In the table I have added the highest qualifier given for the each plant after the sample numbers.  If the number has nothing after it, the sample was rated as "slight". 

 

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