Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2002 survey)
Appendix 5. Other invasive species by location
Table 5. Other invasive species present on Peleliu
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Habit |
| Acalypha lanceolata | Euphorbiaceae | herb | |
| **†Achyranthes aspera | chaff-flower, devil's horsewhip; prickly chaff-flower, louch beluu (Palau), louch el beluu (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| †Asclepias curassavica | bastard ipecac, blood flower, bloodflower milkweed, butterfly weed, false ipecac, milkweed | Asclepiadaceae | herb |
| Axonopus compressus | blanket grass, carpetgrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Bidens alba | beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs, romerillo | Asteraceae | herb |
| †Bidens pilosa | beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs | Asteraceae | herb |
| Blechum pyramidata | green shrimp plant, Browne’s blechum | Acanthaceae | herb |
| *Caladium bicolor | caladium, elephant's-ear, fancy-leaf caladium, heart-of-Jesus | Araceae | herb |
| *Catharanthus roseus | Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old-maid, rose periwinkle, rosy periwinkle | Apocynaceae | herb |
| Chamaesyce hirta | asthma plant, garden spurge, pill-bearing spurge, hairy spurge, udall (Palau) | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Chamaesyce hypericifolia | beach spurge, graceful spurge | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| †Coix lacryma-jobi | adlay, adlay millet, Job's-tears, demairuuch (Palau), tauiir (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| †Conyza bonariensis | flax-leaf fleabane, hairy fleabane, hairy horseweed, wavy-leaf fleabane | Asteraceae | herb |
| Conyza canadensis | butterweed, Canadian horseweed, Canadian fleabane, hogweed, horseweed | Asteraceae | herb |
| **†Cyperus cyperinus | long-headed sedge | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium | beach wiregrass, button grass, coast button grass, comb fringe grass, crowfoot grass, duck grass, finger comb grass | Poaceae | grass |
| *Datura metel | datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura, Hindu thorn-apple, hoary thorn-apple, horn-of-plenty, jimson-weed, purple thorn-apple | Solanaceae | herb |
| *Delonix regia | flame tree, flamboyant, poinciana, nangiosákura (Palau), nangiosikura (Palau), nangyo (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Desmodium incanum | kaimi clover, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | shrub |
| *Duranta erecta | duranta, golden dewdrop, pigeon-berry, sky-flower | Verbenaceae | shrub |
| Eclipta prostrata | eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, white eclipta, deberebelela tengadidik (Palau) | Asteraceae | herb |
| **†Eragrostis amabilis | Bug's egg grass, Japanese love grass, ouemoket (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Heliotropium procumbens | Boraginaceae | herb | |
| Imperata conferta | plume grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Lepidium virginicum | peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia pepperweed, wild peppercress | Brassicaceae | herb |
| **Ludwigia octovalvis | willow primrose, false primrose, yellow willow herb, erur (Palau) | Onagraceae | herb |
| Momordica charantia | balsam-apple, bitter-melon, bitter gourd, balsam pear, squirting cucumber, cerasee, peria, markoso (Palau), markosong (Palau) | Cucurbitaceae | vine |
| *Moringa oleifera | horseradish tree, drumstick tree, ben nut, morango, malungkai (Palau) | Moringaceae | tree |
| Oldenlandia corymbosa | Rubiaceae | herb | |
| *Opuntia sp. | drooping tree pear, prickly pear | Cactaceae | cactus |
| †Paspalum scrobiculatum | rice grass; creeping paspalum, ditch millet, Indian paspalum, kodo millet, water couch, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Peperomia pellucida | rtertiil (Palau) | Piperaceae | herb |
| Phyla nodiflora | fogfruit, lippia, phyla | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Phyllanthus amarus | ukalla ruchel (Palau) | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Physalis angulata | annual ground cherry, bubeubedul (Palau) | Solanaceae | herb |
| †Physalis minima | sunberry | Solanaceae | herb |
| Pilea microphylla | artillery plant, gunpowder plant, pistol plant, rockweed | Urticaceae | herb |
| Polygala paniculata | island snake-root, keskus ra mekesong (Palau) | Polygalaceae | herb |
| **†Polygonum minus | smartweed | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Portulaca oleracea | pigweed, purslane | Portulacaceae | herb |
| Pseuderanthemum carruthersii | Acanthaceae | shrub | |
| Scoparia dulcis | scoparia, sweet broom | Scrophulariaceae | herb |
| Sida rhombifolia | arrow-leaf sida, Cuban jute, Paddy's lucerne, Queensland-hemp, teaweed, keak (Palau) | Malvaceae | shrub |
| Spermacoce assurgens | buttonweed, okulabeluu (Palau) | Rubiaceae | herb |
| †Spermacoce ernstii | Rubiaceae | herb | |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis | bastard vervain, blue porterweed, Brazilian tea, Jamaica vervain, joee, light blue snakeweed, louch beluu (Palau) | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Synedrella nodiflora | Cinderella weed (Australia), porter bush, synedrella | Asteraceae | herb |
| Tridax procumbens | coat buttons, tridax daisy | Asteraceae | herb |
| **Vernonia cinerea | ironweed, little ironweed, vernonia | Asteraceae | herb |
*Cultivated
**Native/Micronesian introduction
†Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979)
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