This table lists invasive and potentially invasive plant species profiled by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER) that occur on Kanathea Island. It includes those of environmental concern (including those that are probably of threat only to islands with high elevations) as well as agricultural and ruderal weeds. Each species is linked by its scientific name to an individual write-up containing relevant information.
The information in this table is based on the supporting data and may not represent the current situation. Note also there may be discrepancies among data presented at geographic resolutions (e.g., island vs. island group vs. country-territory-state levels), depending upon the reliability of the data at each level.
Species are listed in alphabetic order. You can browse this list or use the "find" function on your web browser to search by scientific name.
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| Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| Bothriochloa bladhii (Poaceae) | Andropogon bladhii Retz.; Andropogon intermedius R. Br.; Bothriochloa caucasica (Trin.) C.E. Hubbard; Dichanthium bladhii (Retz.) Clayton | grass | No |
| Chrysopogon aciculatus (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Cymbopogon refractus (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Echinochloa colona (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Eleocharis geniculata (Cyperaceae) | sedge | No | |
| Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae) | shrub | No | |
| Oplismenus hirtellus (Poaceae) | Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman; Oplismenus setarius (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. | grass | No |
| Panicum maximum (Poaceae) | Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs; Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R. Webster | grass | No |
| Samanea saman (Fabaceae) | Albizia saman (Jacaq.) F. v. Muell.; Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth. | tree | No |
| Spermacoce exilis (Rubiaceae) | Borreria repens DC.; Spermacoce mauritiana Gideon | herb | No |
| Spermacoce remota (Rubiaceae) | Borreria laevis sensu various authors.; Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav. | herb | No |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Urochloa subquadripara (Poaceae) | Brachiaria subquadripara (Trin.) Hitchc.; Panicum subquadriparum Trin.; Urochloa distachya (L.) T. Q. Nguyen | grass | No |