Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in the Cook Islands
Appendix 3. Invasive species present in American Samoa, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawai‘i, Samoa or Tonga but not present in the Cook Islands
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Barleria lupulina |
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Calliandra calothyrsus |
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Castilla elastica |
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Casuarina glauca |
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Cecropia peltata |
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Cenchrus ciliaris |
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Clausena excavata |
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Cortaderia jubata |
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Corynocarpus laevigatus |
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Cryptostegia grandiflora |
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Cupaniopsis anacardioides |
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Digitaria insularis |
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Dillenia suffruticosa |
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Flindersia brayleyana |
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Funtumia elastica |
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Haematoxylum campechianum |
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Heliocarpus popayanensis |
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Heterocentron subtriplinervium |
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Jatropha gossypiifolia |
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Kunzea ericoides |
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Kyllinga polyphylla |
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Melinis minutiflora |
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Neonotonia wightii |
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Paederia foetida |
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Panicum repens |
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Parkinsonia aculeata |
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Paspalum fimbriatum |
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Passiflora caerulea |
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Pittosporum viridiflorum |
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Plectranthus amboinicus |
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Prosopis spp. |
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Psidium guineense |
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Pueraria montana var. lobata |
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Rhynchospora caduca |
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Rivina humilis |
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Rubus moluccanus |
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Rubus rosifolius |
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Rubus spp. |
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Ruellia brevifolia |
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Solanum seaforthianum |
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Solanum torvum |
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Sorghum halepense |
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Sporobolus elongatus |
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Syncarpia glomulifera |
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Terminalia myriocarpa |
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Presence in American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga determined by survey, other locations as reported in the literature.
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