Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Kiribati
Appendix 3. Invasive species by location
Table 4. Invasive species present on Maiana
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names |
Family |
Habit |
| Bryophyllum pinnatum | life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant; te ang (Kiribati), te kabekau (Kiribati (Butaritari)) | Crassulaceae | succulent |
| Cenchrus echinatus | burgrass, sand-bur, southern sandbur, Mossman River grass (Australia); ; te anti, te kateketeke, te uteute ae kateketeke (Kiribati) | Poaceae | grass |
| Chamaesyce hirta | asthma plant, garden spurge, pill-bearing spurge, hairy spurge | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Chamaesyce prostrata | creeping splurge, prostrate spurge, red caustic creeper; te tarai (Kiribati) | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Cyperus compressus | flat sedge | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Cyperus rotundus | nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss; te mumute (Kiribati) | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Eleocharis geniculata | te maunei | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Eleusine indica | goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass; te uteute, te uteute na banabana (Kiribati) | Poaceae | grass |
| +Eragrostis amabilis | Bug's egg grass, Japanese love grass, love grass (Fiji, Guam), female grass (Kiribati); te uteute n’ aine, te uteute te aine (Kiribati) | Poaceae | grass |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia; te kabekau (Kiribati) | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Eustachys petraea | Poaceae | grass | |
| *Lantana camara | te kaibuaka, lantana | Verbenaceae | shrub |
| Phyllanthus amarus | te kaimatu (Kiribati) | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Physalis angulata | annual ground cherry, bladder cherry (Solomon Islands), wild cape gooseberry (Fiji); te baraki, te bin (Kiribati) | Solanaceae | herb |
| Portulaca oleracea | pigweed, purslane; te boi (Kirbati) | Portulacaceae | herb |
| *Pseuderanthemum carruthersii | false eranthemum; te iaro (Kiribati) | Acanthaceae | shrub |
| Russelia equisetiformis | coralplant, fountainplant; te kaibaun (Kiribati) | Scrophulariaceae | shrub |
| Senna occidentalis | antbush, coffee senna; te katia (Kiribati) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Sida acuta | broom weed, southern sida, spiny sida | Malvaceae | herb |
| Tridax procumbens | coat buttons, tridax daisy, wild daisy (Fiji, Guam) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Turnera ulmifolia | yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly, ramgoat dashalong: te kakainea (Kiribati) | Turneraceae | shrub |
| +Vernonia cinerea | ironweed, little ironweed, vernonia | Asteraceae | herb |
*Cultivated
+Native or early introduction
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