Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Kiribati
Appendix 3. Invasive species by location
Table 5. Invasive species present on other Kiribati islands
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names |
Family |
Habit |
Location |
|
| +Abutilon indicum | albutilon, Indian abutilon, Indian mallow; te kaura, te kaura ni (Kiribati) | Malvaceae | shrub | Banaba | |
| Acacia farnesiana | Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia; te kaibakoa, te amentia (Kiribati) | Fabaceae | shrub | Nikunau | |
| Agave sisalana | sisal, sisal hemp; te robu, te rob' (Kiribati) | Agavaceae | succulent | Abaiang, Arorai, Nikunau | |
| Bambusa spp. | bamboo; te kaibaba (Kiribati) | Poaceae | tree | Marakei | |
| Blechum pyramidatum | life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant; te ang (Kiribati), te kabekau (Kiribati (Butaritari)) | Crassulaceae | succulent | Tabiteuea | |
| Catharanthus roseus | Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old-maid, rose periwinkle, rosy periwinkle) | Apocynaceae | herb | Banaba, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteauea | |
| #Cenchrus echinatus | burgrass, sand-bur, southern sandbur, Mossman River grass (Australia); ; te anti, te kateketeke, te uteute ae kateketeke (Kiribati) | Poaceae | grass | Kiritimati (Christmas), Marakei, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea | |
| #Chamaesyce hirta | asthma plant, garden spurge, pill-bearing spurge, hairy spurge | Euphorbiaceae | herb | Kiritimati (Christmas), Tabiteuea | |
| Chamaesyce prostrata | creeping splurge, prostrate spurge, red caustic creeper; te tarai (Kiribati) | Euphorbiaceae | herb | Abaiang, Marakei, Onotoa, Tabiteuea | |
| #Cyperus rotundus | nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss; te mumute (Kiribati) | Cyperaceae | sedge | Kiritimati (Christmas) | |
| Datura metel | datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura, Hindu thorn-apple, hoary thorn-apple, horn-of-plenty, jimson-weed, purple thorn-apple; te uri ni tiana (Kiribati) | Solanaceae | herb | Abaiang, Tamana | |
| Delonix regia | flame tree, flamboyant, poinciana; te kaitetua (Kiribati) | Fabaceae | tree | Aranuka, Banaba, Onotoa | |
| Eleocharis geniculata | te maunei | Cyperaceae | sedge | Marakei, Onotoa | |
| #Eleusine indica | goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass; te uteute, te uteute na banabana (Kiribati) | Poaceae | grass | Kiritimati (Christmas), Makin, Marakei, Tabiteuea | |
| +#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 | Banaba, Kiritimati (Christmas),Marakei, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea | |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia; te kabekau (Kiribati) | Euphorbiaceae | herb | Abirang, Marakei, Tabiteuea | |
| Eustachys petraea | Poaceae | grass | Makin | ||
| +Ipomoea violacea | te ruku, moon flower | Convolvulaceae | vine | Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea | |
| Kyllinga brevifolia | green kyllinga, green water sedge | Cyperaceae | sedge | Nonouti | |
| Lantana camara | te kaibuaka, lantana | Verbenaceae | shrub | Nonouti | |
| #Leucaena leucocephala | leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree; ; te kaitetua (Kiribati) | Fabaceae | tree | Kiritimati (Christmas) | |
| +Ludwigia octovalvis | willow primrose, false primrose, yellow willow herb; te mam (Kiribati) | Onagraceae | herb | Onotoa | |
| #Phyllanthus amarus | te kaimatu (Kiribati) | Euphorbiaceae | herb | Kiritimati (Christmas), Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea | |
| Physalis angulata | annual ground cherry, bladder cherry (Solomon Islands), wild cape gooseberry (Fiji); te baraki, te bin (Kiribati) | Solanaceae | herb | Abaiang, Nonouti, Onotoa | |
| #Pluchea carolinensis | sour bush; te kaikare, te karei (Kiribati) | Asteraceae | shrub | Kiritimati (Christmas) | |
| #Pluchea indica | Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian camphorweed | Asteraceae | shrub | Banaba, Kiritimati (Christmas) | |
| Portulaca oleracea | pigweed, purslane; te boi (Kirbati) | Portulacaceae | herb | Marakei, Nonouti, Onotoa | |
| *Pseuderanthemum carruthersii | false eranthemum; te iaro (Kiribati) | Acanthaceae | shrub | Marakei, Nonouti, Onotoa | |
| Psidium guajava | guava; te kuawa, te kuwawa (Kiribati) | Myrtaceae | tree | Banaba | |
| Russelia equisetiformis | coralplant, fountainplant; te kaibaun (Kiribati) | Scrophulariaceae | shrub | Onotoa, Tabiteuea | |
| Sida acuta | broom weed, Paddys lucerne, southern sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida | Malvaceae | herb | Banaba | |
| #Sida rhombifolia | arrow-leaf sida, Cuban jute, Paddy's lucerne, Queensland-hemp, teaweed | Malvaceae | shrub | Kiritimati (Christmas) | |
| Tecoma stans | yellow bells, yellow-elder, yellow trumpetbush; nei Karairai (Kiribati) | Bignoniaceae | small tree | Makin | |
| *Tradescantia spathacea | oyster plant, boat plant, boat lily, moses in a boat; te ruru ni (Kiribati) | Commelinaceae | herb | Abaiang | |
| +#Tribulus cistoides | puncture vine, caltrop, burrnut, Jamaican feverplant, goats head; te maukinikini (Kiribati) | Zygophyllaceae | herb | Kiritimati (Christmas) | |
| Tridax procumbens | coat buttons, tridax daisy, wild daisy (Fiji, Guam) | Asteraceae | herb | Banaba | |
| #+Vernonia cinerea | ironweed, little ironweed, vernonia | Asteraceae | herb | Kiritimati (Christmas), Onotoa, Tabiteuea | |
*Cultivated or most likely in cultivation
+Native or early introduction
Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979)
#Reported present on Kiritimati Island by Chock and Hamilton (1962)
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