Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species on Niue following Cyclone Heta
Appendix 1.
|
Scientific Name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Habit |
| Abutilon indicum | English: abutilon, Indian abutilon, Indian mallow | Malvaceae | shrub |
| Abutilon theophrasti | English: abutilon-hemp, butterprint, buttonweed, China-jute, Indian-mallow, Tientsin-jute, velvetleaf, velvetweed | Malvaceae | herb |
| Acacia aulacocarpa | English: brown salwood, brush ironbark wattle, hickory wattle; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia auriculiformis | English: Papuan wattle, auri, earleaf acacia, northern black wattle, ear-pod wattle; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia boliviana | English: Bolivian wattle | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Acacia confusa | English: Formosa koa, Formosa acacia | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia crassicarpa | English: northern wattle, Papua New Guinea red wattle; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia farnesiana | English: Ellington curse, klu, sweet acacia; Other: titima (Cook Islands); kolu (Hawai'i) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Acacia glauca | English: redwood | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia longifolia | English: Sydney golden wattle, golden wattle, long-leaved wattle, long-leaved acacia, sallow wattle, coast wattle, golden rods | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia mangium | English: mangium, brown salwood, black wattle, hickory wattle; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia mearnsii | English: black wattle; Other: ākasia (Cook Islands) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia melanoxylon | English: Australian blackwood, blackwood acacia | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia nilotica | English: prickly acacia, black thorn, Egyptian thorn, Nile acacia, algaroba, babul, gum arabic tree | Fabaceae | tree |
| Acacia sinuata | English: chikakai, piquant sappan, sappan, soap pod | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Acalypha alopecuroides | English: foxtail copperleaf | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Acanthocereus tetragonus | English: barbed-wire cactus, sword-pear, triangle cactus | Cactaceae | succulent |
| Acmella uliginosa | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Adiantum raddianum | English: delta maidenhair fern | Pteridaceae | fern |
| Aeschynomene americana | Fabaceae | herb | |
| Aeschynomene indica | English: budda pea, curly-indigo, hard sola, Indian joint-vetch, kat sola, northern joint-vetch, sensitive jointed vetch, sensitive vetch | Fabaceae | herb |
| Agave americana | English: American aloe, century plant | Agavaceae | succulent |
| Agave sisalana | English: sisal, sisal hemp; Other: malina (Hawai'i) | Agavaceae | succulent |
| Ageratina riparia | English: spreading mistflower, creeping croftonweed, river eupatorium; Other: hamakua pamakani (Hawai‘i) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Ailanthus altissima | English: tree of heaven, varnishtree | Simaroubaceae | tree |
| Ajuga reptans | Lamiaceae | herb | |
| Albizia chinensis | English: Chinese albizia, silktree; Other: ‘arapitia (Cook Islands); tamaligi uliuli, tamaligi ena‘ena (Samoa) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Albizia lebbeck | English: siris-tree, rain tree, East Indian walnut, kokko, woman's-tongue tree, soros-tree, raom tree; Other: ‘arapitia (Cook Islands (Miti‘aro)); 'ohai (Hawai‘i); tamaligi pa’epa’e (Samoa); kasia (Tonga) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Alstonia macrophylla | English: devil-tree | Apocynaceae | tree |
| Alternanthera caracasana | English: mat chaff flower | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | English: alligator weed | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Alternanthera pungens | English: khaki weed | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Alternanthera sessilis | English: joyweed, sessile joyweed; Other: mata kura (Cook Islands (‘Atiu)); fisi‘i‘anoa (Tonga) | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Amaranthus cruentus | English: bush greens, purple amaranth, red amaranth, red shank | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Amaranthus dubius | English: amaranth, spleen amaranth | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Amaranthus hybridus | English: green amaranth, green pigweed, hybrid amaranth, slim amaranth, smooth amaranth, smooth pigweed | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Amaranthus interruptus | English: amaranth | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Amaranthus spinosus | English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed; Other: pakai kuku (Hawai‘i) | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Ammannia auriculata | Lythraceae | herb | |
| Anagallis arvensis | English: bird's-eye, poor-man's weatherglass, red chickweed, scarlet pimpernel, shepherd's-weatherglass | Primulaceae | herb |
| Andropogon gayanus | English: gamba grass, tambuki grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Andropogon glomeratus | English: bush beardgrass, bushy bluestem | Poaceae | grass |
| Andropogon virginicus | English: broomsedge, yellow bluestem, whisky grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Araujia sericifera | English: moth plant, moth catcher, white bladder flower | Ascelepiadaceae | vine |
| Archontophoenix alexandrae | English: Alexandra palm, king palm | Arecaceae | tree (palm) |
| Ardisia crenata | English: hen's eyes, Hilo holly, coral berry, Australian holly, scratchthroat | Myrsinaceae | shrub |
| Ardisia elliptica | English: shoebutton ardisia; Other: venevene tinitō (Cook Islands); ati popa‘a, atiu (French Polynesia); togo vao (Samoa) | Myrsinaceae | shrub |
| Argyreia nervosa | English: elephant creeper, Hawaiian baby woodrose , silver morning glory, woolly morning glory | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Aristolochia odoratissima | English: duck, swan | Aristolochiaceae | herb |
| Arthrostemma ciliatum | English: arthrostemma, everblooming eavender | Melastomataceae | herb |
| Arundinaria graminea | Poaceae | grass | |
| Arundo donax | English: giant reed, Spanish reed, wild cane; Other: fiso palagi (Samoa); kaho folalahi (Tonga) | Poaceae | grass |
| Asclepias curassavica | English: bastard ipecac, blood flower, bloodflower milkweed, butterfly weed, false ipecac, milkweed; Other: tirika, tiare moko (Cook Islands); laulele, lauhele, nu‘umela, pua ‘anuhe (Hawai‘i); pepetoa, vaomumu, vao fualele (Samoa); lou pepe, tu‘ulapepe (Tonga) | Asclepiadaceae | herb |
| Asparagus densiflorus | English: asparagus fern, sprengeri fern, smilax, regal fern | Liliaceae | herb |
| Austroeupatorium inulaefolium | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Averrhoa bilimbi | English: bilimbi, cucumber tree, tree cucumber, tree sorrel | Oxalidaceae | tree |
| Axonopus micay | Poaceae | grass | |
| Azadirachta indica | English: neem, nim, margosa | Meliaceae | tree |
| Baccharis halimifolia | English: consumption weed, eastern baccharis, groundsel bush, groundsel tree, Sea Island myrtle, sea myrtle, silverling, tree groundsel, waterbrush | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Bacopa procumbens | Scrophulariaceae | herb | |
| Barleria lupulina | English: hophead, Philippine violet | Acanthaceae | shrub |
| Barleria prionitis | English: barleria, porcupine flower | Acanthaceae | shrub |
| Bauhinia acuminata | English: dwarf white bauhinia | Fabaceae | tree |
| Bauhinia purpurea | English: purple orchid tree; purple butterfly tree | Fabaceae | tree |
| Bauhinia variegata | English: orchid tree; mountain ebony | Fabaceae | tree |
| Bidens alba | English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs, romerillo; Other: ki, ki nehe, ki pipili, nehe (Hawai‘i) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Bidens cynapiifolia | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Blainvillea gayana | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Bocconia frutescens | English: bocconia, plume-poppy, tree poppy, tree celandine, parrotweed | Papaveraceae | shrub |
| Boehmeria macrophylla | English: African jolanettle, false nettle | Urticaceae | herb |
| Boerhavia coccinea | English: boerhavia, hog weed, hog feed, red spiderling, wineflower, tar vine; Other: mata pavo, patagon | Nyctaginaceae | herb |
| Brachiaria eruciformis | English: sweet signal grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Brillantaisia lamium | Acanthaceae | herb | |
| Brugmansia suaveolens | Solanaceae | shrub | |
| Bryophyllum delagoense | English: chandelier plant | Crassulaceae | succulent |
| Buddleja asiatica | English: dog tail; Other: huelo ‘ilio (Hawai'i) | Scrophulariaceae | shrub |
| Buddleja davidii | English: orange eye, butterfly bush, summer lilac | Scrophulariaceae | shrub |
| Buddleja madagascariensis | English: butterfly bush, smoke bush | Scrophulariaceae | shrub |
| Caesalpinia decapetala | English: cat's claw, Mysore thorn, Mauritius thorn, wait-a-bit; Other: puakelekino (Hawai'i) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Cajanus scarabaeoides | English: peanut grass (Fiji), tropical clover (Fiji) | Fabaceae | vine |
| Calamus spp. | English: rattan | Arecaceae | vine (palm) |
| Calliandra haematocephala | English: red powder puff | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Calliandra surinamensis | English: Surinamese stickpea | Fabaceae | tree |
| Callisia fragrans | English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spironema | Commelinaceae | herb |
| Calophyllum antillanum | English: Alexandrian laurel, Antilles calophyllum, beauty leaf, calaba, galba, Indian laurel, kamani, Santa Maria tree | Clusiaceae | tree |
| Calotis lappulacea | English: bur daisy, yellow daisy burr | Asteraceae | herb |
| Calotropis procera | English: calotropis, rubber bush, apple of Sodom, mudar, madar, king’s crown, roostertree | Ascelepiadaceae | shrub |
| Calyptocarpus vialis | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Cardiospermum grandiflorum | English: balloon vine; heart seed; Other: kopūpū takaviri? (Cook Islands) | Sapindaceae | vine |
| Carmona retusa | English: Fukien tea, Philippine tea, scorpionbush | Boraginaceae | tree |
| Carpobrotus edulis | English: ice plant, pigface, hottentot fig | Aizoaceae | succulent |
| Castilla elastica | English: Panama rubber tree, Mexican rubber tree, uletree; Other: pulu mamoe (American Samoa) | Moraceae | tree |
| Casuarina cunninghamiana | English: river oak, river she-oak, small cone ironwood | Casuarinaceae | tree |
| Casuarina glauca | English: swamp oak, saltmarsh ironwood, longleaf ironwood, gray sheoak | Casuarinaceae | tree |
| Cecropia obtusifolia | English: trumpet tree, guarumo; Other: rau-māniota (Cook Islands) | Cecropiaceae | tree |
| Cecropia peltata | English: trumpet tree | Cecropiaceae | tree |
| Cedrela odorata | English: cigar box cedar, Mexican cedar, West Indian cedar, Spanish cedar, Barbados cedar; Other: sita hina (Tonga) | Meliaceae | tree |
| Cenchrus brownii | English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur | Poaceae | grass |
| Centaurea melitensis | English: Maltese cockspur, Maltese star thistle, Napa thistle, yellow star thistle | Asteraceae | herb |
| Centaurium spicatum | English: spiked centaury | Gentianaceae | herb |
| Centratherum punctatum | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Cestrum auriculatum | Solanaceae | shrub | |
| Cestrum diurnum | English: inkberry, day jessamine, day cestrum, China berry; Other: ariki-va‘ine (Cook Islands); makahala (Hawai'i); sugi vao, suni vao (Samoa); vaitohi (Tonga) | Solanaceae | shrub |
| Cestrum parqui | English: green cestrum, willow-leaved jessamine, Chilean cestrum, green poison-berry | Solanaceae | shrub |
| Chamaecrista mimosoides | English: Japanese tea | Fabaceae | herb |
| Chamaesyce thymifolia | English: red caustic creeper, thyme-leafed spurge | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Chenopodium ambrosioides | English: American wormseed, bluebush, Jerusalem tea, Mexican tea, Spanish-tea, wormseed | Chenopodiaceae | herb |
| Chenopodium murale | English: Australian-spinach, green fat hen, nettle-leaf goosefoot, salt-green, sowbane | Chenopodiaceae | herb |
| Chloris divaricata | English: slender chloris, star grass, star windmill grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Chloris radiata | English: plush-grass, radiate fingergrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Chloris virgata | English: feather finger grass, feathered chloris, feathertop Rhodes grass, feathery Rhodes grass, oldland grass, sweet grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Chlorophytum comosum | English: ribbonplant, spider ivy, spiderplant | Liliaceae | herb |
| Chromolaena odorata | English: chromolaena, Siam weed, triffid weed, bitter bush, Jack in the bush | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Chrysobalanus icaco | English: coco plum, icaco | Chrysobalanaceae | shrub |
| Chrysophyllum oliviforme | English: satin leaf, wild star-apple, damson plum | Sapotaceae | tree |
| Chukrasia tabularis | English: Burmese almondwood, chickrassy, Chittagong wood | Meliaceae | tree |
| Cinchona pubescens | English: quinine tree, red cinchona | Rubiaceae | tree |
| Cinnamomum burmannii | English: padang cassia | Lauraceae | tree |
| Cinnamomum camphora | English: camphor tree, camphor laurel | Lauraceae | tree |
| Cinnamomum verum | English: cinnamon tree; Other: tinamoni, tigamoni (American Samoa and Samoa) | Lauraceae | tree |
| Cirsium vulgare | English: spear thistle, Scotch thistle, bull thistle, black thistle, plume thistle; Other: pua kali (Hawai'i) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Cissus nodosa | English: grape ivy | Vitaceae | vine |
| Citharexylum caudatum | English: juniper berry | Verbenaceae | tree |
| Citharexylum gentryi | Verbenaceae | tree | |
| Citharexylum spinosum | English: fiddlewood | Verbenaceae | tree |
| Clausena excavata | English: clausena | Rutaceae | tree |
| Cleome gynandra | English: African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower; Other: honohina, ‘ili‘ohu (Hawai‘i) | Capparaceae | herb |
| Cleome spinosa | English: spiny spider-flower | Capparaceae | herb |
| Clerodendrum japonicum | English: glorybower | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| Clerodendrum paniculatum | English: pagoda plant, pagoda flower | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| Clerodendrum quadriloculare | English: bronze-leaved clerodendrum; Other: losa, losa Fiti (American Samoa and Samoa) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| Clidemia hirta | English: Koster’s curse, soap bush; Other: la‘au lau mamoe (Samoa) | Melastomataceae | shrub |
| Clitoria laurifolia | English: laurel-leaf pigeonwings | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Clitoria ternatea | English: butterfly pea, Asian pigeonwings; Other: paipa (Tonga) | Fabaceae | vine |
| Clusia rosea | English: signature tree, autograph tree, copey, Scotch attorney, pitchapple | Clusiaceae | tree |
| Coccinia grandis | English: ivy gourd, scarlet-fruited gourd | Cucurbitaceae | vine |
| Commelina benghalensis | English: Benghal dayflower, dayflower, hairy wandering Jew, wandering Jew; Other: hairy honohono (Hawai‘i); mau'u Tonga (Samoa); kanini, kaningi, musie matala pulu (Tonga) | Commelinaceae | herb |
| Conocarpus erectus | English: sea mulberry, buttonwood, button mangrove | Combretaceae | shrub/tree |
| Conyza aegyptiaca | English: fleabane | Asteraceae | herb |
| Conyza sumatrensis | English: broadleaf fleabane, tall fleabane; Other: pakaka (Tonga) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Corchorus olitorius | English: Jew's mallow, jute, Nalta jute, tossa jute | Tiliaceae | herb |
| Corchorus trilocularis | Tiliaceae | herb | |
| Cordia alliodora | English: laurel, Ecuador laurel, salmwood, Spanish elm; Other: kotia (Samoa, Tonga) | Boraginaceae | tree |
| Cordia curassavica | English: black sage | Boraginaceae | shrub |
| Cordia glabra | English: broad-leaved cordia | Boraginaceae | tree |
| Cortaderia jubata | English: jubata grass, Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Cortaderia selloana | English: pampas grass, silver pampas grass, Uruguayan pampas grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Corynocarpus laevigatus | English: New Zealand laurel, karakara nut | Corynocarpaceae | tree |
| Cosmos caudatus | English: cosmos | Asteraceae | herb |
| Cotula australis | Engllish: bachelor's-button, carrotweed, common cotula, Australian brass buttons | Asteraceae | herb |
| Crotalaria incana | English: fuzzy rattlepod, woolly rattlepod; Other: kūkaehoki, kolomona (Hawai‘i) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Crotalaria linifolia | English: narrow-leaved crotalaria | Fabaceae | herb |
| Crotalaria quinquefolia | English: rattlepod | Fabaceae | herb |
| Crotalaria retusa | English: devil-bean, wedge-leaf crotalaria, wedge-leaf rattlepod; Other: piini? (Tonga) | Fabaceae | herb |
| Crotalaria spectabilis | English: rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod; Other: kolomona (Hawai‘i); ha'apai (Tonga) | Fabaceae | herb |
| Crotalaria zanzibarica | English: curara-pea | Fabaceae | herb |
| Cryptostegia grandiflora | English: rubber vine, India rubber vine, Palay rubbervine | Ascelepiadaceae | vine |
| Cryptostegia madagascariensis | English: Madagascar rubbervine | Ascelepiadaceae | vine |
| Cucumis dipsaceus | English: hedgehog cucumber, hedgehog gourd, teasel gourd | Cucurbitaceae | herb |
| Cupaniopsis anacardioides | English: carrotwood, tuckeroo | Sapindaceae | tree |
| Cuphea carthagenensis | English: Columbian cuphea, Colombian waxweed, tarweed; Other: laau fau moti (Samoa) | Lythraceae | herb |
| Cuscuta cassytoides | Cuscutaceae | herb | |
| Cyathea cooperi | English: Australian tree fern | Cyatheaceae | fern |
| Cyathula prostrata | English: cyathula; Other: mata kura (Cook Islands (Miti'aro?); tolomo'unga (Tonga) | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Cymbopogon refractus | English: barbwire grass, soap grass; Other: aretu monoi, aretu noanoa (French Polynesia) | Poaceae | grass |
| Cyperus cyperinus | English: long-headed sedge; Other: mue mue, mou upo tutu (French Polynesia) | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Cyperus difformis | English: dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Cyperus distans | English: slender cyperus | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Cyperus haspan | Cyperaceae | sedge | |
| Cyperus iria | English: grasshopper’s cyperus, rice flat sedge, umbrella sedge; Other: mou, mou hairi (French Polynesia) | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Cyperus ligularis | English: rocket sedge, swamp flatsedge | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Cyperus pilosus | Cyperaceae | sedge | |
| Cyrtococcum patens | Poaceae | grass | |
| Cyrtococcum trigonum | English: short-leaf cyrtococcum grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Dactylis glomerata | English: barnyard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, orchard grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Dalbergia sissoo | English: Indian dalbergia, Indian rosewood, sissoo, shisham | Fabaceae | tree |
| Datura ferox | English: fierce thorn-apple, large thorn-apple, long-spine thorn-apple | Solanaceae | herb |
| Datura inoxia | English: angel's-trumpet, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, sacred datura, thorn-apple | Solanaceae | herb |
| Datura stramonium | English: datura, jimsonweed, moonflower, purple thorn-apple, thorn-apple; Other: lā’au hānō, kīkānia, kīkānia haole (Hawai‘i) | Solanaceae | herb |
| Delairea odorata | English: German ivy, Italian ivy, cape ivy | Asteraceae | vine |
| Dentella repens | Rubiaceae | herb | |
| Derris elliptica | English: derris | Fabaceae | vine |
| Desmanthus virgatus | English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Desmodium gangeticum | Fabaceae | herb | |
| Desmodium heterophyllum | English: hetero, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | herb |
| Desmodium intortum | English: beggarlice, green-leaf desmodium | Fabaceae | herb |
| Desmodium nicaraguense | Fabaceae | shrub | |
| Desmodium scorpiurus | Fabaceae | herb | |
| Desmodium tortuosum | English: Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie ticktrefoil | Fabaceae | herb |
| Dichrostachys cinerea | English: aroma, Kalahari Christmas tree, Chinese lantern tree, sickle bush, marabou-thorn, marabú | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Digitaria bicornis | English: southern crabgrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Digitaria eriantha | English: common finger grass, digit grass, pangola grass, woolly finger grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Digitaria fuscescens | English Y grass; Other: creeping kūkaepua‘a (Hawai‘i) | Poaceae | grass |
| Digitaria horizontalis | Poaceae | grass | |
| Digitaria insularis | English: cottongrass, sourgrass, feather-top grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Digitaria sanguinalis | English: crab finger grass, hairy crabgrass, large crabgrass, manne terrestre, panic sanguin, summer grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Dillenia suffruticosa | English: shrubby dillenia, shrubby simpoh | Dilleniaceae | shrub/tree |
| Diplotaxis muralis | English: wall rocket | Brassicaceae | herb |
| Drymaria cordata | English: drymaria, tropical chickweed, West Indian chickweed; Other: pipili, pilipili (Hawai‘i) | Caryophyllaceae | herb |
| Duranta erecta | English: duranta, golden dewdrop, pigeon-berry, sky-flower; Other: ‘olive (Tonga) | Verbenaceae | shrub |
| Echinochloa polystachya | English: aleman grass, carib grass, creeping rivergrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Echinochloa stagnina | English: barnyard grass, burgu grass, hippo grass, long-awn water grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Elaeocarpus angustifolius | English: blue fig, blue marble tree, quandong (Australia); Other: apatua, siapoatua, siapatua (American Samoa and Samoa) | Elaeocarpaceae | tree |
| Eleocharis dulcis | English: Chinese water-chestnut, ground-chestnut, waternut; Other: utu utu (Samoa) | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Eleocharis geniculata | English: spikerush | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Elephantopus mollis | English: elephantopus, elephant’s foot, tobacco weed; Other: tapuvae ‘erepani, tapuae ‘erepani, vaevae ‘erepani, tapua ‘erepani? (Cook Islands); lata hina, lau veveli (Tonga) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Elettaria cardamomum | English: cardamom | Zingiberaceae | herb |
| Emex australis | English: doublegee, spiny emex, three-corner Jack | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Emex spinosa | Polygonaceae | herb | |
| Emilia coccinea | English: Flora’s paintbrush, tasselflower | Asteraceae | herb |
| Emilia fosbergii | Other: pualele (Hawai‘i) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Episcia cupreata | English: episcia, flame violet | Gesneriaceae | herb |
| Eragrostis cilianensis | English: gray love grass, stinkgrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Eragrostis elongata | English: clustered lovegrass (Australia) | Poaceae | grass |
| Eragrostis pilosa | English: hairy love grass, Indian love grass, soft lovegrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Eragrostis tenuifolia | English: elastic grass, love grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Eragrostis tremula | Poaceae | grass | |
| Eragrostis unioloides | Poaceae | grass | |
| Erechtites hieraciifolius | English: American burnweed, American fireweed, burnweed, fireweed, Malayan groundsel, pilewort | Asteraceae | herb |
| Erechtites valerianifolia | English: Brazilian fireweed, fireweed, fireweed daisy, Ceylon thistle; Other: fua lele, pua lele (Samoa); fisi puna (Tonga) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Eremochloa ophiuroides | English: centipede grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Erigeron bellioides | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Erigeron karvinskianus | English: Mexican daisy, seaside daisy, daisy fleabane | Asteraceae | herb |
| Eriochloa procera | Poaceae | grass | |
| Eryngium foetidum | English: false coriander, shadow-beni, stinkweed | Apiaceae | herb |
| Euphorbia helioscopia | English: sun spurge | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Euphorbia peplus | English: petty spurge | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Eustachys petraea | Poaceae | grass | |
| Fallopia convolvulus | English: black bindweed, wild buckwheat | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Ficus altissima | English: lofty fig, false banyan, council tree | Moraceae | tree |
| Ficus benghalensis | English: banyan, Indian banyan, vada tree; Other: pulu (Samoa) | Moraceae | tree |
| Ficus benjamina | English: weeping fig, baka, Java fig, weeping fig, Benjamin tree; Other: ‘ovava Fisi (Tonga) | Moraceae | tree |
| Ficus macrophylla | English: Moreton Bay fig | Moraceae | tree |
| Ficus microcarpa | English: Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel | Moraceae | tree |
| Ficus nota | English: tibig | Moraceae | tree |
| Ficus rubiginosa | English: rusty-leaved fig, Port Jackson fig, littleleaf fig | Moraceae | tree |
| Filicium decipiens | English: fern tree, soapberry | Sapindaceae | tree |
| Fimbristylis autumnalis | English: slender fimbristylis | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Fimbristylis littoralis | English: grass-like fimbristylis, lesser fimbristylis | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Flacourtia indica | English: batoko-plum, governor's-plum, Indian-plum, Madagascar-plum, ramontchi | Flacourtiaceae | tree |
| Flacourtia rukam | English: Indian plum, Indian prune, governor's plum; Other: filimoto (American Samoa, Fiji, Futuna, Samoa and Tonga) | Flacourtiaceae | tree |
| Flemingia macrophylla | Fabaceae | tree | |
| Flemingia strobilifera | English: luck plant, wild hops | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Flindersia brayleyana | English: Queensland maple, silkwood | Rutaceae | tree |
| Fuirena umbellata | Cyperaceae | sedge | |
| Funtumia elastica | English: African rubber tree, silkrubber; Other: pulu vao (Samoa) | Apocynaceae | tree |
| Furcraea hexapetala | English: Cuban hemp, hemp | Agavaceae | succulent |
| Galinsoga parviflora | English: gallant soldier, small-flower galinsoga, yellow weed | Asteraceae | herb |
| Galinsoga quadriradiata | English: hairy galinsoga, Peruvian daisy | Asteraceae | herb |
| Gamochaeta pensylvanica | English: Pennsylvania cudweed | Asteraceae | herb |
| Gamochaeta purpurea | English: purple cudweed | Asteraceae | herb |
| Gmelina arborea | English: gmelina, white teak, white beech | Lamiaceae | tree |
| Gmelina asiatica | English: badhara bush, Asiatic beechberry, oval-leafed gmelina | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| Gmelina elliptica | Lamiaceae | shrub | |
| Gomphocarpus physocarpus | English: balloon plant, balloon cottonbush, bladderbush, wild cotton | Ascelepiadaceae | shrub |
| Gomphrena celosioides | English: gomphrena weed | Amaranthaceae | herb |
| Gomphrena serrata | Amaranthaceae | herb | |
| Grevillea banksii | English: kahili flower, Banks grevillea; Other: ha‘iku, kahili (Hawai‘i); ‘oka pua ‘ula‘ula (Hawai‘i (Ni‘ihau)) | Proteaceae | tree |
| Grewia asiatica | English: phalsa | Tiliaceae | tree |
| Gymnocoronis spilanthoides | English: Senegal tea, temple plant | Asteraceae | herb |
| Haematoxylum campechianum | English: logwood, bloodwood tree, campeachy wood, campeche | Fabaceae | tree |
| Harungana madagascariensis | English: harungana | Clusiaceae | tree |
| Hedera helix | English: English ivy, ivy | Araliaceae | vine |
| Hedychium coronarium | English: white ginger, butterfly lily, ginger lily, garland flower; Other: teuila paepae (American Samoa and Samoa); kōpī teatea, re‘a teatea (Cook Islands); thevunga (Tonga); ‘awapuhi ke‘oke‘o (Hawai‘i) | Zingiberaceae | herb |
| Hedychium gardnerianum | English: kahili ginger; Other: kōpī (Cook Islands); kahili, ‘awapuhi kahili (Hawai‘i) | Zingiberaceae | herb |
| Helianthus argophyllus | English: silverleaf sunflower; Other: siola'a (Samoa) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Heliocarpus popayanensis | English: moho, white moho | Tiliaceae | tree |
| Heliotropium indicum | English: Indian heliotrope, turnsole | Boraginaceae | herb |
| Heliotropium procumbens var. depressum | Boraginaceae | herb | |
| Hemigraphis reptans | Acanthaceae | herb | |
| Heterocentron subtriplinervium | English: pearl flower | Melastomataceae | herb |
| Hevea brasiliensis | English: hevea, Brazilian rubber tree, Para rubber tree | Euphorbiaceae | tree |
| Hippobroma longiflora | English: star of Bethlehem, fetia, madamfate; Other: pua hōkū (Hawai‘i) | Campanulaceae | herb |
| Hiptage benghalensis | English: hiptage | Malpighiaceae | shrub |
| Homalanthus populifolius | English: native bleeding-heart | Euphorbiaceae | tree |
| Hovenia dulcis | English: Chinese raisintree, Japanese raisintree | Rhamnaceae | tree |
| Hura crepitans | English: sandbox tree | Euphorbiaceae | tree |
| Hydrocotyle bonariensis | English: pennywort, kurnell curse, large-leaved pennywort | Apiaceae | herb |
| Hydrocotyle ranunculoides | English: water pennywort | Apiaceae | herb |
| Hymenachne amplexicaulis | English: hymenachne, trompetilla, West Indian marsh grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Hyparrhenia rufa | English: jaragua grass, thatching grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Hypericum androsaemum | English: amber, sweet amber, tutsan | Clusiaceae | shrub |
| Hypericum canariense | English: Canary Islands St. Johnswort | Clusiaceae | shrub |
| Hypericum perforatum | English: goatweed, Klamath weed, St. John's-wort | Clusiaceae | herb |
| Hypochoeris glabra | English: smooth cats-ear | Asteraceae | herb |
| Hypochoeris radicata | English: hairy cat’s ear, gosmore | Asteraceae | herb |
| Hyptis capitata | English: knobweed; Other: maa uupo (French Polynesia) | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Hyptis mutabilis | English: tropical bushmint | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Hyptis pectinata | English: comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple top; Other: miri tītā (Cook Islands (‘Atiu)); vao mini (Samoa) | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Impatiens walleriana | English: garden impatiens, balsam, busy lizzy, bizzy-lizzie, patient lucy; sultan’s flower | Balsaminaceae | herb |
| Imperata conferta | English: plume grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Imperata cylindrica | English: blady grass, cogon grass, satintail | Poaceae | grass |
| Indigofera linifolia | Fabaceae | herb | |
| Inga edulis | English: ice cream bean | Fabaceae | tree |
| Ipomoea alba | English: moonflower; Other: koali pehu (Hawai‘i), fue sina, fue to (Samoa) | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Ipomoea hederifolia | English: ivy-leaf morning glory, star ipomoea, trompillo | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Ipomoea obscura | Convolvulaceae | vine | |
| Ipomoea ochracea | Convolvulaceae | vine | |
| Ipomoea purpurea | English: common morning-glory, tall morning-glory | Convolvulaceae | herb |
| Isachne globosa | Poaceae | grass | |
| Ischaemum polystachyum | English: paddle grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Ischaemum rugosum | English: muraina grass, wrinkle duck-beak, saramatta grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Ischaemum timorense | English: centipede grass, stalkleaf murainagrass, lucuntu grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Jasminum fluminense | English: Brazilian jasmine | Oleaceae | vine |
| Jatropha gossypiifolia | English: bellyache bush, cotton-leaved physic nut | Euphorbiaceae | shrub |
| Juncus spp. | English: rush | Juncaceae | rush |
| Justicia carnea | English: pink plume-flower, pink jacobinia | Acanthaceae | shrub |
| Justicia procumbens | Acanthaceae | herb | |
| Khaya senegalensis | English: African mahogany, Senegal mahogany | Meliaceae | tree |
| Koanophyllon solidaginoides | Asteraceae | herb? | |
| Koelreuteria elegans | English: Chinese rain tree, flame gold, golden rain tree | Sapindaceae | tree |
| Kunzea ericoides | English: tree manuka, tree manuba, kanuka (New Zealand), burgan, white teatree | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Kyllinga melanosperma | Cyperaceae | sedge | |
| Kyllinga polyphylla | English: Navua sedge; Other: tuise tele, tuise fiti (Samoa) | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Lantana montevidensis | English: creeping lantana, purple lantana, small lantana, trailing lantana weeping lantana | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Leersia hexandra | English: cutgrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Leonotis nepetifolia | English: lion’s tail, lion’s ear, Christmas candlestick | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Lepidium ruderale | English: peppergrass | Brassicaceae | herb |
| Lepidium sativum | English: garden cress | Brassicaceae | herb |
| Leptospermum polygalifolium | Myrtaceae | shrub | |
| Leptospermum scoparium | English: New Zealand tea; manuka (New Zealand) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Leucas lavandulifolia | Lamiaceae | herb | |
| Licuala grandis | English: ruffled fan palm | Arecaceae | tree (palm) |
| Ligustrum spp. | English: privet | Oleaceae | shrubs/ trees |
| Limonia acidissima | English: elephant-apple, Indian wood-apple, wood-apple | Rutaceae | tree |
| Lindernia antipoda | Scrophulariaceae | herb | |
| Lindernia crustacea | Other: moomai pere, haehaa, mataura (French Polynesia) | Scrophulariaceae | herb |
| Lindernia nummulariifolia | Scrophulariaceae | herb | |
| Litsea glutinosa | English: Indian laurel | Lauraceae | tree |
| Lobelia zeylanica | English: white root | Campanulaceae | herb |
| Lolium multiflorum | English: Italian ryegrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Lophostemon confertus | English: brush box, Brisbane box, vinegar tree | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Ludwigia hyssopifolia | Onagraceae | herb | |
| Ludwigia longifolia | English: longleaf primrose-willow | Onagraceae | herb |
| Ludwigia octovalvis | English: willow primrose, false primrose, yellow willow herb; Other: tiēmu (Cook Islands); pītōrea (Cook Islands (Ngaputoru and Mangaia), French Polynesia (leeward Society Islands); kāmole, alohalua, kāmole lau li‘i, kāmole lau nui (Hawai‘i); laavai, mautofu vao, fua samasama (Samoa) | Onagraceae | herb |
| Ludwigia peruviana | English: ludwigia, Peruvian primrose, water primrose | Onagraceae | herb |
| Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium | English: currant tomato | Solanaceae | herb |
| Lygodium palmatum | English: Hartford fern, American climbing fern, creeping fern, Windsor fern | Schizaeaceae | fern |
| Maesopsis eminii | English: umbrella tree, musizi | Rhamnaceae | tree |
| Malachra alceifolia | English: malachra | Malvaceae | herb |
| Malva parviflora | English: cheeseweed, Egyptian mallow, little mallow, small-flower mallow | Malvaceae | herb |
| Malvastrum americanum | English: Indian Valley false mallow | Malvaceae | herb |
| Marrubium vulgare | English: common horehound, horehound, white horehound | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Martynia annua | English: devil's claw, iceplant, small-fruit devil's claw, tiger's-claw | Martyniaceae | herb |
| Medicago lupulina | English: black medic, hop-clover, nonesuch, yellow trefoil | Fabaceae | herb |
| Medicago polymorpha | English: burr medic, California bur-clover, hairy medic, toothed bur-clover, toothed medic | Fabaceae | herb |
| Medinilla cummingii | English: medinilla | Melastomataceae | shrub |
| Medinilla magnifica | English: chandelier tree, showy melastome, showy medinilla, Malaysian orchid | Melastomataceae | shrub |
| Medinilla venosa | English: holdtight | Melastomataceae | shrub |
| Melaleuca quinquenervia | English: melaleuca, cajeput, paper bark tree, punk tree | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Melastoma candidum | English: Asian melastome, Indian rhododendron, Malabar melastome | Melastomataceae | tree |
| Melastoma sanguineum | English: fox-tongued melastoma, red melastome | Melastomataceae | shrub/tree |
| Melicoccus bijugatus | English: Spanish lime | Sapindaceae | tree |
| Melinis repens | English: Natal redtop, Natal grass, red Natal grass, Holme's grass, blanketgrass; Other: salapona (Tonga) | Poaceae | grass |
| Melochia corchorifolia | Sterculiaceae | herb | |
| Melochia umbellata | Sterculiaceae | shrub | |
| Memecylon floribundum | Melastomataceae | shrub | |
| Merremia bracteata | Other: ambui (Solomon Islands) | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Merremia hirta | Convolvulaceae | vine | |
| Merremia pacifica | Convolvulaceae | vine | |
| Merremia umbellata | English: yellow wood rose | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Miconia calvescens | English: miconia, velvetleaf, purple plague, bush currant | Melastomataceae | tree |
| Microlaena stipoides | English: meadow ricegrass, weeping grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Mikania scandens | English: climbing hempweed, climbing hempvine | Asteraceae | vine |
| Mimosa pigra | English: catclaw mimosa, thorny sensitiveplant, giant mimosa, giant sensitive plant, black mimosa, zaraz, dormilona, bashful plant, amourette violet | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Mitracarpus hirtus | English: tropical girdlepod | Rubiaceae | herb |
| Montanoa hibiscifolia | English: montanoa, tree daisy, Anzac flower | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Morella cerifera | English: bayberry, candleberry, southern bayberry, southern wax-myrtle, wax-myrtle, waxberry | Myricaceae | tree |
| Morella faya | English: fayatree, firetree, firebush | Myricaceae | tree |
| Mucuna pruriens | English: cow itch, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Mauritius bean | Fabaceae | vine |
| Muntingia calabura | English: jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry, Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen; Other: venevene (Cook Islands (Penrhyn)); capulin (French Polynesia) | Tiliaceae | tree |
| Neyraudia reynaudiana | English: Burma reed, cane grass, silk reed | Poaceae | grass |
| Noronhia emarginata | English: Madagascar olive | Oleaceae | tree |
| Ochna kirkii | English: Micky Mouse plant, bird’s-eye bush | Ochnaceae | shrub |
| Ochna serrulata | English: ochna, Mickey-Mouse plant, bird’s-eye bush | Ochnaceae | shrub |
| Ochroma pyramidale | English: balsa, corkwood, down tree | Bombacaceae | tree |
| Ocimum gratissimum | English: wild basil, clove basil, tree basil; Other: miri tītā, miri tūtae puaka, miri nganga‘ere, miri tūpāpaku (Cook Islands); miri papa‘ā, miri taratoni (Cook Islands, French Polynesia); la’au sauga (Samoa) | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Oldenlandia pumila | Rubiaceae | herb | |
| Olea europaea | English: olive; Other: ‘oliwa, ‘oliwa haole (Hawai'i) | Oleaceae | tree |
| Olyra latifolia | Poaceae | grass | |
| Oplismenus burmannii | Poaceae | grass | |
| Opuntia dillenii | English: dildo, Eltham indian fig, sweet prickly-pear | Cactaceae | cactus |
| Opuntia ficus-indica | English: Barbary-fig, Indian-fig, mission cactus, prickly-pear; Other: pānini, pāpipi (Hawai‘i) | Cactaceae | cactus |
| Opuntia monacantha | English: drooping tree pear, prickly pear; Other: lauaufai va (Samoa) | Cactaceae | cactus |
| Opuntia stricta | English: erect prickly-pear, southern spineless cactus | Cactaceae | cactus |
| Ossaea marginata | Melastomataceae | shrub | |
| Oxalis barrelieri | Other: a'aa'a'ii, vine (Samoa) | Oxalidaceae | herb |
| Oxalis debilis | English: pink wood-sorrel, lilac oxalis; Other: ‘ihi pehu (Hawai‘i), ‘ii (Samoa) | Oxalidaceae | herb |
| Oxyspora paniculata | English: oxyspora, bristletips | Melastomataceae | shrub |
| Paederia foetida | English: stink vine, skunk vine; Other: maile pilau, maile ka kahiki (Hawai'i). | Rubiaceae | vine |
| Panicum decompositum | English: Australian millet, umbrella grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Panicum polygonatum | Poaceae | grass | |
| Panicum repens | English: torpedo grass, couch panicum, creeping panic; Other: wainaku grass (Hawai'i) | Poaceae | grass |
| Paraserianthes lophantha | English: brush wattle, plume albizia, plume acacia, stink bean | Fabaceae | shrub/tree |
| Parkinsonia aculeata | English: parkinsonia, Jerusalem thorn, horse-bean, retama | Fabaceae | tree |
| Parthenium hysterophorus | English: bitterweed, carrot grass, false ragweed, feverfew, parthenium weed, whitetop, Santa Maria | Asteraceae | herb |
| Paspalum fimbriatum | English: fimbriate paspalum, winged paspalum, Panama paspalum, Panama crowngrass, Columbia grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Paspalum notatum | English: Bahia grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Paspalum setaceum | Poaceae | grass | |
| Paspalum urvillei | English: Vasey grass; Other: tinikarāti (Cook Islands (Mangaia)) | Poaceae | grass |
| Passiflora alata | English: wild passion fruit, wingstem passionflower | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora caerulea | English: blue passion flower | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora coccinea | English: scarlet passion flower, red passion flower, red granadilla | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora incarnata | English: purple passion-flower, red-flowered poka, apricot-vine, maypop, maypop passionflower | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora ligularis | English: sweet granadilla, yellow passionfruit; Other: lemi wai, lani wai, lemona (Hawai‘i) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora pulchella | English: two-lobed passion flower, wingleaf passionfruit | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora rubra | English: red passionfruit, Dutchman's laudanum; Other: pōkutekute (Cook Islands (‘Atiu)) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora suberosa | English: wild passionfruit, devil's pumpkin, indigo berry, corky passionflower, corkstem passionflower; Other: huehue haole (Hawai'i) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora subpeltata | English: white passionflower | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Passiflora tarminiana | English: banana poka, banana passionfruit, bananadilla | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Paulownia tomentosa | English: paulownia, princess-tree, Chinese empress tree, karri-tree | Scrophulariaceae | tree |
| Pennisetum clandestinum | English: kikuyu grass, kikuyo | Poaceae | grass |
| Pennisetum glaucum | English: bajra, bulrush millet, burr bristle grass, cat’s tail grass, cattail millet, mongoose tail grass (Fiji), pearl millet, yellow bristle grass, yellow foxtail | Poaceae | grass |
| Pennisetum macrourum | English: African feathergrass, bedding grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Pennisetum polystachion | English: mission grass, feathery pennisetum | Poaceae | grass |
| Pennisetum setaceum | English: fountain grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Pereskia aculeata | English: Barbados gooseberry, leafy cactus, lemon vine, pereskia creeper | Cactaceae | shrub |
| Persicaria capitata | Polygalaceae | herb | |
| Persicaria glabra | Other: kāmole (Hawai‘i) | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Phaseolus lunatus | English: lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean, haricot bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, sugar bean; Other: piini ‘ae puaka (Tonga) | Fabaceae | herb |
| Philadelphus karwinskyanus | English: philadelphus, evergreen mock orange, syringa | Saxifragaceae | shrub |
| Phormium tenax | English: New Zealand flax, New Zealand hemp, bush flax | Agavaceae | herb |
| Phyla nodiflora | English: fogfruit, lippia, phyla | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Phyllanthus debilis | Euphorbiaceae | herb | |
| Phyllanthus tenellus | English: long-stalk phyllanthus, Mascarene Island leaf-flower | Euphorbiaceae | herb |
| Phyllanthus urinaria | Euphorbiaceae | herb | |
| Phyllostachys bissetii | Poaceae | shrub | |
| Phyllostachys nigra | English: black bamboo | Poaceae | shrub |
| Phytolacca octandra | Engish: pokeweed, Southern pokeberry, ink weed (Australia) | Phytolaccaceae | shrub |
| Pimenta dioica | English: pimento, allspice; Other: sipaisi (Tonga) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Pimenta racemosa | English: bay rum tree, bay oil tree, malagueta; Other: sinamoni (Tonga) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Pinus elliottii | English: slash pine | Pinaceae | tree |
| Piper aduncum | English: spiked pepper | Piperaceae | shrub/tree |
| Piper auritum | English: eared pepper, anise piper, Veracruz pepper; Other: ‘ava Tonga (Samoa), kava Hawai‘i (Tonga) | Piperaceae | shrub |
| Piriqueta racemosa | Turneraceae | herb | |
| Pithecellobium dulce | English: Madras thorn, Manila tamarind, sweet inga; Other: 'opiuma (Hawai'i) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Pittosporum pentandrum | English: pittosporum, Taiwanese cheesewood, mamalis | Pittosporaceae | shrub/tree |
| Pittosporum tobira | English: tobira, Japanese pittosporum, Japanese cheesewood, mock orange, Australian laurel | Pittosporaceae | shrub/tree |
| Pittosporum undulatum | English: Victorian box, Victorian laurel, Australian cheesewood, mock orange, sweet pittosporum, orange pittosporum | Pittosporaceae | tree |
| Pittosporum viridiflorum | English: cape pittosporum | Pittosporaceae | tree |
| Plantago debilis | Plantaginaceae | herb | |
| Platycerium bifurcatum | English: elkhorn fern, staghorn fern | Selaginellaceae | fern |
| Pluchea carolinensis | English: sour bush | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Pluchea indica | English: Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian camphorweed | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Polygonum dichotomum | Polygonaceae | herb | |
| Polygonum minus | English: smartweed | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Praxelis clematidea | English: praxelis | Asteraceae | herb |
| Prosopis spp. | English: mesquite, algaroba | Fabaceae | tree |
| Psidium cattleianum | English: strawberry guava, cherry guava, Cattley guava, Chinese guava; Other: tūava papa‘ā (Cook Islands); tuava tinito, tuvava tinito (French Polynesia); waiawi ‘ula‘ula (Hawai'i); ku‘ava (Samoa) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Psidium guineense | English: Brazilian guava, Guinea guava | Myrtaceae | shrub/tree |
| Ptychosperma macarthurii | English: cluster palm, hurricane palm, Macarthur feather palm, Macarthur palm | Arecaceae | tree (palm) |
| Pyrostegia venusta | English: flame vine, flame flower, golden shower, orange trumpet vine | Bignoniaceae | vine |
| Rhodomyrtus tomentosa | English: rose myrtle, downy myrtle, Isenberg bush | Myrtaceae | shrub |
| Rhynchospora caduca | Cyperaceae | herb | |
| Rivina humilis | English: baby pepper, bloodberry, coral berry, rouge plant; Other: polo (Tonga) | Phytolaccaceae | herb |
| Rosa laevigata | English: Cherokee rose | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rottboellia cochinchinensis | English: guinea-fowl grass, itchgrass, Kelly grass, kokoma grass, Raoul grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Rubus adenotrichos | Rosaceae | shrub | |
| Rubus alceifolius | English: giant bramble | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus argutus | English: prickly Florida blackberry; Other: ōhelo ‘ele ‘ele (Hawai‘i) | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus glaucus | English: Andean blackberry, Andean black raspberry | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus megalococcus | Rosaceae | shrub | |
| Rubus moluccanus | English: Molucca raspberry, broad leafed bramble, Molucca bramble, eelkek | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus niveus | English: Ceylon raspberry, hill raspberry, Mysore raspberry | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus rosifolius | English: roseleaf raspberry, thimbleberry, Mauritius raspberry; Other: ōla‘a, ākala, ākalakala (Hawai‘i) | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus sieboldii | English: Molucca raspberry | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus spp. | English: raspberries, blackberries, brambles | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Rubus ulmifolius | English: elm-leaf blackberry | Rosaceae | shrub |
| Ruellia brevifolia | Acanthaceae | herb | |
| Ruellia tuberosa | English: large bell-flower (Samoa); Other: vaouliuli lautele (Samoa) | Acanthaceae | herb |
| Rumex brownii | English: brown dock, hooked dock, slender dock, swamp dock | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Rumex crispus | English: curled dock, curly dock, sour dock, yellow dock | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Rumex pulcher | English: fiddle dock | Polygonaceae | herb |
| Saccharum spontaneum | English: wild cane, false sugarcane; Other: to aheo (French Polynesia); vao tolo (Samoa) | Poaceae | grass |
| Sacciolepis indica | English: glenwood grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Sacciolepis interrupta | Poaceae | grass | |
| Sanchezia speciosa | English: sanchezia. | Acanthaceae | shrub |
| Schefflera actinophylla | English: octopus tree, umbrella tree, ivy palm | Araliaceae | tree |
| Schefflera arboricola | English: dwarf brassia, dwarf schefflera, Hawaiian elf schefflera | Araliaceae | shrub |
| Schinus molle | English: pepper tree, California pepper tree, Peruvian peppertree, pepperina | Anacardiaceae | tree |
| Schinus terebinthifolius | English: Christmas-berry, Brazilian pepper, Brazilian holly; Other: wilelaiki (Hawai‘i), naniohilo (Hawai‘i (Moloka‘i)) | Anacardiaceae | tree |
| Schizachyrium condensatum | English: little bluestem, bush beardgrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Scoparia dulcis | English: scoparia, sweet broom | Scrophulariaceae | herb |
| Senecio madagascariensis | English: fireweed | Asteraceae | herb |
| Senecio quadridentatus | English: cotton fireweed | Asteraceae | herb |
| Senna bicapsularis | English: Christmasbush, moneybush, rambling cassia | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Senna hirsuta | English: stinking cassia (Fiji) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Senna multiglandulosa | Fabaceae | shrub | |
| Senna obtusifolia | English: habucha, coffeeweed, sicklepod | Fabaceae | herb |
| Senna septemtrionalis | English: buttercup bush, yellow shower, laburnum; Other: kolomona, kalamona (Hawai'i) | Fabaceae | shrub/tree |
| Senna sophera | Other: matui (Tonga) | Fabaceae | herb |
| Sesbania cannabina | English: canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Sesbania grandiflora | English: sesbania, hummingbird tree, sesban, scarlet wisteria tree, corkwood tree; Other: oufai, ofai, ouai (French Polynesia); ohai ke‘oke‘o (Hawai‘i); sepania (Samoa) | Fabaceae | small tree |
| Sesbania punicea | English: red sesbania, coffee weed, rattle-pod, sesban, red seine bean, Brazil rattlebox, coffee of the coast, tame acacia, false poinciana, black acacia, purple sesbane | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Setaria barbata | English: bristly foxtail grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Setaria italica | English: foxtail millet, German millet, Hungarian millet, Italian millet | Poaceae | grass |
| Setaria palmifolia | English: palmgrass, short pitpit, hailans pitpit, broadleaved bristlegrass; Other: vao ‘ofe‘ofe (Samoa) | Poaceae | grass |
| Setaria parviflora | English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail, perennial foxtail, slender pigeon grass, yellow foxtail; Other: mau‘u Kaleponi (Hawai‘i) | Poaceae | grass |
| Setaria pumila | English: foxtail, garden bristle grass, hairy-tail grass, yellow bristlegrass, Queensland pigeon grass (Australia), cat's tail grass (Fiji) | Poaceae | grass |
| Sida cordifolia | English: flannelweed, heart-leaf sida | Malvaceae | shrub |
| Sida glomerata | Other: mautofu (Samoa) | Malvaceae | shrub |
| Sida linifolia | Malvaceae | herb | |
| Sida paniculata | Malvaceae | shrub | |
| Sida spinosa | English: prickly sida, spiny sida | Malvaceae | herb |
| Sida urens | Malvaceae | shrub | |
| Sidastrum paniculatum | Malvaceae | shrub | |
| Sigesbeckia orientalis | English: Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard, yellow crown-head; Other: kamika (Cook Islands (Mangaia)), ‘a‘ami‘a (Samoa), kakamika (Tonga, Wallis and Futuna) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Sisymbrium erysimoides | English: smooth mustard | Brassicaceae | herb |
| Sisyrinchium micranthum | English: scourweed | Iridaceae | herb |
| Solandra maxima | English: golden cup, cup of gold, chalice vine | Solanaceae | vine |
| Solanum capsicoides | English: cockroach berry, devil’s apple, soda apple; Other: poro‘iti taratara (Cook Islands); kikania kei, akaaka, akaka (Hawai'i) | Solanaceae | herb |
| Solanum mammosum | English: nipple fruit | Solanaceae | shrub |
| Solanum mauritianum | English: bugweed, wild tobacco, tree tobacco; Other: rau ‘ava‘ava (Cook Islands); pua nana honua (Hawai'i); pula (Tonga) | Solanaceae | shrub |
| Solanum nigrum | English: black-berry night shade (Australia), black nightshade, poisonberry; Other: polokai (Tonga); magalo, polo (Samoa) | Solanaceae | herb |
| Solanum seaforthianum | English: potato creeper, Brazilian nightshade | Solanaceae | vine |
| Solanum viarum | English: tropical soda apple | Solanaceae | herb |
| Soliva anthemifolia | English: dwarf jojo | Asteraceae | herb |
| Sonchus arvensis | English: corn sow thistle, field sow thistle, perennial sow thistle | Asteraceae | herb |
| Sorghum halepense | English: Johnson grass, Aleppo grass, Aleppo milletgrass; Other: kola (Tonga) | Poaceae | grass |
| Spermacoce confusa | English: river false buttonweed | Rubiaceae | herb |
| Spermacoce ernstii | Rubiaceae | herb | |
| Spermacoce latifolia | Rubiaceae | herb | |
| Spermacoce mauritiana | Rubiaceae | herb | |
| Spermacoce ocymoides | English: purple-leaved button weed | Rubiaceae | herb |
| Spermacoce prostrata | English: false buttonweed, prostrate false buttonweed | Rubiaceae | herb |
| Sphenoclea zeylanica | Sphenocleaceae. | herb | |
| Sporobolus elongatus | English: wiregrass, rat-tail dropseed | Poaceae | grass |
| Sporobolus pyramidalis | Poaceae | grass | |
| Stachys arvensis | English: staggerweed | Lamiaceae | herb |
| Stapelia gigantea | English: carrion flower, starfish flower, zulu-giant, giant toad plant | Asclepiadaceae | succulent |
| Stellaria media | English: chickweed, common chickweed, stickwort | Caryophyllaceae | herb |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | English: buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass; Other: ‘aki‘aki haole, mānienie ‘aki‘aki, mānienie ‘aki‘aki haole, mānienie māhikihiki (Hawai‘i) | Poaceae | grass |
| Stictocardia tiliifolia | English: stictocardia, crimson morning-glory; Other: pilikai (Hawai‘i); tagamimi, palulu (Samoa) | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Struchium sparganophorum | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Syncarpia glomulifera | English: turpentine tree, lustre wood | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Tabebuia heterophylla | English: pink tecoma, pink trumpet tree, white cedar | Bignoniaceae | tree |
| Tamarix aphylla | English: Athel tamarisk, athel pine, salt-cedar | Tamaricaceae | shrub |
| Tamarix gallica | English: saltcedar | Tamaricaceae | tree |
| Tephrosia noctiflora | Fabaceae | herb | |
| Terminalia myriocarpa | English: hollock, jhalna | Combretaceae | tree |
| Tetrazygia bicolor | English: Florida clover ash | Melastomataceae | shrub/tree |
| Teucrium vesicarium | Lamiaceae | herb | |
| Themeda gigantea | English: ulla | Poaceae | grass |
| Themeda quadrivalvis | English: grader grass, habana grass, kangaroo grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Thunbergia alata | English: black-eyed susan vine | Acanthaceae | vine |
| Thunbergia grandiflora | English: Bengal trumpet, blue trumpet vine, clock vine, skyvine, large-flowerd thunbergia; Other: palulu (Samoa) | Acanthaceae | vine |
| Thunbergia laurifolia | English: purple allamanda, laurel-leaved thunbergia, laurel clock vine | Acanthaceae | vine |
| Tibouchina herbacea | English: glorybush, cane ti, tibouchina | Melastomataceae | shrub |
| Tibouchina urvilleana | English: glorybush, lasiandra, princess flower | Melastomataceae | shrub |
| Timonius timon | English: liberal (Palau) | Rubiaceae | tree |
| Tradescantia fluminensis | English: small-leaf spiderwort, spiderwort, wandering jew | Commelinaceae | herb |
| Trema micranthum | English: capulin, nettle tree | Ulmaceae | tree |
| Trema orientalis | English: charcoal tree, gunpowder tree; Other: aere (French Polynesia), mangele, magele (Samoa, Tonga) | Ulmaceae | tree |
| Triadica sebifera | English: Chinese tallow tree, popcorn tree, vegetable tallow, white wax berry, chicken tree, Florida aspen | Euphorbiaceae | tree |
| Tribulus cistoides | English: puncture vine, caltrop, burrnut, Jamaican feverplant, goat’s head; Other: nohu, nohunohu (Hawai‘i) | Zygophyllaceae | herb |
| Tribulus terrestris | English: puncture vine, goat head | Zygophyllaceae | herb |
| Trichodesma zeylanicum | English: camel bush | Boraginaceae | herb |
| Tridax procumbens | English: coat buttons, tridax daisy | Asteraceae | herb |
| Triphasia trifolia | English: limeberry, lemon China | Rutaceae | shrub |
| Triplaris weigeltiana | English: long john, long jack | Polygonaceae | tree |
| Tripsacum latifolium | English: wideleaf gamagrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Triumfetta semitriloba | English: Sacramento bur | Tiliaceae | shrub |
| Turbina corymbosa | English: turbina, Christmas vine, ololiuqui | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| Turnera subulata | English: white alder | Turneraceae | shrub |
| Turnera ulmifolia | English: yellow alder, sage rose | Turneraceae | shrub |
| Ulex europaeus | English: gorse, furze, whin | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Urochloa brizantha | English: bread grass, palisade grass, palisade signalgrass, signal grass, Surinam grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Urochloa decumbens | English: basilisk signal grass, signal grass, Surinam grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Urochloa [=Brachiaria] humidicola | English: creeping signal grass, koronivia grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Urochloa [=Brachiaria] reptans | English: creeping panic grass, running grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Verbena litoralis | Other: ōwī, oī (Hawai‘i); ha‘uōwī, ha‘uōwī (Hawai‘i-Ni‘ihau) | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Verbena rigida | English: veined verbena | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Vicia sativa ssp. nigra | English: black-pod vetch, common vetch, narrow-leaf vetch, spring vetch | Fabaceae | herb |
| Vigna radiata | English: green gram, golden gram, mung, mung bean | Fabaceae | herb |
| Vitex parviflora | English: small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree; Other: molave (Hawai'i) | Verbenaceae | shrub/tree |
| Washingtonia filifera | English: California fan palm, California Washingtonia, cotton palm, desert fan palm, Washington palm | Arecaceae | tree (palm) |
| Washingtonia robusta | English: Mexican fan palm, Mexican Washington palm, Mexican washingtonia, thread palm | Arecaceae | tree (palm) |
| Waterhousea floribunda | English: weeping lilly pilly, weeping myrtle | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Wikstroemia indica | English: tiebush | Thymelacaceae | shrub |
| Xanthium strumarium | English: Australian burr (Cook Islands), California-bur, cocklebur, noogoora burr; Other: kikania (Hawai‘i) | Asteraceae | herb |
| Yucca aloifolia | English: daggerplant, Spanish-bayonet | Agavaceae | shrub |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica | English: calla lily, arum lily | Araceae | herb |
| Zinnia peruviana | Asteraceae | herb | |
| Ziziphus jujuba | English: Chinese jujube, Chinese date, Chinese plum, common jujube | Rhamnaceae | tree |
| Ziziphus mauritiana | English: Indian jujube, Chinese date, Chinee apple | Rhamnaceae | tree |
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