Palau 2008 survey report, Appendix 2

Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2008 survey)

Appendix 2. Invasive plant species not known to be present in Palau

Table 1. Invasive plant species of environmental concern not seen or reported to be present in Palau
Table 2. Other invasive plant species not seen or reported to be present in Palau

Table 1. Invasive plant species of environmental concern not seen or reported to be present in Palau

Species

Common Names

Family

Habit

Risk assessment†

Abutilon theophrasti English: buttonweed, velvetweed Malvaceae herb high risk

Acacia aulacocarpa English: brown salwood, brush ironbark wattle, hickory wattle Fabaceae tree

Acacia boliviana English: Bolivian wattle Fabaceae shrub

Acacia concinna English: chikakai, piquant sappan, sappan, soap pod Fabaceae shrub

Acacia crassicarpa English: northern wattle, Papua New Guinea red wattle Fabaceae tree high risk

Acacia glauca English: redwood Fabaceae tree

Acacia holosericea English: candelabra wattle, silver-leaved wattle Fabaceae shrub/ tree evaluate*

Acacia longifolia English: Sydney golden wattle Fabaceae tree high risk

Acacia mearnsii English: black wattle Fabaceae tree high risk

Acacia melanoxylon English: Australian blackwood, blackwood acacia Fabaceae tree high risk

Acacia nilotica English: prickly acacia, black thorn, Nile acacia, gum arabic tree Fabaceae tree high risk

Acacia parramattensis English: Parrmatta green wattle, Sydney green wattle Fabaceae tree high risk

Acoelorrhaphe wrightii English: paurotis palm, saw cabbage palm, silver saw palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Adiantum raddianum English: delta maidenhair fern Pteridaceae fern

Agapanthus praecox English: African-lily, agapanthus Liliaceae herb high risk

Ageratina riparia English: spreading mistflower, creeping croftonweed, river eupatorium Asteraceae herb high risk

Aglaonema commutatum English: Philippine evergreen Araceae herb evaluate*

Agrostis stolonifera English: creeping bentgrass, marsh bent, redtop bentgrass Poaceae grass high risk

Ailanthus altissima English: tree of heaven, varnishtree Simaroubaceae tree high risk

Ajuga reptans English: ajuga, blue bugle, bugleweed, common bugle Lamiaceae herb high risk

Albizia chinensis English: Chinese albizia, silktree Fabaceae tree high risk

Aleurites moluccana English: candlenut; Palauan: sakan Euphorbiaceae tree high risk

Alstonia macrophylla English: devil-tree Apocynaceae tree high risk

Alternanthera caracasana English: mat chaff flower Amaranthaceae herb

Alternanthera philoxeroides English: alligator weed Amaranthaceae herb high risk

Alternanthera pungens English: khaki weed Amaranthaceae herb high risk

Anacardium occidentale English: cashew Anacardiaceae tree low risk

Anagallis arvensis English: bird's-eye, poor-man's weatherglass, scarlet pimpernel Primulaceae herb

Andropogon bicornis English: West Indian foxtail grass Poaceae grass

Andropogon gayanus English: gamba grass, tambuki grass Poaceae grass high risk

Andropogon glomeratus English: bush beardgrass, bushy bluestem Poaceae grass

Andropogon virginicus English: broomsedge, yellow bluestem, whisky grass Poaceae grass high risk

Anredera cordifolia English: Madeira vine, mignonette vine, lamb's tails Basellaceae vine

Araujia sericifera English: moth plant, moth catcher, white bladder flower Ascelepiadaceae vine

Archontophoenix alexandrae English: Alexandra palm, king palm Arecaceae tree high risk

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana English: bangalow palm, piccabeen palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Archontophoenix tuckeri Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Ardisia crenata English: hen's eyes, Hilo holly, coral berry, Australian holly, scratchthroat Myrsinaceae shrub high risk

Ardisia elliptica English: shoebutton ardisia Myrsinaceae shrub high risk

Argemone ochroleuca English: pale Mexican poppy, prickly poppy, white thistle Papaveraceae herb

Argyreia nervosa English: elephant creeper, Hawaiian baby woodrose , silver morning glory, woolly morning glory Convolvulaceae vine evaluate*

Aristida adscensionis English: annual bristle grass, six weeks needgle grass, six-weeks three-awn Poaceae grass

Aristolochia littoralis English: Dutchman's pipe, calico flower Aristolochiaceae vine high risk

Aristolochia odoratissima English: duck, swan Aristolochiaceae herb

Aristolochia ringens English: gaping Dutchman's pipe Aristolochiaceae herb evaluate*

Arrhenatherum elatius English: false oatgrass, French ryegrass, tall oatgrass Poaceae grass

Arthrostemma ciliatum English: arthrostemma, everblooming eavender Melastomataceae herb

Arundinaria graminea English: bamboo Poaceae grass

Asparagus asparagoides English: bridal-veil creeper, smilax asparagus Liliaceae herb

Asparagus falcatus Liliaceae herb high risk

Asparagus plumosus English: asparagus fern Liliaceae vine

Asparagus setaceus English: ornamental asparagus, climbing asparagus fern, plumosa Liliaceae vine high risk

Austroeupatorium inulifolium Asteraceae herb

Avena barbata English: barbed oat, bearded oat, slender oat Poaceae grass

Avena fatua English: common wild oat, spring wild oat, spring wild oat, wild oat Poaceae grass

Axonopus fissifolius English: caratao grass, narrow-leaved carpetgrass Poaceae grass high risk

Axonopus micay Poaceae grass

Azadirachta indica English: neem, nim, margosa Meliaceae tree evaluate*

Azolla filiculoides English: azolla, large mosquito fern Azollaceae aquatic fern

Azolla pinnata English: mosquito fern, ferny azolla, water velvet Azollaceae aquatic fern

Baccharis halimifolia English: consumption weed, groundsel tree, Sea Island myrtle Asteraceae shrub high risk

Barleria prionitis English: barleria, porcupine flower Acanthaceae shrub

Batis marina English: pickleweed, saltwort, turtleweed Batacaeae herb

Bidens bipinnata English: bipinnate beggar's tick, cobbler's pegs, Spanish needle Asteraceae herb

Bidens cynapiifolia English: beggar's tick Asteraceae herb

Blechnum occidentale English: hammock fern, New World midsorus fern Blechnaceae fern

Bocconia frutescens English: bocconia, plume-poppy, tree poppy, tree celandine, parrotweed Papaveraceae shrub

Bothriochloa decipiens English: pitted bluegrass Poaceae grass

Bothriochloa pertusa English: hurricane grass, Indian couch grass, pitted beardgrass, pitted bluestem Poaceae grass

Bouteloua aristidoides English: needle grama Poaceae grass high risk

Bouteloua disticha Poaceae grass

Brassica napus English: annual rape, canola Brassicaceae herb high risk

Brillantaisia lamium Acanthaceae herb high risk

Briza maxima English: big quaking grass, great quaking grass, large quaking grass Poaceae grass

Briza minor English: lesser quaking grass, little quaking grass, shiverygrass Poaceae grass

Bromus catharticus English: rescue grass Poaceae grass

Bromus diandrus English: bronchograss, great brome, ripgut brome, ripgut grass Poaceae grass

Bromus hordeaceus English: lop grass, soft brome, soft chess Poaceae grass

Bromus madritensis English: compact brome, Madrid brome, Spanish brome, wall brome Poaceae grass

Bromus rubens English: foxtail brome, foxtail chess, red brome Poaceae grass

Bryophyllum daigremontianum English: devil's backbone, Mexican hat plant, mother of millions Crassulaceae herb

Buddleja asiatica English: dog tail Scrophulariaceae shrub high risk

Cabomba caroliniana English: Carolina fanwort, Carolina water-shield, fish-grass, Washington-plant Cabombaceae herb high risk

Caesalpinia decapetala English: cat's claw, Mysore thorn, Mauritius thorn, wait-a-bit Fabaceae shrub high risk

Caesalpinia sappan English: Brazilwood, sappan, sappanwood Fabaceae shrub

Callaeum macropterum English: hillyhock, hollyhock Malpighiaceae herb? evaluate*

Calophyllum antillanum English: Alexandrian laurel, beauty leaf, Santa Maria tree Clusiaceae tree

Calopogonium caeruleum English: calopo, calopogonium, jicama Fabaceae herb

Calotropis procera English: calotropis, rubber bush, apple of Sodom, mudar, madar Ascelepiadaceae shrub high risk

Carallia brachiata Rhizophoraceae tree evaluate*

Cardiospermum grandiflorum English: balloon vine; heart seed Sapindaceae vine high risk

Cardiospermum halicacabum English: balloon vine, heart pea, love-in-a-puff Sapindaceae vine high risk

Carex longii English: Long's sedge Cyperaceae sedge

Carex muskingumensis English: Muskingum sedge Cyperaceae sedge high risk

Carludovica palmata English: Panama hat plant Cyclanthaceae shrub

Carmona retusa English: Fukien tea, Philippine tea, scorpionbush Boraginaceae tree

Carpobrotus edulis English: ice plant, pigface, hottentot fig Aizoaceae succu-lent high risk

Castilla elastica English: Panama rubber tree, Mexican rubber tree, uletree Moraceae tree high risk

Casuarina cunninghamiana English: river oak, river she-oak, small cone ironwood Casuarinaceae tree high risk

Casuarina glauca English: swamp oak, saltmarsh ironwood, longleaf ironwood, gray sheoak Casuarinaceae tree high risk

Cayaponia glandulosa Cucurbitaceae vine

Cecropia obtusifolia English: trumpet tree, guarumo Cecropiaceae tree

Cecropia peltata English: trumpet tree Cecropiaceae tree high risk

Cedrela odorata English: cigar box cedar, Mexican cedar, West Indian cedar, Spanish cedar Meliaceae tree evaluate*

Celtis sinensis English: Chinese hackberry, Japanese hackberry Ulmaceae tree

Cenchrus ciliaris English: buffelgrass, African foxtail grass, anjan grass Poaceae grass high risk

Cenchrus pilosus Poaceae grass

Ceratophyllum demersum English: coontail, hornwort Ceratophyllaceae aquatic herb

Cereus uruguayensis English: hedge cactus, Peruvian apple, spiny tree cactus Cactaceae cactus

Cestrum auriculatum English: orange cestrum Solanaceae shrub

Cestrum diurnum English: inkberry, day jessamine, day cestrum, China berry Solanaceae shrub

Cestrum nocturnum English: night-flowering cestrum, night-flowering jasmine, queen (or lady) of the night Solanaceae shrub high risk

Cestrum parqui English: green cestrum, willow-leaved jessamine, Chilean cestrum, green poison-berry Solanaceae shrub high risk

Chamaesyce hyssopifolia English: hyssop-leaf sandma Euphorbiaceae herb

Chamaesyce ophthalmica English: Florida hammock sandmat Euphorbiaceae herb

Chasmanthium latifolium English: broadleaf chasmanthium, Indian woodoats Poaceae grass high risk

Chloris divaricata English: slender chloris, star grass, star windmill grass Poaceae grass

Chloris gayana English: Rhodes grass Poaceae grass high risk

Chlorophytum comosum English: ribbonplant, spider ivy, spiderplant Liliaceae herb high risk

Chromolaena squalida Asteraceae shrub

Chrysobalanus icaco English: coco plum, icaco Chrysobalanaceae shrub

Chrysophyllum oliviforme English: satin leaf, wild star-apple, damson plum Sapotaceae tree high risk

Chrysopogon zizanioides English: cuscus grass, khus-khus, vetiver grass Poaceae grass low risk**

Chukrasia tabularis English: Burmese almondwood, chickrassy, Chittagong wood Meliaceae tree

Cinchona pubescens English: quinine tree, red cinchona Rubiaceae tree high risk

Cinnamomum burmannii English: padang cassia Lauraceae tree

Cinnamomum camphora English: camphor tree, camphor laurel Lauraceae tree high risk

Cirsium vulgare English: spear thistle, Scotch thistle, bull thistle, black thistle, plume thistle Asteraceae herb high risk

Cissus discolor English: climbing begonia, rex begonia vine, trailing begonia Vitaceae vine evaluate*

Cissus nodosa English: grape ivy Vitaceae vine high risk

Cissus rotundifolia English: Arabian wax cissus, Venezuelan treebine Vitaceae vine high risk

Citharexylum caudatum English: juniper berry Verbenaceae tree

Citharexylum gentryi Verbenaceae tree

Citharexylum spinosum English: fiddlewood Verbenaceae tree high risk

Clausena excavata English: clausena Rutaceae tree

Clerodendrum chinense English: Honolulu rose, stickbush, glory bower Lamiaceae shrub

Clerodendrum japonicum English: glorybower Lamiaceae shrub

Clerodendrum macrostegium English: velvetleaf glorybower Lamiaceae shrub

Clitoria laurifolia English: laurel-leaf pigeonwings Fabaceae shrub

Clusia rosea English: signature tree, autograph tree, copey, Scotch attorney, pitchapple Clusiaceae tree evaluate*

Cnidoscolus aconitifolius English: cabbage star, tree spinach Euphorbiaceae tree

Coccinia grandis English: ivy gourd, scarlet-fruited gourd Cucurbitaceae vine high risk

Copaifera langsdorffii English: copaiba, Langsdorf's copaifera Fabaceae tree evaluate*

Cordia alliodora English: laurel, Ecuador laurel, salmwood, Spanish elm Boraginaceae tree

Cordia curassavica English: black sage Boraginaceae shrub

Cordia dichotoma English: clammy cherry, fragrant manjack, Indian cherry, sebesten Boraginaceae tree

Cordia glabra English: broad-leaved cordia Boraginaceae tree

Cortaderia jubata English: jubata grass, Andean pampas grass, purple pampas grass Poaceae grass high risk

Cortaderia selloana English: pampas grass, silver pampas grass, Uruguayan pampas grass Poaceae grass high risk

Corymbia citriodora English: lemon-scented gum Myrtaceae tree high risk

Corynocarpus laevigatus English: New Zealand laurel, karakara nut Corynocarpaceae tree

Costus afer English: spiral ginger Costaceae herb

Costus dubius Costaceae herb high risk

Costus pulverulentus Spanish: caña agria, chile de perro, pito de perro Costaceae herb

Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora English: autumn gold, garden montbretia, montbretia Iridaceae herb

Crotalaria goreensis English: gamba pea, Gambia pea Fabaceae shrub

Crotalaria lanceolata English: lance crotalaria, lance-leaf crotalaria, lanceleaf rattlebox Fabaceae shrub

Crotalaria linifolia English: narrow-leaved crotalaria Fabaceae herb

Crotalaria longirostrata English: castanet plant Fabaceae shrub

Crotalaria quinquefolia English: rattlepod Fabaceae herb

Crotalaria verrucosa English: blue-flower rattlepod, tooth-leaf rattlepod Fabaceae herb

Cryptostegia grandiflora English: rubber vine, India rubber vine, Palay rubbervine Ascelepiadaceae vine high risk

Cupaniopsis anacardioides English: carrotwood, tuckeroo Sapindaceae tree evaluate*

Cuphea hyssopifolia English: false heather, Mexican heather Lythraceae herb evaluate*

Cuscuta campestris English: golden dodder, field dodder, five-angled dodder Cuscutaceae vine high risk

Cyathea cooperi English: Australian tree fern Cyatheaceae fern high risk

Cymbalaria muralis English: coliseum ivy, ivy-leaf toadflax, Kenilworth ivy, pennywort Scrophulariaceae herb

Cyperus cyperoides Cyperaceae sedge

Cyperus digitatus English: digitate cyperus Cyperaceae sedge

Cyperus esculentus English: chufa, earth almond, nutgrass, tigernut, watergrass, yellow nut grass, yellow nutsedge Cyperaceae sedge

Cyperus sanguinolentus Cyperaceae sedge

Cyrtostachys renda English: lipstick palm, maharajah palm, sealing wax palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Dactylis glomerata English: barnyard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, orchard grass Poaceae grass evaluate*

Dalbergia latifolia English: Indian rosewood, Indian blackwood, Malabar rosewood, shisham Fabaceae tree evaluate*

Dalbergia sissoo English: Indian dalbergia, Indian rosewood, sissoo, shisham Fabaceae tree high risk

Datura ferox English: fierce thorn-apple, large thorn-apple, long-spine thorn-apple Solanaceae herb high risk

Datura inoxia English: angel's-trumpet, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, sacred datura Solanaceae herb high risk

Datura stramonium English: datura, jimsonweed, moonflower, purple thorn-apple, thorn-apple Solanaceae herb evaluate*

Delairea odorata English: German ivy, Italian ivy, cape ivy Asteraceae vine high risk

Derris malaccensis English: New Guinea creeper Fabaceae vine

Desmodium adscendens English: strongback, tick clover, tick trefoil, tropical clover Fabaceae shrub

Desmodium nicaraguense Fabaceae shrub low risk

Desmodium scorpiurus English: scorpion ticktrefoil Fabaceae herb evaluate*

Desmodium uncinatum English: silverleaf desmodium, Spanish clover, Spanish tick-clover Fabaceae herb high risk

Dianella caerulea English: blue flax-lily Liliaceae herb evaluate*

Dichanthium aristatum English: Angleton bluestem, awned dichanthium, bluestem, Wilder grass Poaceae grass

Dichanthium caricosum English: angleton grass, Antigua haygrass, Nadi bluegrass, roadside bluestem Poaceae grass

Dichrostachys cinerea English: aroma, Kalahari Christmas tree, Chinese lantern tree, sickle bush, marabou-thorn, marabú, Sen Domeng, Saint Domingue, acacia Saint Domingue Fabaceae shrub high risk

Digitalis purpurea English: digitalis, foxglove, purple foxglove Scrophulariaceae herb high risk

Digitaria eriantha English: common finger grass, digit grass, pangola grass, woolly finger grass Poaceae grass

Digitaria henryi Poaceae grass

Digitaria horizontalis English: Jamaican crabgrass Poaceae grass

Digitaria insularis English: cottongrass, sourgrass, feather-top grass Poaceae grass

Digitaria longiflora English: wire crabgrass 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 evaluate*

Dypsis lutescens English: areca palm, butterfly palm, cane palm, golden-yellow palm, yellow butterfly palm, yellow palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Echinochloa esculenta English: Japanese barnyard millet, Japanese millet Poaceae grass high risk

Echinochloa glabrescens Poaceae grass

Echinochloa oryzoides English: early barnyard grass Poaceae grass

Echinochloa polystachya English: aleman grass, carib grass, creeping rivergrass Poaceae grass high risk

Echinochloa stagnina English: barnyard grass, burgu grass, hippo grass, long-awn water grass Poaceae grass evaluate*

Egeria densa English: egeria, leafy elodea, dense waterweed Hydrocharitaceae aquatic herb high risk

Eleocharis acicularis English: needle spike-rush, needle spikesedge, slender spikerush Cyperaceae sedge

Elettaria cardamomum English: cardamom Zingiberaceae herb

Eleusine coracana English: caracan millet, finger millet, ragi, ragi millet Poaceae grass evaluate*

Emex australis English: doublegee, spiny emex, three-corner Jack Polygonaceae herb high risk

Enterolobium cyclocarpum English: devil's ear, earpod tree, elephant's ear, monkeysoap Fabaceae tree evaluate*

Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. debile English: branched scouringrush Equisetaceae fern

Eragrostis curvula English: African lovegrass, Boer love grass, weeping lovegrass Poaceae grass

Eragrostis elliottii English: field lovegrass Poaceae grass high risk

Eragrostis elongata English: clustered lovegrass (Australia) Poaceae grass

Eragrostis japonica English: Japanese lovegrass, pond lovegrass Poaceae grass

Eragrostis minor English: little love grass Poaceae grass

Eragrostis parviflora English: small flower love grass Poaceae grass

Eragrostis pectinacea English: Carolina love grass, pectinate lovegrass, tufted love grass Poaceae grass

Eragrostis scabriflora English: Fijian lovegrass Poaceae grass

Eragrostis superba English: Massai lovegrass, sawtooth love grass, Wilman love grass Poaceae grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia English: elastic grass, love grass Poaceae grass high risk

Eragrostis tremula Poaceae grass

Eragrostis unioloides English: Chinese love grass, Chinese lovegrass Poaceae grass

Eremochloa ophiuroides English: centipede grass Poaceae grass high risk

Erigeron karvinskianus English: Mexican daisy, seaside daisy, daisy fleabane Asteraceae herb high risk

Eriochloa polystachya English: Carib grass, Caribbean cup grass Poaceae grass

Eriochloa punctata English: Louisiana cupgrass Poaceae grass

Erodium cicutarium English: alfilaria, heron's-bill, pin clover, red-stem filaree, stork's-bill Geraniaceae herb

Erythrina corallodendrum English: coraltree Fabaceae shrub/ tree evaluate*

Erythrina subumbrans English: December tree Fabaceae tree evaluate*

Eucalyptus camaldulensis English: Murray red gum, red gum, river gum, river red gum Myrtaceae tree

Eucalyptus globulus English: blue gum, southern blue gum Myrtaceae tree high risk

Eucalyptus grandis English: flooded gum, rose gum Myrtaceae tree high risk

Eucalyptus paniculata English: black ironbark, gray ironbark, white ironbark Myrtaceae tree high risk

Eucalyptus robusta English: robust eucalyptus, swamp mahogany Myrtaceae tree evaluate*

Eucalyptus saligna English: Sydney blue gum Myrtaceae tree high risk

Eucalyptus torelliana English: cadaga, cadaghi Myrtaceae tree evaluate*

Eugenia brasiliensis English: Brazilian cherry, Brazilian plum, grumichama, Spanish cherry Myrtaceae tree

Euphorbia amygdaloides English: wood spurge Euphorbiaceae herb high risk

Euphorbia heterophylla English: Mexican fireplant, milkweed, painted euphorbia, painted spurge, paintedleaf, wild spurge Euphorbiaceae herb high risk

Euterpe oleracea English: assai palm, cabbage palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Festuca arundinacea English: alta fescue, reed fescue, tall fescue Poaceae grass

Festuca rubra English: creeping fescue, red fescue Poaceae grass

Ficus altissima English: lofty fig, false banyan, council tree Moraceae tree

Ficus benghalensis English: banyan, Indian banyan, vada tree Moraceae tree evaluate*

Ficus macrophylla English: Moreton Bay fig Moraceae tree evaluate*

Ficus natalensis Moraceae tree evaluate*

Ficus nota English: tibig Moraceae tree

Ficus rubiginosa English: rusty-leaved fig, Port Jackson fig, littleleaf fig Moraceae tree high risk

Filicium decipiens English: fern tree, soapberry Sapindaceae tree evaluate*

Fimbristylis aestivalis English: summer fimbry Cyperaceae sedge

Fimbristylis umbellaris English: globular fimbristylis Cyperaceae sedge

Flacourtia indica English: batoko-plum, governor's-plum, Indian-plum, Madagascar-plum, ramontchi Flacourtiaceae tree

Flacourtia jangomas English: Indian-plum, runeala-plum Flacourtiaceae tree

Flindersia brayleyana English: Queensland maple, silkwood Rutaceae tree low risk

Foeniculum vulgare English: fennel Apiaceae herb high risk

Fuirena ciliaris Cyperaceae sedge

Funtumia elastica English: African rubber tree, silkrubber Apocynaceae tree high risk

Furcraea foetida English: Mauritius hemp, sisal, maguey, giant cabuya Agavaceae succu-lent

Furcraea hexapetala English: Cuban hemp, hemp Agavaceae succu-lent

Galactia tenuiflora English: Florida hammock milkpea Fabaceae vine

Gazania rigens var. leucolaena English: trailing gazania Asteraceae herb high risk

Gmelina arborea English: gmelina, white teak, white beech Lamiaceae tree evaluate*

Gomphocarpus physocarpus English: balloon plant, balloon cottonbush, bladderbush, wild cotton Ascelepiadaceae shrub high risk

Grevillea banksii English: kahili flower, Banks grevillea Proteaceae tree high risk

Grevillea robusta English: silk oak, silky oak, he oak, silver oak, spider flower Proteaceae tree evaluate*

Grewia asiatica English: phalsa Tiliaceae tree

Guadua angustifolia English: guadua Poaceae grass

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides English: Senegal tea, temple plant Asteraceae herb high risk

Haematoxylum campechianum English: logwood, bloodwood tree, campeachy wood, campeche Fabaceae tree evaluate*

Harungana madagascariensis English: harungana Clusiaceae tree

Hedera helix English: English ivy, ivy Araliaceae vine high risk

Hedychium flavescens English: yellow ginger, cream ginger Zingiberaceae herb

Hedychium gardnerianum English: kahili ginger Zingiberaceae herb high risk

Helianthus annuus English: sunflower Asteraceae herb high risk

Heliocarpus popayanensis English: moho, white moho Tiliaceae tree high risk

Hemarthria altissima English: Batavian quick grass, halt grass, limpo grass, red quick, red swamp grass, snake grass, swamp couch Poaceae grass

Hibiscus diversifolius English: swamp hibiscus Malvaceae herb

Hibiscus sabdariffa English: Indian sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Jamaican sorrel, red sorrel, rosella, roselle, sorrel Malvaceae herb

Hiptage benghalensis English: hiptage Malpighiaceae shrub high risk

Homalanthus populifolius English: native bleeding-heart Euphorbiaceae tree

Hordeum murinum English: false barley, mouse barley, wall barley Poaceae grass

Hovenia dulcis English: Chinese raisintree, Japanese raisintree Rhamnaceae tree

Hura crepitans English: sandbox tree Euphorbiaceae tree

Hydrilla verticillata English: hydrilla, Florida elodea, water thyme Hydrocharitaceae aquatic herb high risk

Hydrocotyle bonariensis English: pennywort, kurnell curse, large-leaved pennywort Apiaceae herb

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides English: water pennywort Apiaceae herb high risk

Hydrolea zeylanica Hydrophyllaceae aquatic herb

Hygrophila polysperma English: East Indian hygrophila, Indian swampweed, Miramar weed Acanthaceae aquatic herb high risk

Hylocereus costaricensis English: Costa Rica nightblooming cactus Cactaceae succu-lent

Hylocereus polyrhizus English: pitahaya Cactaceae succu-lent

Hylocereus undatus English: night-blooming cereus, strawberry pear, red pitaya, dragon fruit, pitahaya Cactaceae succu-lent

Hymenachne amplexicaulis English: hymenachne, trompetilla, West Indian marsh grass Poaceae grass high risk

Hyparrhenia rufa English: jaragua grass, thatching grass Poaceae grass high risk

Hypericum androsaemum English: amber, sweet amber, tutsan Clusiaceae shrub high risk

Hypericum canariense English: Canary Islands St. Johnswort Clusiaceae shrub high risk

Hypericum perforatum English: goatweed, Klamath weed, St. John's-wort Clusiaceae herb high risk

Hypochoeris radicata English: hairy cat’s ear, gosmore Asteraceae herb

Hyptis brevipes Lamiaceae herb

Hyptis mutabilis English: tropical bushmint Lamiaceae herb

Hyptis rhomboidea English: knobweed Lamiaceae herb

Hyptis sidifolia Lamiaceae herb

Hyptis suaveolens English: stinking Roger, wild spikenard, chan Lamiaceae herb high risk

Ilex cassine English: dahoon, dahoon holly Aquifoliaceae shrub/ tree evaluate*

Ilex paraguariensis English: Brazilian tea, mate, Paraguay tea, Paraguayan tea, yerba mate Aquifoliaceae tree high risk

Indigofera spicata English: creeping indigo Fabaceae herb evaluate*

Indigofera suffruticosa English: indigo Fabaceae shrub high risk

Inga spectabilis English: silky inga Fabaceae tree

Ischaemum indicum English: batiki blue grass (Fiji) Poaceae grass

Jasminum dichotomum English: Gold Coast jasmine Oleaceae vine

Jasminum fluminense English: Brazilian jasmine Oleaceae vine high risk

Juglans neotropica English: Andean walnut, Ecuador walnut Juglandaceae tree

Juncus acutus English: sharp rush, spiny rush Juncaceae rush high risk

Justicia carnea English: pink plume-flower, pink jacobinia Acanthaceae shrub

Kalanchoe beharensis Crassulaceae herb evaluate*

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi English: lavender scallops Crassulaceae herb

Koelreuteria elegans English: Chinese rain tree, flame gold, golden rain tree Sapindaceae tree evaluate*

Kunzea ericoides English: tree manuka, tree manuba, kanuka (New Zealand), burgan, white teatree Myrtaceae tree

Kyllinga polyphylla English: Navua sedge Cyperaceae sedge

Lablab purpureus English: hyacinth bean, lablab, bonavist, Egyptian kidney bean, dolichos Fabaceae vine evaluate*

Laccospadix australasica Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Lagarosiphon major English: African elodea, African oxygen weed, lagarosiphon, oxygen weed Hydrocharitaceae aquatic herb

Lagurus ovatus English: hare's-tail, hare's-tail grass Poaceae grass high risk

Lantana montevidensis English: creeping lantana, purple lantana, small lantana, trailing lantana weeping lantana Verbenaceae herb high risk

Leersia hexandra English: cutgrass Poaceae grass

Lemna spp. English: duckweed Lemnaceae aquatic herb

Leonotis nepetifolia English: lion’s tail, lion’s ear, Christmas candlestick Lamiaceae herb high risk

Lepidium ruderale English: peppergrass Brassicaceae herb high risk

Leptochloa chinensis English: Asian sprangletop, red sprangletop Poaceae grass

Leptochloa fusca English: Malabar sprangletop, Mexican sprangletop Poaceae grass

Leptochloa mucronata English: red sprangletop Poaceae grass

Leptochloa panicea English: mucronate sprangletop, red sprangletop, sprangle top Poaceae grass

Leptospermum laevigatum English: Australian myrtle, Australian tea tree, coast teatree Myrtaceae shrub/ tree

Leptospermum polygalifolium English: tea tree Myrtaceae shrub

Leptospermum scoparium English: New Zealand tea, manuka (New Zealand) Myrtaceae tree high risk

Leucaena trichodes Fabaceae tree

Licuala grandis English: ruffled fan palm Arecaceae tree

Ligustrum japonicum English: Japanese privet Oleaceae shrub evaluate*

Ligustrum lucidum English: Chinese wax-leaf privet, tree privet Oleaceae shrub/ tree evaluate*

Ligustrum robustum English: tree privet, wild privet Oleaceae shrub/ tree

Ligustrum sinense English: Chinese privet Oleaceae shrub/ tree high risk

Limnocharis flava English: sawah-flower rush, sawah-lettuce, velvetleaf, yellow bur-head Limnocharitaceae herb

Linum usitatissimum English: flax, linseed Linaceae herb high risk

Liriope spicata English: creeping lilyturf, creeping liriope Liliaceae herb high risk

Litsea glutinosa English: Indian laurel Lauraceae tree

Litsea monopetala English: yati Lauraceae tree

Lolium multiflorum English: Italian ryegrass Poaceae grass high risk

Lolium perenne English: English ryegrass, perennial ryegrass Poaceae grass

Lolium temulentum English: bearded darnel, bearded ryegrass, darnel, poison darnel, poison ryegrass Poaceae grass

Lophostemon confertus English: brush box, Brisbane box, vinegar tree Myrtaceae tree low risk

Ludwigia adscendens English: water primrose Onagraceae herb

Ludwigia longifolia English: longleaf primrose-willow Onagraceae herb

Ludwigia peruviana English: ludwigia, Peruvian primrose, water primrose Onagraceae herb high risk

Luffa acutangula English: angled loofah, Chinese okra, dish-cloth gourd, ribbed gourd, ribbed loofah, ridged gourd, silk gourd, sinkwa towelsponge, sinqua melon, vegetable sponge Cucurbitaceae herb

Luzula sylvatica English: great wood-rush Juncaceae rush high risk

Lycium chinense English: Chinese boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn, Chinese matrimony vine, Chinese wolfberry, wolfberry Solanaceae shrub

Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium English: currant tomato Solanaceae herb

Lygodium japonicum English: Japanese climbing fern Schizaeaceae fern

Lysimachia fortunei Primulaceae herb high risk

Macaranga mappa English: bingabing Euphorbiaceae tree

Macaranga tanarius English: parasol leaf tree Euphorbiaceae tree

Macfadyena unguis-cati English: cat's-claw climber Bignoniaceae vine high risk

Maesopsis eminii English: umbrella tree, musizi Rhamnaceae tree evaluate*

Malachra alceifolia English: malachra Malvaceae herb

Malvastrum tomentosum Malvaceae shrub

Manihot glaziovii English: Ceará rubber tree Euphorbiaceae tree

Marrubium vulgare English: common horehound, horehound, white horehound Lamiaceae herb high risk

Marsilea minuta English: small water clover Marsiliaceae herb

Marsilea quadrifolia English: European water clover Marsiliaceae herb

Medinilla cummingii English: medinilla Melastomataceae shrub evaluate*

Medinilla heterophylla Melastomataceae vine high risk

Medinilla magnifica English: chandelier tree, showy melastome, showy medinilla, Malaysian orchid Melastomataceae shrub high risk

Medinilla scortechinii Melastomataceae herb evaluate*

Medinilla venosa English: holdtight Melastomataceae shrub

Melaleuca nesophila Myrtaceae shrub high risk

Melastoma candidum English: Asian melastome, Indian rhododendron, Malabar melastome Melastomataceae tree high risk

Melastoma sanguineum English: fox-tongued melastoma, red melastome Melastomataceae shrub/ tree

Melica transsilvanica Poaceae grass high risk

Melicoccus bijugatus English: Spanish lime Sapindaceae tree

Melinis repens English: Natal redtop, Natal grass, red Natal grass, Holme's grass, blanketgrass Poaceae grass

Memecylon floribundum Melastomataceae shrub

Mentha pulegium English: European pennyroyal, pennyroyal Lamiaceae herb

Merremia aegyptia English: hairy merremia, hairy woodrose; Hawaiian: koali kua hulu, kuahulu Convolvulaceae vine

Merremia tuberosa English: wood rose, Spanish arborvine, yellow morning-glory Convolvulaceae vine high risk

Merremia vitifolia Convolvulaceae vine

Metrosideros excelsa English: New Zealand Christmas tree Myrtaceae tree evaluate*

Metrosideros kermadecensis Myrtaceae tree evaluate*

Miconia calvescens English: miconia, velvetleaf, purple plague, bush currant Melastomataceae tree high risk

Microlaena stipoides English: meadow ricegrass, weeping grass Poaceae grass

Mikania cordata English: mile-a-minute Asteraceae vine

Mimosa pigra English: catclaw mimosa, thorny sensitiveplant, giant mimosa, giant sensitive plant, black mimosa, zaraz, dormilona, bashful plant, amourette violet Fabaceae shrub high risk

Mimosa tenuiflora Fabaceae tree high risk

Monochoria hastata English: arrow-leaf monochoria, hastate-leaf pondweed, monochoria Pontederiaceae aquatic herb

Monochoria vaginalis English: cordate monochoria, oval-leaf monochoria, oval-leaf-pondweed, pickerel weed Pontederiaceae aquatic herb

Montanoa hibiscifolia English: montanoa, tree daisy, Anzac flower Asteraceae shrub high risk

Morella cerifera English: bayberry, candleberry, southern bayberry, southern wax-myrtle, wax-myrtle, waxberry Myricaceae tree

Morella faya English: fayatree, firetree, firebush Myricaceae tree high risk

Mucuna pruriens English: cow itch, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Mauritius bean Fabaceae vine high risk

Myoporum laetum English: myoporum, ngaio Myoporaceae tree evaluate*

Myriophyllum aquaticum English: parrot's feather, water feather, Brazilian water milfoil Haloragidaceae aquatic herb high risk

Myriophyllum spicatum English: Eurasian water milfoil, Eurasian watermilfoil, spike watermilfoil Haloragidaceae aquatic herb

Najas graminea English: ricefield waternymph ricefield waternymph Najadaceae aquatic herb

Najas guadalupensis English: common waternymph, Guadalupe waternymph, southern naiad, southern waternymph Najadaceae aquatic herb

Najas marina English: bushy pondweed, holly-leaf naiad, holly-leaf waternymph, holly-leaved waternymph, marine naiad, marine naiad, spiny-leaf naiad, spiny naiad, spiny waternymph, water nymph Najadaceae aquatic herb

Nassella tenuissima English: finestem needlegrass Poaceae grass high risk

Nasturtium microphyllum English: one-row watercress Brassicaceae herb

Neonotonia wightii English: glycine Fabaceae vine high risk

Neyraudia reynaudiana English: Burma reed, cane grass, silk reed Poaceae grass

Nicotiana glauca English: mustard tree, tree tobacco, wild tobacco Solanaceae tree

Noronhia emarginata English: Madagascar olive Oleaceae tree low risk

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 high risk

Ochna thomasiana English: bird's-eye bush, Mickey Mouse plant Ochnaceae shrub high risk

Odontonema cuspidatum English: cardinal flower, fire spike, mottled toothedthread Acanthaceae shrub high risk

Odontonema tubaeforme English: fire spike Acanthaceae shrub

Olea europaea English: olive Oleaceae tree evaluate*

Olyra latifolia English: bambou tibi, carrycillo Poaceae grass

Operculina ventricosa English: paper rose, St. Thomas lidpod Convolvulaceae vine

Oplismenus burmannii Poaceae grass

Ossaea marginata Melastomataceae shrub

Ottelia alismoides English: duck lettuce, water plantain ottelia Hydrocharitaceae aquatic herb

Ottelia ovalifolia English: swamp lily (Australia) Hydrocharitaceae aquatic herb

Ottochloa nodosa English: slender panic grass Poaceae grass

Oxyspora paniculata English: oxyspora, bristletips Melastomataceae shrub

Paederia foetida English: stink vine, skunk vine Rubiaceae vine high risk

Panicum antidotale English: blue panic grass, giant panic grass, Texas grass Poaceae grass

Panicum bisulcatum English: blackseed panic Poaceae grass

Panicum brevifolium English: shortleaf panic grass Poaceae grass

Panicum capillare English: old-witch grass, tickle grass, tumbleweed, witchgrass Poaceae grass

Panicum decompositum English: Australian millet, umbrella grass Poaceae grass

Panicum dichotomiflorum English: bluegrass, fall panic grass, fall panicum, smooth witchgrass Poaceae grass

Panicum miliaceum English: broomcorn millet, hog millet, millet panic, panic millet, proso millet Poaceae grass

Panicum polygonatum English: Bolivian panicgrass Poaceae grass

Panicum virgatum English: Blackwell switch grass, switchgrass Poaceae grass high risk

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 high risk

Parthenium hysterophorus English: bitterweed, carrot grass, false ragweed, feverfew, parthenium weed, ragweed parthenium, whitetop, Santa Maria Asteraceae herb high risk

Paspalum dilatatum English: paspalum, dallis grass, water grass Poaceae grass high risk

Paspalum fimbriatum English: fimbriate paspalum, winged paspalum, Panama paspalum, Panama crowngrass, Columbia grass Poaceae grass

Paspalum notatum English: Bahia grass Poaceae grass high risk

Paspalum plicatulum English: brownseed paspalum, circularfruited birdseed Poaceae grass

Paspalum setaceum English: bullgrass, hairy bead grass, thin paspalum Poaceae grass

Paspalum urvillei English: Vasey grass Poaceae grass

Paspalum vaginatum English: biscuit grass, knot grass, knottweed, salt grass, saltwater couch, saltwater paspalum, seashore grass, seashore paspalum, silt grass, swamp couch Poaceae grass high risk

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 high risk

Passiflora laurifolia English: yellow granadilla, belle apple, yellow water-lemon Passifloraceae vine

Passiflora ligularis English: sweet granadilla, yellow passionfruit Passifloraceae vine

Passiflora maliformis English: hard-shelled passionfruit, sweet calabash, sweet cup Passifloraceae vine

Passiflora pulchella English: two-lobed passion flower, wingleaf passionfruit Passifloraceae vine

Passiflora rubra English: red passionfruit, Dutchman's laudanum Passifloraceae vine high risk

Passiflora tarminiana English: banana poka, banana passionfruit, bananadilla Passifloraceae vine

Paulownia tomentosa English: paulownia, princess-tree, Chinese empress tree, karri-tree Scrophulariaceae tree high risk

Pennisetum clandestinum English: kikuyu grass, kikuyo Poaceae grass high risk

Pennisetum glaucum English: bajra, bulrush millet, burr bristle grass, cat’s tail grass, cattail millet, pearl millet, yellow bristle grass, yellow foxtail Poaceae grass

Pennisetum macrourum English: African feathergrass, bedding grass Poaceae grass high risk

Pennisetum occidentale Poaceae grass

Pennisetum pedicellatum English: annual kyasuwa grass, hairy fountain grass, kayasuwa grass, kyasuwa grass Poaceae grass

Pennisetum petiolare English: petioled fountaingrass Poaceae grass high risk

Pennisetum villosum English: feathertop, long-style feather grass, white foxtail Poaceae grass high risk

Pentalinon luteum English: hammock viper's-tail, lice bush, wild allamanda, wild wist Apocynaceae vine high risk

Persicaria capitata English: pinkhead knotweed, pinkhead smartweed Polygonaceae herb high risk

Persicaria punctata English: arse-smart, dotted smartweed, turkey-troop, water smartweed Polygonaceae herb

Phalaris aquatica English: bulbous Canary grass, Harding grass, Towoomba Canary grass, tuberous canarygrass Poaceae grass

Phalaris brachystachys English: short-spiked canarygrass Poaceae grass

Phalaris minor English: lesser canarygrass, little-seed Canary grass, small Canary grass Poaceae grass

Philadelphus karwinskyanus English: philadelphus, evergreen mock orange, syringa Saxifragaceae shrub

Phleum pratense English: meadow cat's-tail, timothy Poaceae grass

Phoenix dactylifera English: date, date palm, kajoor Arecaceae tree

Phormium tenax English: New Zealand flax, New Zealand hemp, bush flax Agavaceae herb high risk

Phyllanthus acidus English: gooseberry tree, Otaheite gooseberry, Tahiti gooseberry Euphorbiaceae tree

Phyllostachys aurea English: fish-pole bamboo, golden bamboo, walking stick bamboo Poaceae shrub

Phyllostachys bissetii Poaceae shrub

Phyllostachys flexuosa English: drooping timber bamboo Poaceae shrub

Phyllostachys nigra English: black bamboo Poaceae shrub

Phytolacca dioica English: belhambra, packalacca, phytolacca Phytolaccaceae tree high risk

Pimenta dioica English: pimento, allspice Myrtaceae tree high risk

Pimenta racemosa English: bay tree, bay rum tree, bay oil tree, malagueta Myrtaceae tree evaluate*

Pinus elliottii English: slash pine Pinaceae tree evaluate*

Piper aduncum English: spiked pepper Piperaceae shrub/ tree high risk

Piper auritum English: eared pepper, anise piper, Veracruz pepper Piperaceae shrub high risk

Pithecellobium unguis-cati English: blackbead, bread-and-cheese, cat's claw Fabaceae tree

Pittosporum pentandrum English: pittosporum, Taiwanese cheesewood, mamalis Pittosporaceae shrub/ tree

Pittosporum resiniferum English: petroleum nut, resin cheesewood Pittosporaceae tree evaluate*

Pittosporum tobira English: tobira, Japanese pittosporum, Japanese cheesewood, mock orange, Australian laurel Pittosporaceae shrub/ tree evaluate*

Pittosporum undulatum English: Victorian box, Victorian laurel, Australian cheesewood, mock orange, sweet pittosporum, orange pittosporum Pittosporaceae tree high risk

Pittosporum viridiflorum English: cape pittosporum Pittosporaceae tree evaluate*

Platycerium bifurcatum English: elkhorn fern, staghorn fern Selaginellaceae fern

Poa annua English: annual bluegrass, annual meadowgrass, annual poa, goose grass, walkgrass, winter grass Poaceae grass

Podranea ricasoliana English: pandorea, pink trumpet vine, Zimbabwe creeper Bignoniaceae vine evaluate*

Polypogon monspeliensis English: annual beardgrass, beard grass, Montpelier beardgrass, rabbitfoot grass Poaceae grass high risk

Polypogon viridis English: water bent Poaceae grass

Portulaca pilosa English: hairy pigweed Portulacaceae herb

Potamogeton crispus English: curled pondweed, curly pondweed, curly-leaved pondweed, curlyleaf pondweed, river weed Potamogetonaceae aquatic herb

Prosopis glandulosa English: honey mesquite Fabaceae tree

Prosopis juliflora English: algaroba, ironwood, mesquite Fabaceae tree high risk

Prosopis pallida English: algaroba, mesquite Fabaceae tree

Prunus cerasifera English: cherry plum, myrobalan plum Rosaceae tree high risk

Prunus grisea Rosaceae shrub evaluate*

Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides English: Mexican flamevine Asteraceae herb

Psidium guineense English: Brazilian guava, Guinea guava Myrtaceae shrub/ tree high risk

Ptychosperma elegans English: Alexander palm, cabbage palm, solitaire palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*

Ptychosperma macarthurii English: cluster palm, hurricane palm, Macarthur feather palm, Macarthur palm Arecaceae tree high risk

Pyrostegia venusta English: flame vine, flame flower, golden shower, orange trumpet vine Bignoniaceae vine high risk

Rauvolfia vomitoria English: swizzle stick Apocynaceae shrub/ tree high risk

Rhaphiolepis indica English: Indian hawthorn Rosaceae shrub evaluate*

Rhododendron indicum English: evergreen azalea Ericaceae shrub evaluate*

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa English: rose myrtle, downy myrtle, Isenberg bush Myrtaceae shrub high risk

Rhynchospora caduca English: anglestem beaksedge Cyperaceae herb

Richardia brasiliensis English: Mexican clover, richardia, tropical Mexican clover, white-eye Rubiaceae herb

Rivina humilis English: baby pepper, bloodberry, coral berry, rouge plant Phytolaccaceae herb

Rotala indica Lythraceae aquatic herb

Rotala rotundifolia English: dwarf rotala, rotala, roundleaf toothcup Lythraceae aquatic herb

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 high risk

Rubus argutus English: prickly Florida blackberry Rosaceae shrub high risk

Rubus discolor English: Himalaya blackberry Rosaceae shrub high risk

Rubus megalococcus English: Indian toothcup 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 Rosaceae shrub high risk

Rubus sieboldii English: Molucca raspberry Rosaceae shrub

Rubus ulmifolius English: elm-leaf blackberry Rosaceae shrub

Ruellia brevifolia English: common wild petunia Acanthaceae herb

Ruellia devosiana English: Brazilian wild petunia Acanthaceae herb

Ruellia prostrata English: black weed, bell weed Acanthaceae herb

Rumex brownii English: brown dock, hooked dock, slender dock, swamp dock Polygonaceae herb high risk

Rumex crispus English: curled dock, curly dock, sour dock, yellow dock Polygonaceae herb high risk

Rumex obtusifolius English: bitter dock Polygonaceae herb

Rumex pulcher English: fiddle dock Polygonaceae herb high risk

Sacciolepis interrupta Poaceae grass

Sagittaria latifolia English: broadleaf arrowhead Alismataceae herb

Sagittaria sagittifolia English: arrowhead, Chinese arrowhead, Old World arrowhead, swamp-potato, swan-potato Alismataceae herb

Salvinia cucullata Salviniaceae aquatic fern

Salvinia molesta English: salvinia, water fern, kariba weed, African payal Salviniaceae aquatic fern high risk

Salvinia natans English: floating watermoss Salviniaceae aquatic fern

Sanchezia speciosa English: sanchezia. Acanthaceae shrub

Sapindus saponaria English: soapberry, soaptree, wing-leaf soapberry Sapindaceae tree

Schefflera taiwaniana English: Taiwan dwarf umbrella tree Araliaceae tree evaluate*

Schinus molle English: pepper tree, California pepper tree, Peruvian peppertree, pepperina Anacardiaceae tree high risk

Schinus terebinthifolius English: Christmas-berry, Brazilian pepper, Brazilian holly, Florida holly Anacardiaceae tree high risk

Schizachyrium condensatum English: little bluestem, bush beardgrass Poaceae grass high risk

Schizachyrium scoparium English: little bluestem, prairie beardgrass Poaceae grass

Scleria sumatrensis English: Sumatran scleria Cyperaceae sedge

Senecio madagascariensis English: fireweed Asteraceae herb high risk

Senna multijuga English: false sicklepod, leafy cassia Fabaceae tree

Senna pendula Fabaceae shrub

Senna septemtrionalis English: buttercup bush, yellow shower, laburnum Fabaceae shrub/ tree

Senna tora English: foetid cassia, stinking cassia, Java-bean, sickle senna, sicklepod, Chinese senna, peanut weed, sickle senna Fabaceae shrub high risk

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 high risk

Sesbania sesban English: common sesban, Egyptian rattlepod, Egyptian riverhemp, Egyptian sesban, sesban, sesbania Fabaceae shrub high risk

Setaria barbata English: bristly foxtail grass Poaceae grass

Setaria flavida Poaceae grass

Setaria grisebachii English: Grisebach's bristlegrass Poaceae grass

Setaria macrostachya English: plains bristlegrass Poaceae grass

Setaria palmifolia English: palmgrass, short pitpit, hailans pitpit, broadleaved bristlegrass Poaceae grass high risk

Setaria verticillata Engllish: bristly foxtail Poaceae grass

Sida cordifolia English: country mallow, flannelweed, heart-leaf sida, heartleaf sida, sida Malvaceae shrub high risk

Solandra maxima English: golden cup, cup of gold, chalice vine Solanaceae vine evaluate*

Solanum capsicoides English: cockroach berry, devil’s apple, soda apple Solanaceae herb

Solanum linnaeanum English: Apple of Sodom, Sodom-apple Solanaceae shrub

Solanum mauritianum English: bugweed, wild tobacco, tree tobacco Solanaceae shrub

Solanum seaforthianum English: potato creeper, Brazilian nightshade Solanaceae vine high risk

Solanum tampicense English: wetland nightshade, aquatic soda apple Solanaceae aquatic herb

Solanum viarum English: tropical soda apple Solanaceae herb

Spartium junceum English: genet, Spanish broom, weaver's broom Fabaceae shrub high risk

Spermacoce confusa English: river false buttonweed Rubiaceae herb

Spermacoce prostrata English: false buttonweed, prostrate false buttonweed Rubiaceae herb

Spirodela polyrhiza English: giant duckweed, great duckweed, greater duckweed, water flaxseed Lemnaceae aquatic herb

Sporobolus africanus English: African dropseed, Parramatta grass, rat's tail grass, rattail grass, smut grass, tufty grass Poaceae grass

Sporobolus elongatus English: wiregrass, rat-tail dropseed Poaceae grass

Sporobolus natalensis Engllish: giant rat's tail grass Poaceae grass

Sporobolus pyramidatus Engllish: giant rat's tail grass Poaceae grass

Stachytarpheta australis Verbenaceae herb

Stachytarpheta mutabilis English: changeable velvetberry, pink rat tail, pink snakeweed Verbenaceae herb

Stuckenia pectinata English: bushy pondweed, fennel pondweed, fennel-leaved pondweed, pondweed, sago pondweed Potamogetonaceae aquatic herb

Syncarpia glomulifera English: turpentine tree, lustre wood Myrtaceae tree

Syngonium podophyllum English: arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant Araceae vine high risk

Tabebuia rosea English: pink poui, pink tecoma, rosy trumpet tree Bignoniaceae tree evaluate*

Tamarix aphylla English: Athel tamarisk, athel pine, salt-cedar Tamaricaceae shrub high risk

Tamarix gallica English: saltcedar Tamaricaceae tree high risk

Tecoma capensis English: Cape honeysucke Bignoniaceae vine evaluate*

Terminalia myriocarpa English: hollock, jhalna Combretaceae tree

Tetragonia tetragonioides English: New Zealand spinach, warrigal cabbage Azioaceae herb

Tetrastigma pubinerve Vitaceae vine

Tetrastigma voinierianum English: chestnut vine, lizard plant Vitaceae vine

Tetrazygia bicolor English: Florida clover ash Melastomataceae shrub/ tree evaluate*

Themeda arguens English: lesser tasselgrass Poaceae grass

Themeda gigantea English: ulla Poaceae grass

Themeda quadrivalvis English: grader grass, habana grass, kangaroo grass Poaceae grass evaluate*

Themeda villosa English: greater tasselgrass, Lyon's grass Poaceae grass

Thunbergia alata English: black-eyed susan vine Acanthaceae vine

Thunbergia fragrans English: white lady, white thunbergia, sweet clock-vine Acanthaceae vine

Thunbergia laurifolia English: purple allamanda, laurel-leaved thunbergia, laurel clock vine Acanthaceae vine

Tibouchina herbacea English: glorybush, cane ti, tibouchina Melastomataceae shrub high risk

Tibouchina urvilleana English: glorybush, lasiandra, princess flower Melastomataceae shrub high risk

Tillandsia usneoides English: Spanish moss, old man's beard, grandfather’s whiskers, air plant Bromeliaceae bromeliad high risk

Toona ciliata English: Australian red cedar, toon, surian, Indian mahogany Meliaceae tree evaluate*

Topobea parasitica Melastomataceae herb high risk

Tradescantia fluminensis English: small-leaf spiderwort, spiderwort, wandering jew Commelinaceae herb

Tragus berteronianus English: bertero goatgrass, bur grass, carrotseed grass, small carrot-seed grass, spike bur grass Poaceae grass

Triadica sebifera English: Chinese tallow tree, popcorn tree, vegetable tallow, white wax berry, chicken tree, Florida aspen Euphorbiaceae tree high risk

Tribulus cistoides English: puncture vine, caltrop, burrnut, Jamaican feverplant, goat’s head Zygophyllaceae herb

Tribulus terrestris English: puncture vine, goat head Zygophyllaceae herb high risk

Triphasia trifolia English: limeberry, lemon China Rutaceae shrub

Triplaris weigeltiana English: long john, long jack Polygonaceae tree

Tripsacum latifolium English: wideleaf gamagrass Poaceae grass

Tripsacum laxum English: Guatemala grass Poaceae grass

Triumfetta semitriloba English: Sacramento bur Tiliaceae shrub

Turbina corymbosa English: turbina, Christmas vine, ololiuqui Convolvulaceae vine

Typha latifolia English: broad-leaf cattail, common cattail, Cooper's reed, giant reed-mace, great cattail, soft flag Typaceae aquatic herb

Ulex europaeus English: gorse, furze, whin Fabaceae shrub high risk

Urochloa brizantha English: bread grass, palisade grass, palisade signalgrass, signal grass, Surinam grass Poaceae grass evaluate*

Urochloa decumbens English: basilisk signal grass, signal grass, Surinam grass Poaceae grass high risk

Urochloa humidicola English: creeping signal grass, koronivia grass Poaceae grass evaluate*

Urochloa mosambicensis English: African liverseed grass, sabi grass Poaceae grass

Urochloa plantaginea English: Alexander grass, marmalade grass, plantain signal grass Poaceae grass

Vallisneria spiralis English: coiled vallisneria, eelgrass, eelweed, ribbon weed, tape grass, tape weed Hydrocharitaceae aquatic herb

Vicia sativa ssp. nigra English: black-pod vetch, common vetch, narrow-leaf vetch, spring vetch Fabaceae herb high risk

Vulpia bromoides English: barren fescue, brome fescue, squirreltail fescue Poaceae grass

Vulpia myuros English: annual fescue, foxtail fescue, rat tail fescue, silvergrass, six weeks grass Poaceae grass

Washingtonia filifera English: California fan palm, California Washingtonia, cotton palm, desert fan palm, petticoat palm, Washington palm Arecaceae tree high risk

Washingtonia robusta English: Mexican fan palm, Mexican Washington palm, Mexican washingtonia, thread palm Arecaceae tree high risk

Waterhousea floribunda English: weeping lilly pilly, weeping myrtle Myrtaceae tree

Xanthium spinosum English: Bathurst burr, prickly burweed, spiny cockleburr Asteraceae herb

Xanthium strumarium English: Australian burr (Cook Islands), California-bur, cocklebur, noogoora burr Asteraceae herb high risk

Xanthosoma robustum Araceae herb evaluate*

Zantedeschia aethiopica English: calla lily, arum lily Araceae herb high risk

Zinnia peruviana Asteraceae herb

Ziziphus mauritiana English: Indian jujube, Chinese date, Chinee apple Rhamnaceae tree high risk

†Recommendation from risk assessment, if one has been conducted for this species (see PIER for copies).
*Evaluate further; not enough information or assessment inconclusive.
**Low risk based on sterile cultivars.

Table 2. Other invasive plant species not seen or reported to be present in Palau

Scientific Name

Common Names

Family

Habit

Abutilon grandifolium English: hairy abutilon Malvaceae shrub

Acalypha alopecuroides English: foxtail copperleaf Euphorbiaceae herb

Acanthocereus tetragonus English: barbed-wire cactus, sword-pear, triangle cactus Cactaceae succulent

Acanthospermum australe English: Paraguay bur, Paraguay starbur, sheepbur, spiny bur, star bur Asteraceae herb

Acanthospermum hispidum English: bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starburr Asteraceae herb

Acmella oleracea English: para-cress, toothache plant Asteraceae herb

Acmella sodiroi Asteraceae herb

Acmella uliginosa Asteraceae herb

Actinoscirpus grossus Cyperaceae sedge

Adenostemma platyphyllum English: adenostemma Asteraceae herb

Aerva javanica English: aerva, kapok bush, snow bush Amaranthaceae herb

Aeschynomene indica English: budda pea, curly-indigo, Indian joint-vetch, sensitive jointed vetch Fabaceae herb

Ageratina adenophora English: catweed, croftonweed Asteraceae herb

Ageratum houstonianum English: ageratum, blue billygoat weed, flossflower, goatweed Asteraceae herb

Amaranthus blitum English: amaranth, livid amaranth, slender amaranth Amaranthaceae herb

Amaranthus cruentus English: bush greens, purple amaranth, red amaranth, red shank Amaranthaceae herb

Amaranthus hybridus English: green amaranth, green pigweed, smooth amaranth, smooth pigweed Amaranthaceae herb

Amaranthus interruptus English: amaranth Amaranthaceae herb

Amaranthus retroflexus English: common amaranth, redroot amaranth, redroot pigweed, rough pigweed Amaranthaceae herb

Ambrosia artemisiifolia English: bitterweed, common ragweed Asteraceae herb

Ammannia auriculata English: eared redstem Lythraceae herb

Ammannia coccinea English: purple ammania, red stem, toothcup Lythraceae herb

Anoda acerifolia English: anoda Malvaceae herb

Anodendron paniculatum English: Andamanese bowstring plant; French: liane parachute Apocynaceae herb

Antirrhinum orontium English: lesser snapdragon, linearleaf snapdragon Scrophulariaceae herb

Artabotrys hexapetalus English: climbing ilang-ilang, climbing ylang-ylang, lanalana, ylang-ylang Annonaceae shrub

Arundina graminifolia English: bamboo orchid Orchidaceae herb

Begonia cucullata English: clubed begonia Begoniaceae herb

Begonia foliosa English: fuchsia begonia Begoniaceae herb

Begonia fusca Begoniaceae herb

Begonia hirtella English: Brazilian begonia Begoniaceae herb

Blainvillea gayana Asteraceae herb

Boehmeria macrophylla English: African jolanettle, false nettle Urticaceae herb

Boerhavia coccinea English: boerhavia, hog weed, hog feed, red spiderling, wineflower, tar vine Nyctaginaceae herb

Boerhavia erecta English: erect spiderling Nyctaginaceae herb

Borreria verticillata English: shrubby false-buttonweed Rubiaceae herb

Brachiaria eruciformis English: sweet signal grass Poaceae grass

Brassica juncea English: Chinese mustard, India mustard, Indian mustard, Oriental mustard Brassicaceae herb

Brassica nigra English: black mustard, true mustard Brassicaceae herb

Brassica rapa English: colbaga, turnip, tyfon, wild turnip Brassicaceae herb

Brickellia diffusa Asteraceae herb

Browallia americana English: bush violet Solanaceae herb

Brugmansia candida English: angel's trumpet, borrachero, white angel's-trumpet Solanaceae tree

Brugmansia suaveolens English: angel's trumpet, night bells, trumpet flower Solanaceae shrub

Cajanus cajan English: Congo pea, pigeon pea, red gram, yellow dhal Fabaceae shrub

Cajanus scarabaeoides English: peanut grass, tropical clover Fabaceae vine

Calotis lappulacea English: bur daisy, yellow daisy burr Asteraceae herb

Calyptocarpus vialis English: straggler daisy Asteraceae herb

Caperonia palustris English: birdeye, Mexican weed, Texas weed Euphorbiaceae herb

Capsella bursa-pastoris English: boursette, case weed, lady's purse, pepper plant, shepherd's purse Brassicaceae herb

Cardamine bonariensis Brassicaceae herb

Cardamine hirsuta English: bitter cress, common bitter cress, hairy bitter cress, hoary bitter cress, wavy bitter cress Brassicaceae herb

Centaurea melitensis English: Maltese cockspur, Maltese star thistle, Napa thistle, yellow star thistle Asteraceae herb

Centaurium spicatum English: spiked centaury Gentianaceae herb

Chenopodium album English: Antigua hay grass, fat hen, goosefoot, lamb's quarters, pigweed, silver grass, white goosefoot Chenopodiaceae herb

Chenopodium ambrosioides English: American wormseed, bluebush, Jerusalem tea, Mexican tea, Spanish-tea, wormseed Chenopodiaceae herb

Chenopodium carinatum English: Tasmanian goosefoot Chenopodiaceae herb

Chenopodium murale English: Australian-spinach, green fat hen, nettle-leaf goosefoot, salt-green, sowbane Chenopodiaceae herb

Citrullus lanatus English: watermelon, wild melon; Palauan: sandiang, suik Cucurbitaceae vine

Citrus limetta English: sweet lemon, sweet lime Rutaceae tree

Citrus limon English: lemon; Palauan: debechel, malchianged Rutaceae tree

Cleome rutidosperma English: fringed spiderflower Capparaceae herb

Cleome spinosa English: spiny spider-flower Capparaceae herb

Commelina benghalensis English: Benghal dayflower, dayflower, hairy wandering Jew, wandering Jew Commelinaceae herb

Conocarpus erectus English: sea mulberry, buttonwood, button mangrove Combretaceae shrub/ tree

Convolvulus arvensis English: bindweed, field bindweed Convolvulaceae herb

Conyza aegyptiaca English: fleabane Asteraceae herb

Conyza leucantha Asteraceae shrub

Conyza sumatrensis English: broadleaf fleabane, tall fleabane Asteraceae herb

Corchorus olitorius English: Jew's mallow, jute, Nalta jute, tossa jute Tiliaceae herb

Corchorus trilocularis English: native jute, three locule corchorus, wild jute Tiliaceae herb

Coronopus didymus English: bittercress, swinecress, wart cress Brassicaceae herb

Cotula australis Engllish: bachelor's-button, carrotweed, common cotula, Australian brass buttons Asteraceae herb

Croton hirtus Euphorbiaceae herb

Cryptotaenia canadensis English: Canadian honewort, honewort, white chervil Apiaceae herb

Cucumis anguria English: gooseberry gourd, West Indian gherkin, wild cucumber Cucurbitaceae herb

Cucumis dipsaceus English: hedgehog cucumber, hedgehog gourd, teasel gourd Cucurbitaceae herb

Cuphea carthagenensis English: Columbian cuphea, Colombian waxweed, tarweed Lythraceae herb

Cuphea ignea English: cigar flower, firecracker plant Lythraceae shrub

Cuphea racemosa English: white cuphea Lythraceae herb

Cuscuta cassytoides English: African dodder Cuscutaceae herb

Cyathula prostrata English: cyathula Amaranthaceae herb

Cyclospermum leptophyllum English: fir-leaved celery, marsh parsley, slender celery Apiaceae herb

Cymbopogon refractus English: barbwire grass, soap grass Poaceae grass

Cyperus gracilis English: McCoy grass, slender sedge, whisker grass, whisker sedge Cyperaceae sedge

Cyperus ligularis English: rocket sedge, swamp flatsedge Cyperaceae sedge

Cyperus surinamensis English: tropical flatsedge Cyperaceae sedge

Cyrtococcum trigonum English: short-leaf cyrtococcum grass Poaceae grass

Dalechampia scandens English: spurgecreeper Euphorbiaceae vine

Desmodium intortum English: beggarlice, green-leaf desmodium Fabaceae herb

Dicliptera chinensis English: Chinese foldwing Acanthaceae herb

Diodia radula English: buttonweed Rubiaceae herb

Diodia sarmentosa English: tropical buttonweed Rubiaceae herb

Diplotaxis muralis English: wall rocket Brassicaceae herb

Drymaria cordata English: drymaria, tropical chickweed, West Indian chickweed Caryophyllaceae herb

Dysphania pumilio English: clammy goosefoot, ridged goosefoot, small crumbweed Chenopodiaceae herb

Eleutheranthera ruderalis Asteraceae herb

Elytraria imbricata English: purple scalystem Acanthaceae herb

Emex spinosa English: devil's thorn, lesser Jack, prickly dock, spiny emex, spiny threecornerjack Polygonaceae herb

Emilia coccinea English: Flora’s paintbrush, tasselflower Asteraceae herb

Emilia fosbergii English: Flora's paintbrush, red sow thistle Asteraceae herb

Eragrostis cilianensis English: gray love grass, stinkgrass Poaceae grass

Erechtites valerianifolia English: Brazilian fireweed, fireweed, fireweed daisy, Ceylon thistle Asteraceae herb

Eriocaulon truncatum Eriocaulaceae herb

Eryngium foetidum English: false coriander, shadow-beni, stinkweed Apiaceae herb

Euphorbia helioscopia English: sun spurge Euphorbiaceae herb

Euphorbia lathyris English: caper spurge, gopherplant, moleplant Euphorbiaceae herb

Euphorbia peplus English: petty spurge Euphorbiaceae herb

Fallopia convolvulus English: black bindweed, wild buckwheat Polygonaceae herb

Flaveria trinervia English: clustered yellowtops Asteraceae herb

Fleischmannia pratensis English: purple malva Asteraceae herb

Fleurya interrupta English: hen's nettle Urticaceae herb

Fragaria vesca English: European strawberry, sow-teat strawberry, woodland strawberry Rosaceae herb

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

Gloriosa superba English: climbing-lily, creeping-lily, flame-lily, glory-lily, gloriosa lily Liliaceae herb

Glycine tabacina English: glycine, variable glycine Fabaceae herb

Gomphrena celosioides English: gomphrena weed Amaranthaceae herb

Gomphrena serrata English: gamphrena (Guam) Amaranthaceae herb

Gouania polygama Rhamnaceae herb

Helianthus argophyllus English: silverleaf sunflower Asteraceae herb

Heliotropium ovalifolium English: grey leaf heliotrope Boraginaceae herb

Heterocentron subtriplinervium English: pearl flower Melastomataceae herb

Heterotheca grandiflora English: telegraph weed Asteraceae herb

Hippeastrum puniceum English: amaryllis, Barbados lily, Easter lily Liliaceae herb

Hirschfeldia incana English: bastard rocket, buchan weed, hairy brassica, hoary mustard, shortpod mustard Brassicaceae herb

Hybanthus attenuatus English: greenviolet Violaceae herb

Hypochoeris glabra English: smooth cats-ear Asteraceae herb

Indigofera linifolia Fabaceae herb

Ipomoea alba English: moonflower Convolvulaceae vine

Ipomoea cairica English: Cairo morning glory, coastal morning glory, ivy-leaved morning glory, railroad-creeper Convolvulaceae vine

Ipomoea nil English: blue morning glory Convolvulaceae vine

Ipomoea obscura English: obscure morningglory, small white morningglory Convolvulaceae vine

Ipomoea ochracea English: fence morningglory Convolvulaceae vine

Ipomoea pes-tigridis English: morningglory Convolvulaceae vine

Ipomoea purpurea English: common morning-glory, tall morning-glory Convolvulaceae herb

Juncus tenuis English: path rush, slender rush, soft rush Juncaceae rush

Justicia betonica English: white shrimp plant, squirrel's tail Acanthaceae herb

Justicia procumbens English: waterwillow Acanthaceae herb

Khaya senegalensis English: African mahogany, Senegal mahogany Meliaceae tree

Kyllinga melanosperma Cyperaceae sedge

Leontodon taraxacoides English: rough hawkbit Asteraceae herb

Lepidium sativum English: garden cress Brassicaceae herb

Leucas cephalotes Lamiaceae herb

Limonia acidissima English: elephant-apple, Indian wood-apple, wood-apple Rutaceae tree

Lindernia nummulariifolia Scrophulariaceae herb

Lobelia zeylanica English: white root Campanulaceae herb

Lobularia maritima English: sweet alyssum Brassicaceae herb

Lygodium palmatum English: Hartford fern, American climbing fern, creeping fern, Windsor fern Schizaeaceae fern

Malachra capitata English: malachra, yellow leafbract Malvaceae herb

Malvastrum americanum English: Indian Valley false mallow Malvaceae herb

Malvastrum coromandelianum English: false mallow, prickly malvastrum Malvaceae herb

Malvaviscus arboreus English: Chinese hat, firecracker hibiscus, malvaviscus, sleeping hibiscus, Turk's cap, wax mallow Malvaceae shrub

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

Medicago rugosa English: gama medic, rugose medick, wrinkled medick Fabaceae herb

Melilotus albus English: Bokhara clover, honey clover, white melilot, white sweet clover Fabaceae herb

Melilotus indicus English: Indian sweet-clover, King Island melilot, small melilot, sour-clover Fabaceae herb

Melochia corchorifolia Sterculiaceae herb

Mentha x piperita English: mint, peppermint Lamiaceae herb

Merremia bracteata Convolvulaceae vine

Merremia dissecta English: noyau vine, white convolvulus creeper Convolvulaceae vine

Merremia hirta Convolvulaceae vine

Merremia quinquefolia Convolvulaceae vine

Mikania scandens English: climbing hempweed, climbing hempvine Asteraceae vine

Nelumbo nucifera English: East Indian lotus, lotus, lotusroot, oriental lotus, sacred lotus Nelumbonaceae aquatic herb

Nicandra physalodes English: apple of Peru, shooflyplant Solanaceae herb

Ocimum basilicum English: basil, common basil, sweet basil; Palauan: rur a ked Lamiaceae herb

Oldenlandia pumila Rubiaceae herb

Opuntia dillenii English: dildo, Eltham indian fig, sweet prickly-pear Cactaceae cactus

Opuntia ficus-indica English: Barbary-fig, Indian-fig, Indian-fig prickly-pear, mission cactus, mission prickly-pear, prickly-pear, smooth mountain prickly-pear, smooth prickly-pear, spineless cactus, tuberous prickly-pear Cactaceae cactus

Opuntia stricta English: erect prickly-pear, southern spineless cactus Cactaceae cactus

Oxalis debilis English: pink wood-sorrel, lilac oxalis Oxalidaceae herb

Oxalis latifolia English: broadleaf woodsorrel, fishtail oxalis, pink shamrock, purple-flowered oxalis, shamrock Oxalidaceae herb

Passiflora subpeltata English: white passionflower Passifloraceae vine

Pectis linifolia Asteraceae herb

Persicaria chinense English: Chinese knotweed, red bush Polygonaceae herb

Persicaria glabra Polygonaceae herb

Persicaria lapathifolia English: curlytop knotweed, pale knotweed, pale persicaria, pale smartweed, pale willow weed, willow weed Polygonaceae herb

Persicaria orientalis English: kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, lady's thumb, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, princess-feather Polygonaceae herb

Petroselinum crispum English: parsley Apiaceae herb

Phyllanthus tenellus English: long-stalk phyllanthus, Mascarene Island leaf-flower Euphorbiaceae herb

Phyllanthus virgatus English: seed-under-leaf Euphorbiaceae herb

Phytolacca octandra Engish: pokeweed, Southern pokeberry, ink weed (Australia) Phytolaccaceae shrub

Pinus caribaea English: Caribbean pine, Bahamas pine Pinaceae tree

Piper peltatum English: largeleaf fingertree Piperaceae herb

Plantago debilis Plantaginaceae herb

Plantago lanceolata English: buckhorn, buckhorn plantain, English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort plantain Plantaginaceae herb

Plantago major English: broadleaf plantain, common plantain, greater plantain Plantaginaceae herb

Polygonum dichotomum Polygonaceae herb

Porophyllum ruderale subsp. Macrocephalum English: poreleaf Asteraceae herb

Priva lappulacea English: cat's tongue, clammy bur, fasten-'pon-coat, styptic bur, velvet bur, velvet burr Verbenaceae herb

Pseudelephantopus spicatus English: false elephant foot Asteraceae herb

Pseudelephantopus spiralis Asteraceae herb

Pteris cretica English: cretan brake Pteridaceae fern

Ranunculus repens English: butter daisy, creeping buttercup, creeping crowfoot Ranunculaceae herb

Raphanus raphanistrum English: jointed charlock, jointed radish, pointer charlock, runch, white charlock, wild radish Brassicaceae herb

Rapistrum rugosum English: bastard cabbage, turnipweed, wrinkled gold-of-pleasure Brassicaceae herb

Rhynchosia minima English: rhynchosia Fabaceae herb

Richardia scabra English: rough Mexican clover Rubiaceae herb

Rorippa indica English: India fieldcress, yellow cress Brassicaceae herb

Roystonea oleracea English: cabbage palm, Caribbee royal palm, royal palm, South American royal palm Arecaceae tree

Roystonea regia English: Cuban royal palm, Florida royal palm, royal palm Arecaceae tree

Salsola tragus English: Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, spineless saltwort, tumbleweed Chenopodiaceae herb

Salvia coccinea English: red salvia, red sage, scarlet sage, Texas sage, tropical sage Lamiaceae herb

Salvia occidentalis English: blue sage, West Indian sage Lamiaceae herb

Sechium edule English: chayote, pipinella Cucurbitaceae vine

Selaginella kraussiana English: Krauss' spike-moss, mat spike-moss, small club moss, spreading club-moss, trailing spike-moss Selaginellaceae fern

Selenicereus macdonaldiae Cactaceae cactus

Senecio quadridentatus English: cotton fireweed Asteraceae herb

Senna bicapsularis English: Christmasbush, moneybush, rambling cassia Fabaceae shrub

Senna didymobotrya English: candelabra tree, peanut butter cassia Fabaceae herb

Senna hirsuta English: stinking cassia (Fiji) Fabaceae shrub

Senna multiglandulosa English: downy senna, buttercup bush Fabaceae shrub

Senna sophera Fabaceae herb

Sesamum indicum English: beni, beniseed, benneseed, sesame Pedaliaceae herb

Setaria italica English: foxtail millet, German millet, Hungarian millet, Italian millet Poaceae grass

Sida ciliaris English: bracted fanpetals, fringed fanpetals Malvaceae herb

Sida glomerata Malvaceae shrub

Sida glutinosa English: smooth fanpetals Malvaceae herb

Sida linifolia English: balai grand, flaxleaf fanpetals Malvaceae herb

Sida urens English: balai-zortie, ortie long, ortie-razier, tropical fanpetals Malvaceae shrub

Sidastrum micranthum Malvaceae shrub

Sidastrum paniculatum English: cadillo liso Malvaceae shrub

Sisymbrium altissimum English: tall hedge mustard, tall rocket, tall sisymbrium, tumble mustard Brassicaceae herb

Sisymbrium erysimoides English: smooth mustard Brassicaceae herb

Sisymbrium irio English: London rocket Brassicaceae herb

Sisymbrium officinale English: hedge mustard Brassicaceae herb

Sisyrinchium micranthum English: scourweed Iridaceae herb

Solanum elaeagnifolium English: silver leaf nightshade Solanaceae herb

Solanum mammosum English: nipple fruit Solanaceae shrub

Solanum pseudocapsicum English: false Jerusalem cherry, Jerusalem cherry, Madeira cherry, Madeira winter-cherry, winter-cherry Solanaceae shrub

Solanum quitoense English: naranjilla Solanaceae shrub

Solanum robustum English: shrubby nightshade Solanaceae shrub

Solidago canadensis English: Canada goldenrod Asteraceae herb

Soliva anthemifolia English: dwarf jojo Asteraceae herb

Sonchus arvensis English: corn sow thistle, field sow thistle, perennial sow thistle Asteraceae herb

Sonchus asper English: prickly sow thistle, rough sow thistle, spiny sow thistle Asteraceae herb

Sonchus oleraceus English: annual sow thistle, common sow thistle, hare's-lettuce, milk thistle, sow thistle Asteraceae herb

Sorghum arundinaceum English: common wild sorghum Poaceae grass

Sphenoclea zeylanica English: chickenspike, gooseweed, hollowstem, wedgewort Sphenocleaceae. herb

Spondias purpurea English: hog plum, jocote, purple mombin, red mombin, Spanish plum Anacardiaceae tree

Stachys arvensis English: staggerweed Lamiaceae herb

Stachys crenata English: mouse's ear, small-flowered stachys Lamiaceae herb

Stellaria media English: chickweed, common chickweed, stickwort Caryophyllaceae herb

Striga angustifolia Scrophulariaceae herb

Struchium sparganophorum Asteraceae herb

Stylosanthes hamata English: Caribbean stylo, Caribbean stylo, cheesytoes, verano Fabaceae herb

Stylosanthes humilis English: Townsville lucerne, Townsville stylo Fabaceae herb

Stylosanthes scabra English: seca, shrubby stylo Fabaceae herb

Stylosanthes viscosa English: seca, shrubby stylo Fabaceae herb

Tagetes patula English: French marigold, stinkweed, wild marigold Asteraceae herb

Talinum fruticosum English: Ceylon-spinach, Philippine-spinach, Surinam-purslane, waterleaf Portulacaceae herb

Talinum paniculatum English: fame flower, jewels of Opar, pink baby's-breath Portulacaceae herb

Taraxacum officinale English: common dandelion, dandelion, lion's-tooth Asteraceae herb

Tephrosia glomeruliflora English: pink tephrosia Fabaceae shrub

Tephrosia noctiflora Fabaceae herb

Teucrium vesicarium Lamiaceae herb

Trianthema portulacastrum English: black pig weed, desert horse-purslane, giant pig weed, horse-purslane Aizoaceae herb

Trichodesma zeylanicum English: camel bush Boraginaceae herb

Trimezia steyermarkii Iridaceae herb

Verbascum virgatum English: virgate mullein, wand mullein Scrophulariaceae herb

Verbena bonariensis English: purpletop, South American vervain, tall verbena Verbenaceae herb

Verbena litoralis English: seashore vervain Verbenaceae herb

Verbena rigida English: veined verbena Verbenaceae herb

Vernonia patula Asteraceae herb

Vigna radiata English: green gram, golden gram, mung, mung bean Fabaceae herb

Waltheria indica English: boater bush, buff coat, leather coat, monkey bush, sleepy morning, velvet leaf, waltheria Sterculiaceae shrub

Wikstroemia indica English: tiebush Thymelacaceae shrub

Wikstroemia ridleyi English: gimlette, Malay poisons Thymelacaceae shrub

Yucca aloifolia English: daggerplant, Spanish-bayonet Agavaceae shrub

Ziziphus jujuba English: Chinese jujube, Chinese date, Chinese plum, common jujube Rhamnaceae tree

Zornia curvata Fabaceae herb

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