Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau
Appendix 4. Invasive species of environmental concern by location
Table 3. Invasive species of environmental concern present on Angaur
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Habit |
| Acacia auriculiformis | Papuan wattle, auri, earleaf acacia, northern black wattle, ear-pod wattle | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Agave sp. | American aloe, century plant | Agavaceae | succulent |
| Alpinia purpurata | red ginger | Zingiberaceae | herb |
| Bothriochloa bladhii | blue grass, Australian beardgrass, Caucasian bluestem, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| **Casuarina equisetifolia | casuarina, ironwood, Australian pine, she-oak, horsetail tree, beefwood, agas (Palau), agasu (Palau), ngas (Palau), ngasu (Palau) | Casuarinaceae | tree |
| †Cenchrus brownii | burr grass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur | Poaceae | grass |
| †Cenchrus echinatus | burr grass, sand-bur, southern sandbur | Poaceae | grass |
| Chloris barbata | swollen fingergrass | Poaceae | grass |
| Chromolaena odorata | Siam weed, triffid weed, bitter bush, Jack in the bush, ngesngesil (Palau) | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Clerodendrum buchananii var. fallax | red clerodendrum, pagoda-flower; butcherechár, butecherechar (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| *Clerodendrum paniculatum | pagoda plant, pagoda flower, butcherechár (Palau), butecherechar (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| *Clerodendrum quadriloculare | bronze-leaved clerodendrum, kleuang (Palau) | Lamiaceae | shrub |
| Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass, bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Cyperus rotundus | nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss | Cyperaceae | sedge |
| Digitaria ciliaris | Henry's crabgrass, smooth crabgrass, tropical crab grass, large crab grass, southern crabgrass, fingergrass, summer grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Eleusine indica | goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass, deskim(Palau), kelelamalk (Palau), keteketarmalk (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| †Hyptis pectinata | comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple top | Lamiaceae | herb |
| †Ipomoea aquatica | aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ung-choi, kang kong, kankum (Palau), kangum (Palau), kangkum (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | aquatic herb |
| Lantana camara | lantana | Verbenaceae | shrub |
| Leucaena leucocephala | leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree, telengtungd (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Mimosa diplotricha | giant sensitive plant, nila grass, mechiuaiu (Palau) | Fabaceae | shrub |
| Mimosa pudica | Fabaceae | herb | |
| Muntingia calabura | jam tree, strawberry tree, Jamaican cherry, Singapore cherry, Panama cherry, Panama berry, ornamental cherry, calabura, sirsen, budo (Palau) | Tiliaceae | tree |
| **Operculina turpethum | Other: ongucheta rekung (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | vine |
| T grass, ti grass, sour grass; sour palpalum, buffalo grass, carabao grass, Hilo grass (Hawai'i), udel ra ngebei (Palau) | Poaceae | grass | |
| Russell river grass, galmarra grass | Poaceae | grass | |
| Passiflora foetida | love-in-a-mist, wild passion fruit, passionflower, stinking passionflower, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Pluchea indica | Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian camphorweed | Asteraceae | shrub |
| Psidium guajava | guava, guabang (Palau), kuabang (Palau) | Myrtaceae | tree |
| Ricinus communis | castor bean, castor-oil plant, gelug (Palau), maskerekur (Palau), uluchula skoki (Palau) | Euphorbiaceae | shrub |
| *Samanea saman | monkeypod, rain tree, saman | Fabaceae | tree |
| Sphagneticola trilobata | wedelia, trailing daisy, Singapore daisy, creeping ox-eye, ngesil ra ngebard (Palau) | Asteraceae | herb |
| **Sporobolus indicus var. major | smutgrass, wiregrass, Indian dropseed | Poaceae | grass |
| Stachytarpheta cayennensis | blue rat's tail, dark-blue snakeweed, false verbena, nettleleaf velvetberry, louch beluu (Palau) | Verbenaceae | herb |
| Syngonium angustatum | arrowhead plant, goosefoot plant | Araceae | vine |
| *Tecoma stans | yellow bells, yellow-elder, yellow trumpetbush | Bignoniaceae | small tree |
| Timonius timon | liberal (Palau) | Rubiaceae | tree |
| Tradescantia spathacea | oyster plant, boat plant, boat lily, moses in a boat, kobesos (Palau) | Commelinaceae | herb |
| Tradescantia zebrina | wandering zebrina, wandering jew, inchplant | Commelinaceae | herb |
| Turnera ulmifolia | yellow alder, sage rose, West Indian holly | Turneraceae | shrub |
| **†Urena lobata | hibiscus burr, aramina, caesarweed, pink Chinese burr, urena burr, bur mallow, chosuched e kui (Palau), osuched a rechui (Palau) | Malvaceae | shrub |
*Cultivated
**Native/Micronesian introduction
†Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979)
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