Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau
Appendix 4. Invasive species of environmental concern by location
Table 5. Invasive species of environmental concern present on Peleliu
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Habit |
| †Abelmoschus moschatus | fautia, musk mallow, musk okra, gongul (Palau) | Malvaceae | herb |
| *Acacia auriculiformis | Papuan wattle, auri, earleaf acacia, northern black wattle, ear-pod wattle | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Agave sp. | American aloe, century plant | Agavaceae | succulent |
| Bothriochloa bladhii | blue grass, Australian beardgrass, Caucasian bluestem, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| *?†Bryophyllum pinnatum | life plant, air plant, resurrection plant, Canterbury bells, cathedral bells, Mexican love plant | Crassulaceae | succulent |
| *Calotropis gigantea | calotrope, crown flower, madar | Ascelepiadaceae | shrub |
| **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 |
| **Chrysopogon aciculatus | Mackie's pest, lovegrass, seed grass, golden beardgrass, iul (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Clerodendrum buchananii var. fallax | red clerodendrum, pagoda-flower, butcherechár (Palau), 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 |
| *Dieffenbachia seguine | dieffenbachia, dumb cane | Araceae | herb |
| 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 |
| †Ipomoea aquatica | aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ung-choi, kang kong, kankum (Palau), kangum (Palau), kangkum (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | aquatic herb |
| **†Ischaemum timorense | centipede grass, stalkleaf murainagrass, lucuntu grass | Poaceae | grass |
| Lantana camara | lantana | Verbenaceae | shrub |
| Leucaena leucocephala | leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree, telengtungd (Palau) | Fabaceae | tree |
| Mikania micrantha | mile-a-minute weed, Chinese creeper, American rope, bittervine, teb el yas (Palau) | Asteraceae | vine |
| 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 |
| †Paspalum conjugatum | T grass, ti grass, sour grass; sour palpalum, buffalo grass, carabao grass, Hilo grass (Hawai'i), udel ra ngebei (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Passiflora foetida | love-in-a-mist, wild passion fruit, passionflower, stinking passionflower, kudamono (Palau) | Passifloraceae | vine |
| Pennisetum polystachion | mission grass, feathery pennisetum, desum (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Pennisetum purpureum | elephant grass, napier grass, merker grass, bokso (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| Pluchea carolinensis | sour bush | Asteraceae | shrub |
| 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 |
| **Saccharum spontaneum | wild cane, false sugarcane, banga ruchel (Palau) | Poaceae | grass |
| *Samanea saman | monkeypod, rain tree, saman | Fabaceae | tree |
| *Sansevieria trifasciata | bowstring hemp, mother-in-law’s tongue, kitelel (Palau) | Agavaceae | herb |
| Senna obtusifolia | habucha, coffeeweed, sicklepod | Fabaceae | herb |
| 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 |
| *Thevetia peruviana | yellow oleander, be-still tree, lucky nut | Apocynaceae | 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 |
*Cultivated
**Native/Micronesian introduction
†Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979
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