Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Report on invasive plant species in Palau (2002 survey)
Appendix 7. Presence of other invasive species within Palau
Table 5. Other species present elsewhere in Palau but not on Peleliu
|
Scientific name |
Common Names (abridged) |
Family |
Present on: |
| Abutilon indicum | albutilon, Indian abutilon, Indian mallow | Malvaceae | Sonsorol |
| Acalypha indica | copperleaf, Indian-nettle, ricinela | Euphorbiaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Ageratum conyzoides | billygoat-weed, chick week, goatweed, whiteweed, ngmak (Palau) | Asteraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus |
| Alternanthera sessilis | joyweed, sessile joyweed, okula beluulechad (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Alysicarpus vaginalis | alyce-clover, buffalo-clover, one-leaf-clover | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Aulupse‘el |
| Amaranthus dubius | amaranth, spleen amaranth | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Amaranthus spinosus | edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed | Amaranthaceae | Angaur |
| Amaranthus viridis | green amaranth, pigweed, slender amaranth | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Ngercheu (Carp Resort), Sonsorol |
| Annona muricata | soursop, prickly custard apple, sausab (Palau) | Annonaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus, Pulo Ana, Sonsorol |
| Annona squamosa | sugar apple, sweetsop, custard apple, sugar apple, ngel ra ngebard (Palau) | Annonaceae | Reported present by Fosberg et al. (1979), no location given |
| Averrhoa bilimbi | bilimbi, cucumber tree, tree cucumber, tree sorrel | Oxalidaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el |
| Bacopa procumbens | Scrophulariaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Begonia × semperflorens-cultorum | bedding begonia, perpetual begonia, wax begonia | Begoniaceae | Koror |
| Bixa orellana | anatto, annato, annatto, arnatto, lipstick tree, burek (Palau) | Bixaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Breynia disticha | snowbush, snowbush breynia, sweetpea bush, foliage-flower | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cananga odorata | perfume tree, chiráng (Palau), irang (Palau) | Annonaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Celosia argentea | cockscomb, esechilamalk (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Sonsorol |
| Centella asiatica | Asiatic pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh pennywort, pennyweed, elisichur (Palau), elsichur (Palau) | Apiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Merir?, Pulo Ana?, Sonsorol?, Tobi |
| Centratherum punctatum | Asteraceae | Babeldaob | |
| Chamaesyce prostrata | creeping splurge, prostrate spurge, red caustic creeper | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Ngchus |
| Chamaesyce thymifolia | red caustic creeper, thyme-leafed spurge | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Cleome gynandra | African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower | Capparaceae | Koror |
| Cleome viscosa | tickweed, spider flower | Capparaceae | Babeldaob |
| Cosmos sp. | cosmos | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Crassocephalum crepidoides | thickhead, fireweed, redflower ragleaf | Asteraceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Urukthapel |
| Crotalaria incana | fuzzy rattlepod, woolly rattlepod, kuroteraria (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria pallida | salts rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, smooth rattlebox, smooth rattlepod, streaked rattlepod, striped crotalaria | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Crotalaria spectabilis | rattlebox, showy crotalaria, showy rattlebox, showy rattlepod | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Crotalaria trichotoma | curara-pea | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Cyperus compressus | flat sedge | Cyperaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Sonsorol |
| Cyperus difformis | dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge | Cyperaceae | Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus distans | slender cyperus | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus haspan | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Cyperus iria | grasshopper’s cyperus, rice flat sedge, umbrella sedge, badel aus (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Cyperus pilosus | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Cyrtococcum oxyphyllum | long-leaf cyrtococcum grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Cyrtococcum patens | Poaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Desmodium gangeticum | Fabaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Desmodium heterocarpon | okula beluu (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Desmodium heterophyllum | hetero, Spanish clover | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Desmodium triflorum | creeping tick trefoil, three-flower beggarweed, tropical trefoil, olmud (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Digitaria bicornis | southern crabgrass | Poaceae | Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Digitaria fuscescens | Y grass | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Dioscorea bulbifera | aerial yam, air-potato, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, belloi (Palau) | Dioscoreaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el, Sonsorol |
| Echinochloa colona | awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn panic grass, Deccan grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle rice, millet-rice, pigeon millet | Poaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el |
| Elaeis guineensis | African oil palm | Arecaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Eleocharis dulcis | Chinese water-chestnut, ground-chestnut, waternut | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Elephantopus mollis | elephantopus, elephant’s foot, false tobacco, tobacco weed | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Emilia sonchifolia | Cupid's shaving-brush, emilia, Flora's paint brush, purple sow thistle, sow thistle | Asteraceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Aulupse‘el |
| Episcia cupreata | episcia, flame violet | Gesneriaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Eragrostis pilosa | hairy love grass, Indian love grass, soft lovegrass | Poaceae | Koror |
| Eriochloa procera | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob | |
| Eustachys petraea | Poaceae | Angaur | |
| Fimbristylis autumnalis | slender fimbristylis | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Fimbristylis littoralis | grass-like fimbristylis, lesser fimbristylis, kerngimes (Palau), kederang (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Fuirena umbellata | desum ra mesei (Palau) | Cyperaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Gomphrena globosa | bachelor's-button, bozu, globe amaranth, pearly everlasting, botang (Palau) | Amaranthaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Ngercheu (Carp Resort) |
| Gossypium barbadense | cotton, sea island cotton | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
| Heliotropium indicum | Indian heliotrope, turnsole | Boraginaceae | Koror |
| Hemigraphis reptans | Acanthaceae | Aulupse‘el, Urukthapel | |
| Hippobroma longiflora | star of Bethlehem, udel ra badrei (Palau) | Campanulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Bkul a Chesemiich, Ngerchong, Sonsorol |
| Impatiens balsamina | impatiens, balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, spotted snapweed, touch-me-not, hosengka (Palau) | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Impatiens walleriana | garden impatiens, balsam, busy lizzy, bizzy-lizzie, patient lucy; sultan’s flower | Balsaminaceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa | bush morning glory, tree ipomoea | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ipomoea quamoclit | Cupid's flower, cypress vine, cypressvine morning-glory, star of Bethlehem, star-glory, sweet-willy, asangao (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Ipomoea triloba | Aiea morning-glory, little bell, orech (Palau), torech (Palau) | Convolvulaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Isachne globosa | Poaceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Jasminum sambac | Arabian jasmine | Oleaceae | Koror |
| Leucas lavandulifolia | Lamiaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Lindernia antipoda | ilemelakel (Palau) | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Ludwigia hyssopifolia | Onagraceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur | |
| Malva parviflora | cheeseweed, Egyptian mallow, little mallow, small-flower mallow; | Malvaceae | Babeldaob |
| Mitracarpus hirtus | tropical girdlepod | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Oplismenus hirtellus | basket grass, woods grass | Poaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Orthosiphon aristatus | cat’s whiskers, chemadecharebub (Palau), emadecharebub (Palau) | Lamiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Oxalis barrelieri | Oxalidaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Persea americana | avocado, alligator pear, bata (Palau) | Lauraceae | Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob |
| Phaseolus lunatus | lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean, haricot bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, sugar bean | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Phyllanthus debilis | Euphorbiaceae | Koror, Malakal | |
| Phyllanthus urinaria | Euphorbiaceae | Koror | |
| Piriqueta racemosa | Turneraceae | Koror, Babeldaob | |
| Pueraria montana var. lobata | kudzu, Japanese arrowroot | Fabaceae | Koror, Babeldaob |
| Pueraria phaseoloides | tropical kudzu, puero | Fabaceae | Babeldaob |
| Ruellia tuberosa | Acanthaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Russelia equisetiformis | coralplant, fountainplant | Scrophulariaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Senna occidentalis | antbush, coffee senna, korriu (Palau) | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Sesbania cannabina | canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea | Fabaceae | Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob |
| Sida acuta | broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, southern sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida, keak (Palau) | Malvaceae | Babeldaob, Angaur |
| Sida spinosa | prickly sida, spiny sida | Malvaceae | Angaur |
| Sigesbeckia orientalis | Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard, yellow crown-head | Asteraceae | Babeldaob |
| Solanum americanum | American nightshade, black nightshade, glossy nightshade | Solanaceae | Koror, Malakal |
| Solenostemon scutellarioides | coleus | Lamiaceae | Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel |
| Sorghum bicolor | Sudan grass | Poaceae | Malakal |
| Spermacoce latifolia | Rubiaceae | Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob | |
| Spermacoce mauritiana | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob | |
| Spermacoce ocymoides | purple-leaved button weed | Rubiaceae | Babeldaob |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | buffalo grass, St. Augustine grass | Poaceae | Ngerchong |
| Stictocardia tiliifolia | stictocardia, crimson morning-glory | Convolvulaceae | Koror |
| Urochloa reptans | creeping panic grass, running grass | Poaceae | Angaur |
| Youngia japonica | oriental hawksbeard | Asteraceae | Koror |
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