This table lists all species profiled on PIER with the genus beginning with the letter D. An alphabetical index to all PIER species is also available. Also, the complete alphabetical of all PIER species is available, but it is a large list and may take a while to load on systems with slower internet connections. It includes those of environmental concern (including those that are probably of threat only to islands with high elevations) as well as agricultural and ruderal weeds. Each species is linked by its scientific name to an individual write-up containing relevant information.
Species are listed in alphabetic order. You can browse this list or use the "find" function on your web browser to search by scientific name.
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| Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Present on
Pacific Islands? |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| Dacrycarpus imbricatus (Podocarpaceae) | Podocarpus cupressinus R. Br. ex Mirb.; Podocarpus imbricatus Blume | tree | Yes | No |
| Dactylis glomerata (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Poaceae) | Eleusine aegyptiaca (L.) Desf. | grass | Yes | No |
| Dalbergia latifolia (Fabaceae) | tree | No | No | |
| Dalbergia sissoo (Fabaceae) | tree | No | No | |
| Dalechampia scandens (Euphorbiaceae) | vine | Yes | No | |
| Datura ferox (Solanaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Datura inoxia (Solanaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Datura metel (Solanaceae) | Datura fastuosa L. | shrub | Yes | No |
| Datura stramonium (Solanaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Daucus montanus (Apiaceae) | Daucus australis Poepp. ex DC.; Daucus toriloides DC. | herb | Yes | Yes |
| Delairea odorata (Asteraceae) | Senecio mikanioides Otto ex Walp. | vine | Yes | No |
| Delonix regia (Fabaceae) | Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook. | tree | Yes | No |
| Dentella repens (Rubiaceae) | Oldenlandia repens L. | herb | Yes | No |
| Derris elliptica (Fabaceae) | Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) F. Adema; Pongamia elliptica Wallich | vine | Yes | No |
| Derris malaccensis (Fabaceae) | Paraderris montana (Benth.) F. Adema | vine | Yes | No |
| Descurainia sophia (Brassicaceae) | Sisymbrium sophia L. | herb | Yes | Yes |
| Desmanthus pernambucanus (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmanthus virgatus (Fabaceae) | Desmanthus depressus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Desmanthus virgatus var. depressus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) B. L. Turner; Mimosa virgata L. | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium adscendens (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmodium gangeticum (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmodium heterocarpon (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmodium heterophyllum (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmodium incanum (Fabaceae) | Desmodium canum Schinz & Thell., nom. illeg. | shrub | Yes | No |
| Desmodium intortum (Fabaceae) | Hedysarum intortum Mill. | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium nicaraguense (Fabaceae) | Meibomia nicaraguensis (Oerst.) Kuntze; Meibomia rensoni Painter | shrub | Yes | No |
| Desmodium scorpiurus (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmodium tortuosum (Fabaceae) | Desmodium purpureum (Miller) Fawcett & Rendle | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium triflorum (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmodium uncinatum (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Dianella caerulea (Xanthorrhoeaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Dichanthium annulatum (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Dichanthium aristatum (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Dichanthium caricosum (Poaceae) | Andropogon caricosus L. | grass | Yes | No |
| Dichondra micrantha (Convolvulaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Dichrostachys cinerea (Fabaceae) | Cailliea glomerata (Forsskal) J.F. Macbr.; Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.) Chiov.; Dichrostachys nutans (Pers.) Benth.; Mimosa cinerea L. | shrub | Yes | No |
| Dicliptera chinensis (Acanthaceae) | Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees; Justicia chinensis L. | herb | Yes | No |
| Dieffenbachia seguine (Araceae) | Arum seguine Jacq.; Dieffenbachia maculata (Lodd.) G. Don; Dieffenbachia picta Schott | herb | Yes | No |
| Digitalis purpurea (Plantaginaceae) | Digitalis amandiana Samp. | herb | Yes | No |
| Digitaria abyssinica (Poaceae) | Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov.; Digitaria vestita Fig. & De Not.; Panicum scalarum Schweinf.; Syntherisma abyssinicum (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Newbold | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria bicornis (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Digitaria ciliaris (Poaceae) | Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria eriantha (Poaceae) | Digitaria decumbens Stent; Digitaria pentzii Stent | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria fuscescens (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Digitaria henryi (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Digitaria horizontalis (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Digitaria insularis (Poaceae) | Trichachne insularis (L.) Nees. | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria longiflora (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Digitaria sanguinalis (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Digitaria violascens (Poaceae) | Digitaria hinensis sensu auct. Micr. non Hornem., pro maxima parte | grass | Yes | No |
| Dillenia suffruticosa (Dilleniaceae) | shrub/tree | Yes | No | |
| Diodia sarmentosa (Rubiaceae) | Diodia breviseta Benth.; Diodia pilosa Schumach. & Thonn.; Spermacoce pilosa (Schumach. & Thonn.) DC. | herb | No | No |
| Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae) | vine | Yes | No | |
| Diospyros digyna (Ebenaceae) | tree | Yes | No | |
| Diplazium esculentum (Woodsiaceae) | fern | Yes | No | |
| Diplotaxis muralis (Brassicaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Dipsacus sativus (Dipsacaceae) | Dipsacus fullonum var. sativus L. | herb | Yes | Yes |
| Dissotis rotundifolia (Melastomataceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Dorstenia contrajerva (Moraceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Dovyalis hebecarpa (Salicaceae) | Aberia gardneri Clos; Rumea hebecarpa Gardner | shrub/tree | Yes | No |
| Drymaria cordata (Caryophyllaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Duranta erecta (Verbenaceae) | Duranta repens L. | shrub | Yes | No |
| Dypsis lutescens (Arecaceae) | Chrysalidocarpus lutescens H. Wendl. | tree | Yes | No |
| Dypsis madagascariensis (Arecaceae) | Chrysalidocarpus lucubensis Becc.; Chrysalidocarpus madagascariensis Becc. | tree | Yes | No |
| Dysphania ambrosioides (Chenopodiaceae) | Chenopodium ambrosioides L. | herb | Yes | No |
| Dysphania multifida (Chenopodiaceae) | Chenopodium multifidum L.; Roubieva multifida (L.) Moq. | herb | Yes | No |
| Dysphania pumilio (Chenopodiaceae) | Chenopodium pumilio R. Br. | herb | Yes | No |
| Dyssodia tenuiloba (Asteraceae) | Hymenatherum tenuilobum DC.; Thymophylla tenuiloba (DC.) Small | herb | Yes | No |