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) | Cynosurus aegyptius L.; Eleusine aegyptiaca (L.) Desf. | grass | Yes | No |
| Dalbergia latifolia (Fabaceae) | Amerimnon latifolium (Roxb.) Kuntze | tree | No | No |
| Dalbergia sissoo (Fabaceae) | Amerimnon sissoo (Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze | 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 alba Nees; Datura chlorantha Hook.; 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 | tree | Yes | No |
| Dendrocalamus brandisii (Poaceae) | Bambusa brandisii Munro | grass | No | No |
| Dentella repens (Rubiaceae) | Oldenlandia repens L. | herb | Yes | No |
| Derris elliptica (Fabaceae) | Deguelia elliptica (Roxb.) Taub.; Paraderris elliptica (Wall.) F. Adema; Pongamia elliptica Wallich | vine | Yes | No |
| Derris malaccensis (Fabaceae) | Paraderris malaccensis (Benth.) Adema; Paraderris montana (Benth.) F. Adema | vine | Yes | No |
| Descurainia sophia (Brassicaceae) | Sisymbrium sophia L. | herb | Yes | Yes |
| Desmanthus pernambucanus (Fabaceae) | Mimosa pernambucana L. | 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) | Desmodium ovalifolium Guill. & Perr.; Hedysarum adscendens Sw.; Meibomia adscendens (Sw.) Kuntze | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium gangeticum (Fabaceae) | Hedysarum gangeticum L.; Meibomia gangetica (L.) Kuntze | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium heterocarpon (Fabaceae) | Desmodium ovalifolium (Prain) Wall. ex Merr.; Desmodium polycarpon (Poir.) DC.; Meibomia heterocarpos (L.) Kuntze | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium heterophyllum (Fabaceae) | Hedysarum heterophyllum Willd.; Meibomia heterophylla (Willd.) Kuntze | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium incanum (Fabaceae) | Desmodium canum (J. F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thell.; Meibomia cana (J. F. Gmel.) S. F. Blake | shrub | Yes | No |
| Desmodium intortum (Fabaceae) | Hedysarum intortum Mill. | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium nicaraguense (Fabaceae) | Meibomia nicaraguensis (Oerst.) Kuntze; Meibomia rensonii J. H. Painter ex Renson | shrub | Yes | No |
| Desmodium scorpiurus (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Desmodium tortuosum (Fabaceae) | Desmodium purpureum (Miller) Fawcett & Rendle; Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium triflorum (Fabaceae) | Meibomia triflora (L.) Kuntze | herb | Yes | No |
| Desmodium uncinatum (Fabaceae) | Meibomia uncinata (Jacq.) Kuntze | herb | Yes | No |
| Dianella caerulea (Xanthorrhoeaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Dichanthium annulatum (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Dichanthium aristatum (Poaceae) | Andropogon aristatus Poir. | 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. et al.) 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) | Digitaria commutata Schult.; Paspalum bicorne Lam. | 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) | Paspalum fuscescens J. Presl | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria henryi (Poaceae) | Syntherisma henryi (Rendle) Newbold | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria horizontalis (Poaceae) | grass | Yes | No | |
| Digitaria insularis (Poaceae) | Trichachne insularis (L.) Nees. | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria longiflora (Poaceae) | Paspalum brevifolium Flüggé; Paspalum longiflorum Retz. | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria sanguinalis (Poaceae) | Panicum sanguinale L.; Syntherisma sanguinale (L.) Dulac | grass | Yes | No |
| Digitaria violascens (Poaceae) | Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A. Camus; Digitaria hinensis sensu auct. Micr. non Hornem., pro maxima parte | grass | Yes | No |
| Dillenia suffruticosa (Dilleniaceae) | Wormia suffruticosa Griff. ex Hook. f. & Thomson | shrub/tree | Yes | No |
| Dinebra panicea subsp. brachiata (Poaceae) | Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth; Leptochloa panicea subsp. brachiata (Steud.) N. Snow | grass | Yes | No |
| Diodia sarmentosa (Rubiaceae) | Diodella sarmentosa (Sw.) Bacigalupo & E.L. Cabral | herb | No | No |
| Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae) | Dioscorea latifolia Benth. | vine | Yes | No |
| Diospyros digyna (Ebenaceae) | tree | Yes | No | |
| Diplazium esculentum (Woodsiaceae) | fern | Yes | No | |
| Diplotaxis muralis (Brassicaceae) | Sisymbrium murale L. | herb | Yes | No |
| Dipsacus sativus (Dipsacaceae) | Dipsacus fullonum var. sativus L. | herb | Yes | Yes |
| Dissotis rotundifolia (Melastomataceae) | Heterotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Jacq.-Fél.; Osbeckia rotundifolia Sm. | 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) | Drymaria diandra Blume; Holosteum cordatum L. | herb | Yes | No |
| Duranta erecta (Verbenaceae) | Duranta ellisia Jacq.; Duranta plumieri Jacq.; Duranta repens L. | shrub | Yes | No |
| Dypsis lutescens (Arecaceae) | Areca lutescens hort.; 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 |