This table lists all species profiled on PIER with the genus beginning with the letter V. 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? |
| Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae) | Vaccinium 'Southern Highbush'; Vaccinium atlanticum E. P. Bicknell; Vaccinium constablaei A. Gray | shrub | No | No |
| Vaccinium virgatum (Ericaceae) | Vaccinium amoenum Aiton; Vaccinium ashei J. M. Reade | shrub | No | No |
| Vachellia campeachiana (Fabaceae) | Acacia cochliacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Acacia cymbispina Sprague & L. Riley; Mimosa campeachiana Mill. | shrub/tree | Yes | No |
| Vachellia farnesiana (Fabaceae) | Mimosa farnesiana L. | shrub | Yes | No |
| Vallisneria americana (Hydrocharitaceae) | Vallisneria gigantea Graebn. | aquatic herb | Yes | No |
| Vallisneria spiralis (Hydrocharitaceae) | aquatic herb | Yes | No | |
| Vanda tricolor (Orchidaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae) | Myrobroma fragrans Salisb | vine | Yes | No |
| Vasconcellea pubescens (Caricaceae) | Carica candamarcensis Hook. f.; Carica cestriflora (A. DC.) Solms; Carica pubescens Lenné & Koch; Vasconcellea cestriflora A. DC.; Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis V. M. Badillo | tree | Yes | Yes |
| Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae) | herb | Yes | Yes | |
| Verbascum virgatum (Scrophulariaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Verbena bonariensis (Verbenaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Verbena litoralis (Verbenaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Verbena rigida (Verbenaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Verbesina encelioides (Asteraceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Verbesina turbacensis (Asteraceae) | shrub/tree | No | No | |
| Vernonia patula (Asteraceae) | Centratherum chinense Less.; Conyza patula Aiton; Cyanthillium patulum (Aiton) H. Rob.; Vernonia chinensis (Less.) Less. | herb | Yes | No |
| Veronica anagallis-aquatica (Plantaginaceae) | aquatic fern | Yes | Yes | |
| Veronica arvensis (Plantaginaceae) | Veronica sartoriana Boiss. & Heldr. | herb | Yes | No |
| Veronica persica (Plantaginaceae) | Veronica agrestis var. byzantina Sm.; Veronica byzantina (Sibth. & Sm.) Britton et al.; Veronica tournefortii C. C. Gmel. | herb | Yes | No |
| Vicia sativa subsp. nigra (Fabaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Vigna radiata (Fabaceae) | Phaseolus aureus Roxb. | herb | Yes | No |
| Vigna speciosa (Fabaceae) | Phaseolus rigidus Piper; Phaseolus speciosus Kunth | vine | Yes | No |
| Vinca major (Apocynaceae) | herb | Yes | No | |
| Vinca minor (Apocynaceae) | Pervinca minor (L.) Scop.; Vinca ellipticifolia Scop.; Vinca humilis Salisb.; Vinca intermedia Tausch | vine | Yes | No |
| Vitex agnus-castus (Lamiaceae) | shrub | Yes | No | |
| Vitex lucens (Lamiaceae) | Vitex littoralis A. Cunn. | tree | Yes | No |
| Vitex parviflora (Lamiaceae) | shrub/tree | Yes | No | |
| Vitex trifolia (Lamiaceae) | Vitex agnus-castus var. javanica; Vitex agnus-castus var. subtrisecta; Vitex agnus-castus var. trifolia Kurz; Vitex benthamiana Domin; Vitex bicolor Willd.; Vitex indica Mill.; Vitex integerrima Mill.; Vitex iriomotensis Ohwi; Vitex langundi W. G. Maxwell; Vitex negundo var. bicolor (Willd.) H. J. Lam; Vitex negundo var. philippinensis Moldenke; Vitex neocaledonica Gand.; Vitex paniculata Lam.; Vitex petiolaris Domin; Vitex rotundifolia f. heterophylla (Makino ex H Hara) Kitam; Vitex rotundifolia var. heterophylla Makino ex H. Hara; Vitex triphylla Royle; Vitex variifolia Salisb.; Vitis triphylla Noronha | shrub/tree | Yes | No |
| Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) | vine | Yes | Yes | |
| Volkameria inermis (Lamiaceae) | Clerodendrum commersonii (Poir.) Spreng.; Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn.; Volkameria commersonii Poir. | shrub | Yes | No |
| Vulpia bromoides (Poaceae) | Festuca bromoides L. | grass | Yes | No |
| Vulpia myuros (Poaceae) | Festuca myuros L. | grass | Yes | No |