Report to the Republic of Palau: 2008 update on Invasive Plant ...
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Table 3. <strong>Invasive</strong> species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern present <strong>on</strong> Angaur<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Habit<br />
†Abrus preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rius<br />
Acacia auriculiformis<br />
English: bead vine, coral bead plant, preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry, preca<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ry bean, red<br />
beadvine, rosary pea<br />
English: Papuan wattle, earleaf acacia, nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn black wattle, ear-pod<br />
wattle<br />
Fabaceae<br />
Fabaceae<br />
*Agave sp. English: American aloe, century plant Agavaceae succulent<br />
Alpinia purpurata English: red ginger Zingiberaceae herb<br />
†Amaranthus spinosus English: edlebur, needle burr, spiny amaranth, thorny pigweed Amaranthaceae herb<br />
Ax<strong>on</strong>opus compressus English: blanket grass, carpetgrass Poaceae grass<br />
Bothriochloa bladhii<br />
English: plains bluegrass, Australian bluestem, Caucasian bluestem;<br />
Palaluan: desum<br />
Poaceae grass<br />
*Canna indica English: canna, canna lily, Indian shot Cannaceae herb<br />
†Cenchrus brownii English: burgrass, burr grass, sand-bur, slimbristle sandbur Poaceae grass<br />
English: burgrass, sand-bur, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn sandbur, Mossman River grass<br />
†Cenchrus echinatus<br />
(Australia)<br />
Poaceae grass<br />
Chloris barbata English: swollen fingergrass Poaceae grass<br />
Chromolaena odorata English: chromolaena; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kesengesil, ngesngesil Asteraceae shrub<br />
Clerodendrum<br />
English: red clerodendrum, pagoda-flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: but a cherechar,<br />
Lamiaceae<br />
buchananii var. fallax butcherechár, butecherechar<br />
shrub<br />
Clerodendrum<br />
paniculatum<br />
Clerodendrum<br />
quadriloculare<br />
+Crinum asiaticum<br />
Cynod<strong>on</strong> dactyl<strong>on</strong><br />
English: pagoda plant, pagoda flower; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: butcherechár,<br />
butecherechar<br />
Lamiaceae<br />
vine<br />
tree<br />
shrub<br />
English: br<strong>on</strong>ze-leaved clerodendrum; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kleuang Lamiaceae shrub<br />
English: Asiatic pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, crinum, false spider lily, giant crinum lily,<br />
grand crinum, pois<strong>on</strong>bulb, spider lily; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bisecherad ra ngebard Liliaceae<br />
English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass, bahama grass, devil's<br />
grass, couch grass, Indian doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass,<br />
balama grass<br />
Poaceae<br />
†Cyperus compressus English: flat sedge Cyperaceae sedge<br />
Cyperus rotundus<br />
English: nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge, cocograss; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an<br />
tamanengi<br />
Cyperaceae sedge<br />
Dactyloctenium<br />
aegyptium<br />
†Datura metel<br />
English: beach wiregrass, but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n grass, coast but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n grass, comb fringe<br />
grass, crowfoot grass, duck grass, finger comb grass<br />
English: datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura, hoary thorn-apple,<br />
jims<strong>on</strong>-weed<br />
Poaceae<br />
Solanaceae<br />
†Dentella repens English: dentella Rubiaceae herb<br />
Digitaria ciliaris<br />
English: Henry's crabgrass, smooth crabgrass, tropical crab grass,<br />
large crab grass, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn crabgrass, fingergrass, summer grass<br />
Poaceae grass<br />
*Duranta erecta English: duranta, golden dewdrop, pige<strong>on</strong>-berry, sky-flower Verbenaceae shrub<br />
†Echinochloa col<strong>on</strong>a<br />
English: awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn panic grass, Deccan<br />
grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle rice, millet-rice, shama millet; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
uaum<br />
Poaceae grass<br />
Eleusine indica<br />
English: goosegrass, wiregrass, goose foot, crow's foot, bullgrass;<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deskim, kelelamalk, keteketarmalk<br />
Poaceae grass<br />
Eriger<strong>on</strong> bellioides English: bellorita, fleabane daisy Asteraceae herb<br />
†Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae grass<br />
+Flemingia strobilifera English: luck plant, wild hops; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: besungelaiei, pesungel a iei Fabaceae shrub<br />
†Hyptis pectinata English: comb hyptis, comb bushmint, mint weed, purple <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Lamiaceae herb<br />
Imperata c<strong>on</strong>ferta English: plume grass Poaceae grass<br />
Imperata cylindrica English: blady grass, cog<strong>on</strong> grass, satintail; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kasoring Poaceae grass<br />
English: aquatic morning glory, swamp cabbage, water spinach, ungchoi,<br />
kang k<strong>on</strong>g; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: kangkum, kangum, kankum<br />
†Ipomoea aquatica<br />
C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae aquatic herb<br />
Ipomoea triloba English: Aiea morning-glory, little bell; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: orech, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rech C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine<br />
Lantana camara English: lantana Verbenaceae shrub<br />
English: leucaena, wild tamarind, lead tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: telengtungd,<br />
Leucaena leucocephala<br />
telentund<br />
Fabaceae tree<br />
herb<br />
grass<br />
grass<br />
herb<br />
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