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Table 8. Species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern present elsewhere in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g> but not in<br />
S<strong>on</strong>sorol State<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Cynod<strong>on</strong> dactyl<strong>on</strong><br />
Cyperus difformis<br />
English: Bermuda grass, giant Bermuda grass,<br />
bahama grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian<br />
doab, grama, devilgrass, couchgrass, balama grass<br />
English: dirty-Dora, <strong>on</strong>e-arm sedge, rice sedge,<br />
small-flower umbrella-plant, variable flat sedge<br />
Poaceae<br />
Cyperaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />
Tobi<br />
Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Cyperus distans English: slender cyperus Cyperaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Cyperus involucratus<br />
English: umbrella sedge, umbrella plant, dwarf<br />
papyrus grass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deus<br />
Cyperaceae Koror<br />
Cyperus rotundus<br />
Datura metel<br />
English: nut grass, nutsedge, purple nutsedge,<br />
cocograss; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an tamanengi<br />
English: datura, downy thorn-apple, Hindu datura,<br />
hoary thorn-apple, jims<strong>on</strong>-weed<br />
Cyperaceae<br />
Solanaceae<br />
Dentella repens English: dentella Rubiaceae<br />
Derris elliptica English: derris; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: deris, dub Fabaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />
Ngercheu<br />
Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />
Peleliu, Ngercheu<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Desmanthus<br />
pernambucanus<br />
English: pige<strong>on</strong> bundleflower<br />
Fabaceae<br />
Desmanthus virgatus English: slender mimosa, virgate mimosa Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Desmodium <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rtuosum<br />
English: Florida beggarweed, Spanish clover, dixie<br />
ticktrefoil<br />
Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Dieffenbachia seguine English: dieffenbachia, dumb cane Araceae<br />
Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
English: smooth crabgrass, violet crabgrass;<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />
Digitaria violascens<br />
Poaceae<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: sau<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Dissotis rotundifolia English: dissotis, Spanish shawl, pink lady Melas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>mataceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Echinochloa col<strong>on</strong>a<br />
English: awnless barnyard grass (Australia), corn<br />
panic grass, Deccan grass, jungle ricegrass, jungle<br />
rice, millet-rice, shama millet; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: uaum<br />
Poaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Aulupse‘el<br />
Echinochloa crus-galli English: barnyard grass, cockspur grass Poaceae Babeldaob<br />
Eichhornia crassipes English: water hyacinth; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bung el ralm P<strong>on</strong>tederiaceae<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Elaeis guineensis English: African oil palm Arecaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Epipremnum pinnatum<br />
Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang,<br />
English: pothos, m<strong>on</strong>ey plant<br />
Araceae<br />
cv. 'Aureum'<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Episcia reptans<br />
Gesneriaceae<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Eragrostis atrovirens<br />
English: thalia love grass, wiry lovegrass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
ouemoket<br />
Poaceae<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Eragrostis ciliaris<br />
English: gophertail grass, gophertail lovegrass,<br />
lovegrass, woolly love grass; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ouemoket<br />
Poaceae<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Eragrostis pilosa<br />
English: hairy love grass, Indian love grass, s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t<br />
lovegrass<br />
Poaceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Eriger<strong>on</strong> bellioides English: bellorita, fleabane daisy Asteraceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />
Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu,<br />
Ngemelis<br />
Eugenia uniflora English: Surinam cherry, red Brazil cherry Myrtaceae Koror<br />
Eustachys petraea English: pinewoods fingergrass Poaceae Angaur<br />
Falcataria moluccana<br />
English: Molucca albizia; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ukall ra<br />
ngebard<br />
Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Ficus benjamina<br />
English: weeping fig, baka, Java fig, weeping fig,<br />
Benjamin tree<br />
Moraceae Malakal, Babeldaob, Ngercheu<br />
Flemingia macrophylla<br />
Fabaceae<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Flemingia strobilifera<br />
English: luck plant, wild hops; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
besungelaiei, pesungel a iei<br />
Fabaceae<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesand,<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
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