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Appendix 7. Presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r invasive species within <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Table 1. O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r species present elsewhere in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g> but not <strong>on</strong> Koror,<br />
Ngerkebesang or Malakal<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Acalypha indica English: copperleaf, Indian-nettle, ricinela Euphorbiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
Acalypha lanceolata<br />
Euphorbiaceae<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />
Peleliu<br />
Ammannia baccifera English: amania, m<strong>on</strong>arch redstem Lythraceae Peleliu<br />
Aniseia martinicensis English: whitejacket C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae Babeldaob<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>a glabra<br />
English: p<strong>on</strong>d apple, alliga<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r apple, bullock's heart,<br />
cherimoyer<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae Babeldaob<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>a reticulata<br />
English: bullock's-heart, custard-apple; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
ngel ra ngebard<br />
Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae<br />
Basella alba<br />
English: Ceyl<strong>on</strong> spinach, Indian spinach, Malabar<br />
nightshade, Malabar spinach, vine spinach<br />
Basellaceae Ngeanges<br />
Bidens pilosa<br />
English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's<br />
pegs<br />
Asteraceae Peleliu<br />
Brucea javanica English: Java brucea, Macassar kerneltree Simaroubaceae Babeldaob<br />
Buchnera americana English: American bluehearts, bupleurum Orobanchaceae Babeldaob<br />
Calliandra calothyrsus English: powderpuff red calliandra Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Callisia fragrans English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spir<strong>on</strong>ema Commelinaceae Ngercheu<br />
Centra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum<br />
English: Brazilian but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n flower, centra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum, lark<br />
punctatum<br />
daisy<br />
Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />
Chamaesyce<br />
English: beach spurge, graceful spurge; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />
Euphorbiaceae<br />
hypericifolia<br />
karkar, kerkar<br />
Peleliu<br />
Cleome viscosa English: tickweed, spider flower Capparaceae Babeldaob<br />
C<strong>on</strong>yza b<strong>on</strong>ariensis<br />
English: flax-leaf fleabane, hairy fleabane, hairy<br />
horseweed, wavy-leaf fleabane<br />
Asteraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Corchorus aestuans Tiliaceae Babeldaob<br />
Desmodium<br />
heterophyllum<br />
English: hetero, Spanish clover Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
English: Angle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n grass, bluestem, Diaz bluestem,<br />
Dichanthium annulatum Hindi grass, Kleberg bluestem, marvel grass, sheda Poaceae Babeldaob<br />
grass<br />
Elephan<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>pus mollis<br />
English: elephan<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>pus, elephant’s foot, false<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bacco, <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bacco weed<br />
Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />
English: American burnweed, American fireweed,<br />
Erechtites hieraciifolius<br />
burnweed, fireweed, Malayan groundsel, pilewort<br />
Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />
English: dwarf poinsettia, fire-<strong>on</strong>-<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>-mountain,<br />
Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu,<br />
Euphorbia cyathophora Euphorbiaceae<br />
Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia<br />
Ngercheu<br />
Euphorbia graminea English: grassleaf spurge Euphorbiaceae Ngercheu<br />
Gossypium barbadense English: cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n, sea island cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n Malvaceae Babeldaob<br />
Heliotropium<br />
English: heliotrope, prostrate heliotrope, slender<br />
procumbens<br />
heliotrope<br />
Boraginaceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Lepidium virginicum<br />
English: peppergrass, Virginia peppercress, Virginia<br />
Brassicaceae<br />
pepperweed, wild peppercress<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Leucas lavandulifolia Lamiaceae Babeldaob<br />
Malva parviflora<br />
English: cheeseweed, Egyptian mallow, little<br />
mallow, small-flower mallow<br />
Malvaceae Babeldaob<br />
Malvaviscus<br />
penduliflorus<br />
English: Turk's cap Malvaceae Kayangel<br />
Melampodium<br />
divaricatum<br />
English: blackfoot, golden but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />
Ochroma pyramidale English: balsa, corkwood, down tree Bombacaceae Babeldaob<br />
Phaseolus lunatus<br />
English: lima bean, butter bean, Burma bean,<br />
haricot bean, Madagascar bean, sieva bean, sugar Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
bean<br />
Phyla nodiflora English: fogfruit, lippia, phyla Verbenaceae Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Physalis minima English: sunberry Solanaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
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