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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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