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Table 7. Oong>theong>r species present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on ong>theong> Rock Islands Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Acalypha indica English: copperleaf, Indian-nettle, ricinela Euphorbiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur Acalypha lanceolata Euphorbiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu Alysicarpus bupleurifolius English: sweet alys Fabaceae Malakal, Babeldaob Amaranthus viridis Koror, Ngerkebesang, English: green amaranth, pigweed, slender Amaranthaceae Babeldaob, Ngercheu, amaranth Sonsorol Ammannia baccifera English: amania, monarch redstem Lythraceae Peleliu Aniseia martinicensis English: whitejacket Convolvulaceae Babeldaob Annona glabra English: pond apple, alligaong>toong>r apple, bullock's heart, cherimoyer Annonaceae Babeldaob Annona squamosa English: custard apple, sugar apple, sweetsop; ong>Palauong>an: ngel ra ngebard Annonaceae Koror Asclepias curassavica English: bloodflower milkweed, butterfly weed, false Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu, Asclepiadaceae ipecac, milkweed Pulo Ana, Sonsorol Bambusa spp. English: bamboo; ong>Palauong>an: bambuu, esel Poaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Sonsorol Begonia × English: bedding begonia, perpetual begonia, wax semperflorens-culong>toong>rum begonia Begoniaceae Koror Bidens pilosa English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's pegs Asteraceae Peleliu Bixa orellana English: anatong>toong>, annaong>toong>, annatong>toong>, arnatong>toong>, lipstick tree; ong>Palauong>an: búrek, burk Bixaceae Koror, Babeldaob Blechum pyramidatum English: green shrimp plant, Browne’s blechum Acanthaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu Breynia disticha English: snowbush, snowbush breynia, sweetpea bush, foliage-flower Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob Brucea javanica English: Java brucea, Macassar kerneltree Simaroubaceae Babeldaob Buchnera americana English: American bluehearts, bupleurum Orobanchaceae Babeldaob English: Barbados flower-fence, dwarf poinciana, Caesalpinia pulcherrima pride ong>ofong> Barbados Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob Caladium bicolor English: caladium, elephant's-ear, fancy-leaf Koror; Ngerkebesang, Araceae caladium, heart-ong>ofong>-Jesus Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Calaong>theong>a majestica Marantaceae Koror Calliandra calothyrsus English: powderpuff red calliandra Fabaceae Babeldaob Calliandra haemaong>toong>cephala English: red powder puff Fabaceae Koror Calliandra surinamensis English: Surinamese stickpea Fabaceae Koror Callisia fragrans English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spironema Commelinaceae Anguar, Ngercheu Cananga odorata Capsicum frutescens Catharanthus roseus Celosia argentea Centraong>theong>rum punctatum Chamaesyce hypericifolia Citrus aurantiifolia English: perfume tree; ong>Palauong>an: chiráng, ilangilang, irang English: bird pepper, bird's-eye chili, bird's-eye pepper, hot pepper, red chili, spur pepper, Tabasco pepper; ong>Palauong>an: meringel English: Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old-maid, rose periwinkle English: cockscomb; ong>Palauong>an: chesechil a malk, esechila malk English: Brazilian butong>toong>n flower, centraong>theong>rum, lark daisy English: beach spurge, graceful spurge; ong>Palauong>an: karkar, kerkar English: Key lime, lime, Mexican lime, sour lime, West Indian lime; ong>Palauong>an: malchianged Annonaceae Solanaceae Apocynaceae Amaranthaceae Asteraceae Euphorbiaceae Rutaceae Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Malakal, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Ngercheu, Sonsorol Koror, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Sonsorol Babeldaob Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu Koror, Peleliu 202

Table 7. Oong>theong>r species present elsewhere in ong>Palauong> but not on ong>theong> Rock Islands Scientific Name Common Names (abridged) Family Present on: Cleome gynandra English: African spider-flower, bastard-mustard, cat's-whiskers, spider wisp, wild spider flower Capparaceae Koror Cleome viscosa English: tickweed, spider flower Capparaceae Babeldaob Cong>ofong>fea arabica English: cong>ofong>fee; ong>Palauong>an: kohi Rubiaceae Koror, Babeldaob Cong>ofong>fea liberica English: Liberian cong>ofong>fee Rubiaceae Koror Coix lacryma-jobi English: adlay, adlay millet, Job's-tears; ong>Palauong>an: Koror, Ngerkebesang, Poaceae demairuuch, tauiir Babeldaob, Peleliu Commelina diffusa English: commelina, dayflower, wandering Jew, spiderwort Commelinaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob Conyza bonariensis English: flax-leaf fleabane, hairy fleabane, hairy horseweed, wavy-leaf fleabane Asteraceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Corchorus aestuans Tiliaceae Babeldaob Coreopsis lanceolata English: garden coreopsis, lanceleaf tickseed, tickseed Asteraceae Koror Cosmos sp. English: cosmos Asteraceae Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur Crotalaria incana English: fuzzy rattlepod, woolly rattlepod; ong>Palauong>an: kuroteraria Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob Crotalaria pallida English: salts rattlebox, smooth crotalaria, smooth rattlebox, smooth rattlepod, streaked rattlepod, Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur striped crotalaria Delonix regia English: flame tree, flamboyant, poinciana; Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Fabaceae ong>Palauong>an: nangiosákura, nangyo Peleliu Desmodium gangeticum Fabaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Desmodium heterophyllum English: hetero, Spanish clover Fabaceae Babeldaob Desmodium incanum English: kaimi clover, Spanish clover Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu Desmodium triflorum English: creeping tick trefoil, three-flower beggarweed, tropical trefoil; ong>Palauong>an: olmud, olumúd, olumud Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Angaur English: Angleong>toong>n grass, bluestem, Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum Hindi grass, Kleberg bluestem, marvel grass, sheda Poaceae Babeldaob grass Digitaria bicornis English: souong>theong>rn crabgrass Poaceae Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Eclipta prostrata Eleocharis dulcis Elephanong>toong>pus mollis English: eclipta, false daisy, swamp daisy, white eclipta; ong>Palauong>an: deberebelela tengadidik English: Chinese water-chestnut, ground-chestnut, waternut; ong>Palauong>an: kerdikes English: elephanong>toong>pus, elephant’s foot, false ong>toong>bacco, ong>toong>bacco weed Asteraceae Cyperaceae Asteraceae Episcia cupreata English: episcia, flame violet Gesneriaceae Erechtites hieraciifolius Euphorbia cyathophora English: American burnweed, American fireweed, burnweed, fireweed, Malayan groundsel, pilewort English: dwarf poinsettia, fire-on-ong>theong>-mountain, Mexican fire plant, painted spurge, wild poinsettia Asteraceae Euphorbiaceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu Koror, Babeldaob Babeldaob Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Babeldaob Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu, Ngercheu Euphorbia graminea English: grassleaf spurge Euphorbiaceae Ngercheu Euphorbia pulcherrima English: Christmas flower, Mexican flameleaf, painted leaf, poinsettia; ong>Palauong>an: becheselrak Euphorbiaceae Koror Ficus elastica English: India rubber tree, rubber plant; ong>Palauong>an: komunokí, komunoki Moraceae Koror, Malakal, Ngerkebesang Gomphrena globosa English: bachelor's-butong>toong>n, globe amaranth, pearly Koror, Ngerkebesang, Angaur, Amaranthaceae everlasting; ong>Palauong>an: botang Ngercheu Gossypium barbadense English: cotong>toong>n, sea island cotong>toong>n Malvaceae Babeldaob Heliconia spp. English: heliconia, parrot's-flower, parrot's-plantain, Koror, Malakal, Heliconiaceae crab claw, lobster claw Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob Heliotropium procumbens English: heliotrope, prostrate heliotrope, slender heliotrope Boraginaceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu 203

Table 7. 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> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Rock Islands<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 />

Alysicarpus<br />

bupleurifolius<br />

English: sweet alys Fabaceae Malakal, Babeldaob<br />

Amaranthus viridis<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />

English: green amaranth, pigweed, slender<br />

Amaranthaceae Babeldaob, Ngercheu,<br />

amaranth<br />

S<strong>on</strong>sorol<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 squamosa<br />

English: custard apple, sugar apple, sweetsop;<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: ngel ra ngebard<br />

Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae Koror<br />

Asclepias curassavica<br />

English: bloodflower milkweed, butterfly weed, false<br />

Koror, Babeldaob, Peleliu,<br />

Asclepiadaceae<br />

ipecac, milkweed<br />

Pulo Ana, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Bambusa spp. English: bamboo; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bambuu, esel Poaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Beg<strong>on</strong>ia ×<br />

English: bedding beg<strong>on</strong>ia, perpetual beg<strong>on</strong>ia, wax<br />

semperflorens-cul<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum beg<strong>on</strong>ia<br />

Beg<strong>on</strong>iaceae Koror<br />

Bidens pilosa<br />

English: beggar’s tick, Spanish needle, cobbler's<br />

pegs<br />

Asteraceae Peleliu<br />

Bixa orellana<br />

English: anat<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, anna<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, annat<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, arnat<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, lipstick<br />

tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: búrek, burk<br />

Bixaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Blechum pyramidatum English: green shrimp plant, Browne’s blechum Acanthaceae<br />

Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Angaur, Kayangel, Peleliu<br />

Breynia disticha<br />

English: snowbush, snowbush breynia, sweetpea<br />

bush, foliage-flower<br />

Euphorbiaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Brucea javanica English: Java brucea, Macassar kerneltree Simaroubaceae Babeldaob<br />

Buchnera americana English: American bluehearts, bupleurum Orobanchaceae Babeldaob<br />

English: Barbados flower-fence, dwarf poinciana,<br />

Caesalpinia pulcherrima<br />

pride <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Barbados<br />

Fabaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />

Caladium bicolor<br />

English: caladium, elephant's-ear, fancy-leaf<br />

Koror; Ngerkebesang,<br />

Araceae<br />

caladium, heart-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>-Jesus<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Cala<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>a majestica Marantaceae Koror<br />

Calliandra calothyrsus English: powderpuff red calliandra Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />

Calliandra<br />

haema<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>cephala<br />

English: red powder puff Fabaceae Koror<br />

Calliandra surinamensis English: Surinamese stickpea Fabaceae Koror<br />

Callisia fragrans English: fragrant inch plant, basketplant, spir<strong>on</strong>ema Commelinaceae Anguar, Ngercheu<br />

Cananga odorata<br />

Capsicum frutescens<br />

Catharanthus roseus<br />

Celosia argentea<br />

Centra<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rum<br />

punctatum<br />

Chamaesyce<br />

hypericifolia<br />

Citrus aurantiifolia<br />

English: perfume tree; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: chiráng, ilangilang,<br />

irang<br />

English: bird pepper, bird's-eye chili, bird's-eye<br />

pepper, hot pepper, red chili, spur pepper, Tabasco<br />

pepper; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: meringel<br />

English: Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle,<br />

old-maid, rose periwinkle<br />

English: cockscomb; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: chesechil a malk,<br />

esechila malk<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 />

daisy<br />

English: beach spurge, graceful spurge; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />

karkar, kerkar<br />

English: Key lime, lime, Mexican lime, sour lime,<br />

West Indian lime; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: malchianged<br />

Ann<strong>on</strong>aceae<br />

Solanaceae<br />

Apocynaceae<br />

Amaranthaceae<br />

Asteraceae<br />

Euphorbiaceae<br />

Rutaceae<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Malakal, Babeldaob,<br />

Kayangel, Ngercheu, S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Peleliu<br />

Koror, Malakal,<br />

Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />

S<strong>on</strong>sorol<br />

Babeldaob<br />

Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />

Peleliu<br />

Koror, Peleliu<br />

202

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