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Table 8. 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 in S<strong>on</strong>sorol State<br />
Scientific Name Comm<strong>on</strong> Names (abridged) Family Present <strong>on</strong>:<br />
Physalis angulata<br />
English: annual ground cherry; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
bubeubedul<br />
Solanaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Physalis minima English: sunberry Solanaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
Physalis peruviana<br />
English: Cape gooseberry, goldenberry, gooseberry<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>,<br />
Peruvian ground-cherry, Peruvian-cherry<br />
Solanaceae Koror<br />
Pilea nummulariifolia English: creeping Charlie Urticaceae Koror<br />
Piriqueta racemosa English: ridgid stripeseed Turneraceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Pityrogramma<br />
calomelanos<br />
Plectranthus<br />
amboinicus<br />
Pluchea indica<br />
Polygala paniculata<br />
Polypremum<br />
procumbens<br />
Portulaca oleracea<br />
English: Dixie silverback fern, gold fern (var.<br />
austroamericana), gold-dust fern (var.<br />
austroamericana), silver fern<br />
English: Mexican mint, Spanish thyme, Cuban<br />
oregano<br />
English: Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea, Indian<br />
camphorweed<br />
English: island snake-root; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keskus ra<br />
mekes<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Pteridaceae<br />
Lamiaceae<br />
Asteraceae<br />
Polygalaceae<br />
Babeldaob<br />
Koror<br />
English: juniper leaf Loganiaceae Angaur<br />
English: pigweed, purslane; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: bungaruau<br />
ra sers<br />
Portulacaceae<br />
Angaur, Peleliu<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Koror, Babeldaob, Angaur,<br />
Kayangel, Peleliu, Ngercheu,<br />
Tobi<br />
Pteris vittata<br />
English: Chinese brake, Chinese ladder brake,<br />
ladder brake<br />
Pteridaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
Pueraria phaseoloides English: tropical kudzu, puero Fabaceae Babeldaob<br />
Ravenala<br />
madagascariensis<br />
English: traveler’s palm, traveler’s tree, ravenale Strelitziaceae Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Ruellia tuberosa English: large bell-flower (Samoa) Acanthaceae Babeldaob<br />
Russelia equisetiformis English: coralplant, fountainplant<br />
Scrophulariaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Scoparia dulcis English: scoparia, sweet broom Scrophulariaceae Babeldaob, Peleliu<br />
Sesbania cannabina English: canicha, dhaincha, dhunchi, sesbania pea Fabaceae Koror, Malakal, Babeldaob<br />
Setaria parviflora<br />
English: knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail,<br />
perennial foxtail, slender pige<strong>on</strong> grass, yellow foxtail Poaceae<br />
Koror, Babeldaob<br />
Sida acuta<br />
English: broom weed, Paddy’s lucerne, sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn<br />
sida, spiny-head sida, spiny sida; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: keak<br />
Malvaceae Babeldaob, Angaur<br />
Sida rhombifolia<br />
English: arrow-leaf sida, Cuban jute, Paddy's<br />
lucerne, Queensland-hemp, teaweed; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an:<br />
keak<br />
Malvaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob,<br />
Angaur, Peleliu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />
Sida spinosa English: prickly sida, spiny sida Malvaceae Angaur<br />
Sigesbeckia orientalis<br />
English: Indian weed, small yellow crown-beard,<br />
yellow crown-head<br />
Asteraceae Babeldaob<br />
Solanum americanum<br />
English: American nightshade, black nightshade,<br />
glossy nightshade<br />
Solanaceae Koror, Malakal<br />
Solanum nigrum<br />
English: black-berry night shade (Australia), black<br />
nightshade, pois<strong>on</strong>berry<br />
Solanaceae Malakal<br />
Solenostem<strong>on</strong><br />
scutellarioides<br />
English: coleus Lamiaceae Koror, Babeldaob, Kayangel<br />
Spermacoce exilis English: Mauritius false but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed Rubiaceae Babeldaob<br />
Spermacoce latifolia English: but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed, oval leaf false but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed Rubiaceae<br />
Koror, Malakal,<br />
Ngerkebesang, Babeldaob<br />
Spermacoce ocymoides English: purple-leaved but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n weed Rubiaceae Babeldaob<br />
Koror, Ngerkebesang,<br />
Spermacoce ovalifolia English: broadleaf false but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed Rubiaceae Babeldaob, Angaur, Kayangel,<br />
Peleliu, Ngercheu, Ngerch<strong>on</strong>g<br />
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