Report to the Republic of Palau: 2008 update on Invasive Plant ...
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Table 1. <strong>Invasive</strong> plant species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern not seen or reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
be present in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Species Comm<strong>on</strong> Names Family Habit<br />
75<br />
Risk<br />
assessment†<br />
Lepidium ruderale English: peppergrass Brassicaceae herb high risk<br />
Lep<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>chloa chinensis English: Asian sprangle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p, red sprangle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Poaceae grass<br />
Lep<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>chloa fusca English: Malabar sprangle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p, Mexican sprangle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Poaceae grass<br />
Lep<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>chloa mucr<strong>on</strong>ata English: red sprangle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p Poaceae grass<br />
Lep<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>chloa panicea<br />
English: mucr<strong>on</strong>ate sprangle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p, red sprangle<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p, sprangle<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Lep<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>spermum<br />
laevigatum<br />
Lep<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>spermum<br />
polygalifolium<br />
Lep<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>spermum<br />
scoparium<br />
English: Australian myrtle, Australian tea tree, coast teatree Myrtaceae<br />
shrub/<br />
tree<br />
English: tea tree Myrtaceae shrub<br />
English: New Zealand tea, manuka (New Zealand) Myrtaceae tree high risk<br />
Leucaena trichodes Fabaceae tree<br />
Licuala grandis English: ruffled fan palm Arecaceae tree<br />
Ligustrum jap<strong>on</strong>icum English: Japanese privet Oleaceae shrub evaluate*<br />
Ligustrum lucidum English: Chinese wax-leaf privet, tree privet Oleaceae<br />
shrub/<br />
tree<br />
evaluate*<br />
Ligustrum robustum English: tree privet, wild privet Oleaceae<br />
shrub/<br />
tree<br />
Ligustrum sinense English: Chinese privet Oleaceae<br />
shrub/<br />
tree<br />
high risk<br />
Limnocharis flava<br />
English: sawah-flower rush, sawah-lettuce, velvetleaf,<br />
yellow bur-head<br />
Limnocharitaceae herb<br />
Linum usitatissimum English: flax, linseed Linaceae herb high risk<br />
Liriope spicata English: creeping lilyturf, creeping liriope Liliaceae herb high risk<br />
Litsea glutinosa English: Indian laurel Lauraceae tree<br />
Litsea m<strong>on</strong>opetala English: yati Lauraceae tree<br />
Lolium multiflorum English: Italian ryegrass Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Lolium perenne English: English ryegrass, perennial ryegrass Poaceae grass<br />
Lolium temulentum<br />
English: bearded darnel, bearded ryegrass, darnel, pois<strong>on</strong><br />
darnel, pois<strong>on</strong> ryegrass<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Lophostem<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>fertus English: brush box, Brisbane box, vinegar tree Myrtaceae tree low risk<br />
Ludwigia adscendens English: water primrose Onagraceae herb<br />
Ludwigia l<strong>on</strong>gifolia English: l<strong>on</strong>gleaf primrose-willow Onagraceae herb<br />
Ludwigia peruviana English: ludwigia, Peruvian primrose, water primrose Onagraceae herb high risk<br />
English: angled lo<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ah, Chinese okra, dish-cloth gourd,<br />
Luffa acutangula ribbed gourd, ribbed lo<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ah, ridged gourd, silk gourd, sinkwa Cucurbitaceae herb<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>welsp<strong>on</strong>ge, sinqua mel<strong>on</strong>, vegetable sp<strong>on</strong>ge<br />
Luzula sylvatica English: great wood-rush Juncaceae rush high risk<br />
Lycium chinense<br />
English: Chinese boxthorn, Chinese desert-thorn, Chinese<br />
matrim<strong>on</strong>y vine, Chinese wolfberry, wolfberry<br />
Solanaceae shrub<br />
Lycopersic<strong>on</strong><br />
pimpinellifolium<br />
English: currant <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> Solanaceae herb<br />
Lygodium jap<strong>on</strong>icum English: Japanese climbing fern Schizaeaceae fern<br />
Lysimachia fortunei Primulaceae herb high risk<br />
Macaranga mappa English: bingabing Euphorbiaceae tree<br />
Macaranga tanarius English: parasol leaf tree Euphorbiaceae tree<br />
Macfadyena unguis-cati English: cat's-claw climber Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae vine high risk<br />
Maesopsis eminii English: umbrella tree, musizi Rhamnaceae tree evaluate*<br />
Malachra alceifolia English: malachra Malvaceae herb<br />
Malvastrum <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>men<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sum Malvaceae shrub<br />
Manihot glaziovii English: Ceará rubber tree Euphorbiaceae tree<br />
Marrubium vulgare English: comm<strong>on</strong> horehound, horehound, white horehound Lamiaceae herb high risk<br />
Marsilea minuta English: small water clover Marsiliaceae herb<br />
Marsilea quadrifolia English: European water clover Marsiliaceae herb<br />
Medinilla cummingii English: medinilla Melas<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>mataceae shrub evaluate*