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 />
Risk<br />
assessment†<br />
Passiflora laurifolia English: yellow granadilla, belle apple, yellow water-lem<strong>on</strong> Passifloraceae vine<br />
Passiflora ligularis English: sweet granadilla, yellow passi<strong>on</strong>fruit Passifloraceae vine<br />
Passiflora maliformis<br />
English: hard-shelled passi<strong>on</strong>fruit, sweet calabash, sweet<br />
cup<br />
Passifloraceae vine<br />
Passiflora pulchella English: two-lobed passi<strong>on</strong> flower, wingleaf passi<strong>on</strong>fruit Passifloraceae vine<br />
Passiflora rubra English: red passi<strong>on</strong>fruit, Dutchman's laudanum Passifloraceae vine high risk<br />
Passiflora tarminiana English: banana poka, banana passi<strong>on</strong>fruit, bananadilla Passifloraceae vine<br />
Paulownia <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>men<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sa<br />
English: paulownia, princess-tree, Chinese empress tree,<br />
karri-tree<br />
Scrophulariaceae tree high risk<br />
Pennisetum<br />
clandestinum<br />
English: kikuyu grass, kikuyo Poaceae grass high risk<br />
English: bajra, bulrush millet, burr bristle grass, cat’s tail<br />
Pennisetum glaucum grass, cattail millet, pearl millet, yellow bristle grass, yellow Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
foxtail<br />
Pennisetum macrourum English: African fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rgrass, bedding grass Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Pennisetum occidentale Poaceae grass<br />
English: annual kyasuwa grass, hairy fountain grass,<br />
Pennisetum pedicellatum<br />
kayasuwa grass, kyasuwa grass<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Pennisetum petiolare English: petioled fountaingrass Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Pennisetum villosum English: fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p, l<strong>on</strong>g-style fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r grass, white foxtail Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Pentalin<strong>on</strong> luteum<br />
English: hammock viper's-tail, lice bush, wild allamanda,<br />
wild wist<br />
Apocynaceae vine high risk<br />
Persicaria capitata English: pinkhead knotweed, pinkhead smartweed Polyg<strong>on</strong>aceae herb high risk<br />
Persicaria punctata<br />
English: arse-smart, dotted smartweed, turkey-troop, water<br />
smartweed<br />
Polyg<strong>on</strong>aceae herb<br />
Phalaris aquatica<br />
English: bulbous Canary grass, Harding grass, Towoomba<br />
Canary grass, tuberous canarygrass<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Phalaris brachystachys English: short-spiked canarygrass Poaceae grass<br />
Phalaris minor<br />
English: lesser canarygrass, little-seed Canary grass, small<br />
Canary grass<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Philadelphus<br />
karwinskyanus<br />
English: philadelphus, evergreen mock orange, syringa Saxifragaceae shrub<br />
Phleum pratense English: meadow cat's-tail, timothy Poaceae grass<br />
Phoenix dactylifera English: date, date palm, kajoor Arecaceae tree<br />
Phormium tenax English: New Zealand flax, New Zealand hemp, bush flax Agavaceae herb high risk<br />
Phyllanthus acidus<br />
English: gooseberry tree, Otaheite gooseberry, Tahiti<br />
gooseberry<br />
Euphorbiaceae tree<br />
Phyllostachys aurea<br />
English: fish-pole bamboo, golden bamboo, walking stick<br />
bamboo<br />
Poaceae<br />
shrub<br />
Phyllostachys bissetii Poaceae shrub<br />
Phyllostachys flexuosa English: drooping timber bamboo Poaceae shrub<br />
Phyllostachys nigra English: black bamboo Poaceae shrub<br />
Phy<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>lacca dioica English: belhambra, packalacca, phy<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>lacca Phy<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>laccaceae tree high risk<br />
Pimenta dioica English: pimen<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>, allspice Myrtaceae tree high risk<br />
Pimenta racemosa English: bay tree, bay rum tree, bay oil tree, malagueta Myrtaceae tree evaluate*<br />
Pinus elliottii English: slash pine Pinaceae tree evaluate*<br />
Piper aduncum English: spiked pepper Piperaceae<br />
shrub/<br />
tree<br />
high risk<br />
Piper auritum English: eared pepper, anise piper, Veracruz pepper Piperaceae shrub high risk<br />
Pi<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>cellobium unguiscati<br />
English: blackbead, bread-and-cheese, cat's claw Fabaceae tree<br />
Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum pentandrum English: pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum, Taiwanese cheesewood, mamalis Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporaceae<br />
shrub/<br />
tree<br />
Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum resiniferum English: petroleum nut, resin cheesewood Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporaceae tree evaluate*<br />
Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bira<br />
English: <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>bira, Japanese pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum, Japanese<br />
shrub/<br />
Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporaceae<br />
cheesewood, mock orange, Australian laurel<br />
tree<br />
evaluate*<br />
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