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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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