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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 />

Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum undulatum<br />

English: Vic<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rian box, Vic<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rian laurel, Australian<br />

cheesewood, mock orange, sweet pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum, orange Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporaceae tree high risk<br />

pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum<br />

Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum viridiflorum English: cape pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporum Pit<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sporaceae tree evaluate*<br />

Platycerium bifurcatum English: elkhorn fern, staghorn fern Selaginellaceae fern<br />

Poa annua<br />

English: annual bluegrass, annual meadowgrass, annual<br />

poa, goose grass, walkgrass, winter grass<br />

Poaceae<br />

grass<br />

Podranea ricasoliana English: pandorea, pink trumpet vine, Zimbabwe creeper Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae vine evaluate*<br />

Polypog<strong>on</strong><br />

English: annual beardgrass, beard grass, M<strong>on</strong>tpelier<br />

m<strong>on</strong>speliensis<br />

beardgrass, rabbitfoot grass<br />

Poaceae grass high risk<br />

Polypog<strong>on</strong> viridis English: water bent Poaceae grass<br />

Portulaca pilosa English: hairy pigweed Portulacaceae herb<br />

Potamoge<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n crispus<br />

English: curled p<strong>on</strong>dweed, curly p<strong>on</strong>dweed, curly-leaved<br />

aquatic<br />

Potamoge<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>naceae<br />

p<strong>on</strong>dweed, curlyleaf p<strong>on</strong>dweed, river weed<br />

herb<br />

Prosopis glandulosa English: h<strong>on</strong>ey mesquite Fabaceae tree<br />

Prosopis juliflora English: algaroba, ir<strong>on</strong>wood, mesquite Fabaceae tree high risk<br />

Prosopis pallida English: algaroba, mesquite Fabaceae tree<br />

Prunus cerasifera English: cherry plum, myrobalan plum Rosaceae tree high risk<br />

Prunus grisea Rosaceae shrub evaluate*<br />

Pseudogynoxys<br />

chenopodioides<br />

English: Mexican flamevine Asteraceae herb<br />

Psidium guineense English: Brazilian guava, Guinea guava Myrtaceae<br />

shrub/<br />

tree<br />

high risk<br />

Ptychosperma elegans English: Alexander palm, cabbage palm, solitaire palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*<br />

Ptychosperma<br />

macarthurii<br />

Pyrostegia venusta<br />

English: cluster palm, hurricane palm, Macarthur fea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r<br />

palm, Macarthur palm<br />

English: flame vine, flame flower, golden shower, orange<br />

trumpet vine<br />

Arecaceae tree high risk<br />

Bign<strong>on</strong>iaceae vine high risk<br />

Rauvolfia vomi<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ria English: swizzle stick Apocynaceae<br />

shrub/<br />

tree<br />

high risk<br />

Rhaphiolepis indica English: Indian hawthorn Rosaceae shrub evaluate*<br />

Rhododendr<strong>on</strong> indicum English: evergreen azalea Ericaceae shrub evaluate*<br />

Rhodomyrtus <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>men<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>sa English: rose myrtle, downy myrtle, Isenberg bush Myrtaceae shrub high risk<br />

Rhynchospora caduca English: anglestem beaksedge Cyperaceae herb<br />

Richardia brasiliensis<br />

English: Mexican clover, richardia, tropical Mexican clover,<br />

white-eye<br />

Rubiaceae herb<br />

Rivina humilis English: baby pepper, bloodberry, coral berry, rouge plant Phy<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>laccaceae herb<br />

Rotala indica<br />

Lythraceae<br />

aquatic<br />

herb<br />

Rotala rotundifolia English: dwarf rotala, rotala, roundleaf <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>othcup Lythraceae<br />

aquatic<br />

herb<br />

Rottboellia<br />

English: guinea-fowl grass, itchgrass, Kelly grass, kokoma<br />

cochinchinensis grass, Raoul grass<br />

Poaceae<br />

grass<br />

Rubus adenotrichos Rosaceae shrub<br />

Rubus alceifolius English: giant bramble Rosaceae shrub high risk<br />

Rubus argutus English: prickly Florida blackberry Rosaceae shrub high risk<br />

Rubus discolor English: Himalaya blackberry Rosaceae shrub high risk<br />

Rubus megalococcus English: Indian <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>othcup Rosaceae shrub<br />

Rubus moluccanus<br />

English: Molucca raspberry, broad leafed bramble, Molucca<br />

Rosaceae<br />

bramble, eelkek<br />

shrub<br />

Rubus niveus English: Ceyl<strong>on</strong> raspberry, hill raspberry, Mysore raspberry Rosaceae shrub<br />

Rubus rosifolius<br />

English: roseleaf raspberry, thimbleberry, Mauritius<br />

raspberry<br />

Rosaceae shrub high risk<br />

Rubus sieboldii English: Molucca raspberry Rosaceae shrub<br />

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