Info Sheet Download Family Name Scientific Name English Common Name Biocontrol Status Found in American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Federated States of Micronesia Guam Hawaii Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia Niue Northern Marianas Palau Pitcairn Islands Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna
Poaceae Zoysia matrella   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands                                              
Fabaceae Zornia gibbosa   Not a biocontrol target Guam, Palau, Papua New Guinea                                              
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus mauritiana Indian jujube, Chinese date Has natural enemies under investigation Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga     baer, baher, bahir     manzanas, manzanita, jujube                                  
Rhamnaceae Ziziphus jujuba   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Fiji                                              
Asteraceae Zinnia peruviana   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia                                              
Zingiberaceae Zingiber zerumbet   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Tonga, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Zingiberaceae Zingiber officinale   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Nauru                                              
Amaryllidaceae Zephyranthes rosea   Not a biocontrol target Marshall Islands                                              
Araceae Zantedeschia aethiopica   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands                                              
Asparagaceae Yucca aloifolia   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Samoa.                                              
Asteraceae Youngia japonica   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga                                              
Xyridaceae Xyris complanata   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea                                              
Convolvulaceae Xenostegia tridentata   Not a biocontrol target Palau, Papua New Guinea                                              
Araceae Xanthosoma sagittifolium   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Solomon Islands                                              
Araceae Xanthosoma nigrum   Not a biocontrol target Marshall Islands                                              
Araceae Xanthosoma atrovirens   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Asteraceae Xanthium strumarium cocklebur, noogoora burr Has natural enemies in Pacific causing significant impacts Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea     nggatima ni vavalangi, ovuka, qatima ni vavalagi       kīkānia                                
Asteraceae Xanthium spinosum Bathurst burr, burweed Has natural enemies never deliberately released Fiji, Kiribati, Kiribati-Line Islands, Papua New Guinea                                              
Thymelaeaceae Wikstroemia indica   Not a biocontrol target New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea                                              
Myrtaceae Waterhousea floribunda   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia                                              
Arecaceae Washingtonia robusta   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Guam, New Caledonia                                              
Arecaceae Washingtonia filifera   Not a biocontrol target Guam                                              
Malvaceae Waltheria indica   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Kiribati-Line Islands, Kiribati-Phoenix Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga                                              
Poaceae Vulpia myuros   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia                                              
Lamiaceae Volkameria inermis   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Tonga, Vanuatu                                              
Vitaceae Vitis vinifera   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Pitcairn Islands                                              
Vitaceae Vitis labrusca   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia                                              
Lamiaceae Vitex trifolia   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Lamiaceae Vitex rotundifolia   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea                                              
Lamiaceae Vitex parviflora   Not a biocontrol target Guam, Palau                                              
Lamiaceae Vitex lucens   Not a biocontrol target Papua New Guinea                                              
Fabaceae Vigna radiata   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, Guam, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga                                              
Fabaceae Vigna marina   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu                                              
Fabaceae Vicia sativa   Not a biocontrol target New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea                                              
Asteraceae Vernonia patula   Not a biocontrol target Guam, Papua New Guinea                                              
Asteraceae Vernonia cinerea   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia, Marshall Islands                                              
Verbenaceae Verbena rigida   Not a biocontrol target New Caledonia                                              
Verbenaceae Verbena litoralis   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Pitcairn Islands, Vanuatu                                              
Verbenaceae Verbena brasiliensis   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea                                              
Verbenaceae Verbena bonariensis   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea                                              
Scrophulariaceae Verbascum virgatum   Not a biocontrol target New Caledonia                                              
Orchidaceae Vanilla planifolia   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau                                              
Hydrocharitaceae Vallisneria spiralis   Not a biocontrol target New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea                                              
Hydrocharitaceae Vallisneria americana   Not a biocontrol target Papua New Guinea                                              
Fabaceae Vachellia nilotica Indian fig, mission prickly pear Has natural enemies elsewhere causing significant impacts French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Fabaceae Vachellia farnesiana   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu                                              
Lentibulariaceae Utricularia gibba   Not a biocontrol target New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea                                              
Poaceae Urochloa subquadripara   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Poaceae Urochloa subquadrifida   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa                                              
Poaceae Urochloa reptans   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Poaceae Urochloa mutica   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Poaceae Urochloa maxima   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Guam, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Poaceae Urochloa humidicola   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Niue, Solomon Islands                                              
Poaceae Urochloa glumaris   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga                                              
Poaceae Urochloa distachya   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Poaceae Urochloa decumbens   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, Solomon Islands                                              
Poaceae Urochloa brizantha   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, Samoa.                                              
Malvaceae Urena lobata Caesarweed, Congo jute, bur mallow Has natural enemies under investigation American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna manutofu, maoutofu, mautofu piripiri, purūmu, vavai tara tītā katiqani viti, nggatima, nggatima ni Viti, ngguatema, qatima, qatima ni viti, joan ne pija pipiri, fuduah, nehu, pou-éau, pu‘unehu, puehu, puepu, punehu haoe, rehu nognuk, ocher, sacawer, koaropw, korop, koropw, karukur dádangse, dadangsi, dadangsi apaka, dadangsi machingat           mosipo, motipo   chosuched e kui, osuched a rechui     manutofu, maoutofu, mautofu     mo‘osipo, mo‘osipo Tonga      
Fabaceae Uraria lagopodoides   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Fabaceae Ulex europaeus gorse, furze Has natural enemies elsewhere causing significant impacts Papua New Guinea                                              
Typhaceae Typha latifolia   Not a biocontrol target Papua New Guinea                                              
Typhaceae Typha domingensis   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea                                              
Typhaceae Typha angustifolia   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia                                              
Passifloraceae Turnera ulmifolia   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Passifloraceae Turnera subulata   Not a biocontrol target Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Marshall Islands, Palau                                              
Tropaeolaceae Tropaeolum majus   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Niue                                              
Malvaceae Triumfetta semitriloba   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Samoa., Tonga                                              
Malvaceae Triumfetta rhomboidea   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Malpighiaceae Tristellateia australasiae   Not a biocontrol target Marshall Islands                                              
Poaceae Tripsacum laxum   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Solomon Islands                                              
Poaceae Tripsacum latifolium   Not a biocontrol target Guam, Northern Marianas                                              
Polygonaceae Triplaris weigeltiana   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia                                              
Rutaceae Triphasia trifolia   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands                                              
Iridaceae Trimezia steyermarkii   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands                                              
Fabaceae Trifolium repens   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, Papua New Guinea                                              
Fabaceae Trifolium dubium   Not a biocontrol target Papua New Guinea                                              
Asteraceae Tridax procumbens   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Kiribati-Line Islands, Kiribati-Phoenix Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Poaceae Tricholaena rosea   Not a biocontrol target Marshall Islands                                              
Boraginaceae Trichodesma zeylanicum   Not a biocontrol target Fiji                                              
Zygophyllaceae Tribulus terrestris puncturevine, goat head, caltrop Has natural enemies in Pacific useful for other weeds Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea                                              
Zygophyllaceae Tribulus cistoides false puncturevine, Jamaican feverplant Has natural enemies in Pacific causing significant impacts Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Line Islands, Kiribati-Phoenix Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea             nohu, nohunohu te maukinikini                              
Aizoaceae Trianthema portulacastrum   Not a biocontrol target Papua New Guinea                                              
Euphorbiaceae Triadica sebifera Chinese tallow, candleberry tree, chicken tree, Florida aspen Has natural enemies under investigation French Polynesia                                              
Araliaceae Trevesia palmata   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia                                              
Cannabaceae Trema orientalis   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu                                              
Commelinaceae Tradescantia zebrina   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Tonga                                              
Commelinaceae Tradescantia spathacea   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia-Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, Kiribati, Kiribati-Gilbert Islands, Kiribati-Line Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Tonga, Wallis & Futuna                                              
Commelinaceae Tradescantia pallida   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands                                              
Commelinaceae Tradescantia fluminensis tradescantia, wandering Jew, Brazilian spiderwort Has natural enemies elsewhere causing significant impacts French Polynesia, Nauru                                              
Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron succedaneum   Not a biocontrol target French Polynesia                                              
Scrophulariaceae Torenia fournieri   Not a biocontrol target Fiji, French Polynesia                                              
Meliaceae Toona ciliata   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Solomon Islands, Tonga                                              
Asteraceae Tithonia diversifolia Mexican sunflower, tree marigold Has natural enemies elsewhere with unknown impacts Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia-Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia-Yap, Guam, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna   tiare rengarenga, pua renga, kavakava                   matalaa               siola‘ā      
Menispermaceae Tinospora crispa   Not a biocontrol target Guam                                              
Menispermaceae Tinospora cordifolia   Not a biocontrol target Guam                                              
Rubiaceae Timonius timon   Not a biocontrol target Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands                                              
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia usneoides   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga                                              
Melastomataceae Tibouchina urvilleana   Not a biocontrol target American Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa.                                              
Melastomataceae Tibouchina granulosa   Not a biocontrol target Cook Islands                                              
Acanthaceae Thyrsacanthus tubaeformis   Not a biocontrol target Niue                                              
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