Guide to the Naturalized Invasive Plants of Southeast Asia

Editor/Author Witt, Arne
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: CAB International

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-78-639436-1
Category: Science - Botany
Image Count: 425
Book Status: Available
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This Guide will serve as an invaluable aid in the identification, mapping, monitoring, and management of alien plant species that are already present in Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states, or which may become problematic in the future, due to increased trade and travel, economic development and climate change.

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Table of Contents

  • Foreword – Max Zieren, UN Environment–GEF
  • Foreword – Irdika Mansur, SEAMEO BIOTROP
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Aquatics
  • Eichhornia crassipes
  • Limnocharis flava
  • Myriophyllum aquaticum
  • Pistia stratiotes
  • Salvinia molesta
  • Grasses
  • Brachiaria mutica
  • Cenchrus echinatus
  • Panicum repens
  • Climbers
  • Antigonon leptopus
  • Cardiospermum halicacabum
  • Coccinea grandis
  • Merremia peltata
  • Mikania micrantha
  • Passiflora foetida
  • Passiflora suberosa
  • Syngonium podophyllum
  • Thunbergia grandiflora
  • Herbs
  • Ageratum conyzoides and A. houstonianum
  • Argemone mexicana
  • Bidens pilosa
  • Canna indica
  • Hedychium coronarium
  • Hedychium gardnerianum
  • Parthenium hysterophorus
  • Ruellia tuberosa
  • Sphagneticola trilobata
  • Xanthium strumarium
  • Shrubs
  • Ageratina adenophora
  • Austroeupatorium inulifolium
  • Cestrum aurantiacum
  • Chromolaena odorata
  • Clidemia hirta
  • Duranta erecta
  • Lantana camara
  • Mimosa diplotricha
  • Mimosa pudica
  • Senna occidentalis
  • Solanum viarum
  • Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
  • Tithonia diversifolia
  • Succulents
  • Jatropha gossypiifolia
  • Opuntia stricta
  • Trees
  • Acacia auriculiformis
  • Acacia decurrens
  • Acacia mangium
  • Broussonetia papyrifera
  • Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus
  • Leucaena leucocephala
  • Miconia calvescens
  • Mimosa pigra
  • Piper aduncum
  • Prosopis juliflora
  • Spathodea campanulata
  • Swietenia macrophylla
  • Vachellia nilotica
  • Useful Websites
  • References
  • Appendix A: Summary table of plant species included in this Guide that are considered to be naturalized or invasive in Southeast Asia
  • Appendix B: Biological control agents that have been released and have established in Southeast Asia or elsewhere on some of the plant species described in this Field Guide
  • Appendix C: Herbicides registered or permissable with minor or emergency use permits in Australia, by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, against some of the plant species included in this Field Guide
  • Appendix D: Registered and minor-use herbicides applied in South Africa, for the control of some of the plant species included in this Field Guide