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Non-native plants of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This is a guide to the non-native plant species of the British Indian Ocean Territory that are found outside of ornamental plantings.
This list is based on work from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and SWCA Hawai'i as part of the creation of a plant ...more ↓

corkystem passionflower 1
Passiflora suberosa
castor bean 2
Ricinus communis
Indian Acalypha 3
Acalypha indica
Hairy Croton 2
Croton hirtus
asthma plant 4
Euphorbia hirta
graceful spurge 5
Euphorbia hypericifolia
prostrate sandmat 6
Euphorbia prostrata
painted leaf 7
Euphorbia cyathophora
painted spurge 8
Euphorbia heterophylla
Devil's Backbone 9
Euphorbia tithymaloides
Gale of the Wind 10
Phyllanthus amarus
Madras leaf-flower 11
Phyllanthus maderaspatensis
Smartweed Leafflower 12
Phyllanthus polygonoides
Chamberbitter 10
Phyllanthus urinaria
Greyleaf Heliotrope 13
Euploca ovalifolia
fourspike heliotrope 3
Euploca procumbens
Indian Heliotrope 3
Heliotropium indicum
Purple Cleome 3
Cleome rutidosperma
Asian spiderflower 3
Cleome viscosa
Air Plant 14
Kalanchoe pinnata
Bulbostylis thouarsii
Aromatic Kyllinga 15
Cyperus aromaticus
Poorland Flatsedge 16
Cyperus compressus
Variable Flatsedge 17
Cyperus difformis
tall flatsedge 18
Cyperus eragrostis
Rice flat-sedge 3
Cyperus iria
Swamp Flatsedge 19
Cyperus ligularis
whitehead spikesedge 20
Cyperus mindorensis
Bunchy flat-sedge 21
Cyperus polystachyos
Cyperus richardii 22
Roadside Flatsedge 23
Cyperus sphacelatus
tropical flatsedge 24
Cyperus surinamensis
golden bamboo 25
Bambusa vulgaris
Jamaican crabgrass 26
Digitaria horizontalis
False Couch Finger Grass 27
Digitaria longiflora
East Indian crabgrass 28
Digitaria setigera
Southern Sandbur 29
Cenchrus echinatus
feathery pennisetum 3
Cenchrus polystachios
green summer grass 30
Urochloa distachya
guinea grass 3
Megathyrsus maximus
Cup Grass 10
Eriochloa procera
Natal grass 31
Melinis repens
beardgrass 32
Schizachyrium condensatum
Barbas de Indio 33
Andropogon bicornis
maritime bluestem 34
Andropogon tenuispatheus
Kleberg's bluestem 3
Dichanthium annulatum
Australian Bluestem 3
Bothriochloa bladhii
Johnson grass 35
Sorghum halepense
Maize 36
Zea mays
Paspalum nutans 37
seashore paspalum 38
Paspalum vaginatum
Perennial Ryegrass 39
Lolium perenne
smut grass 3
Sporobolus indicus
Giant Ratstail Grass 40
Sporobolus pyramidalis
Thalia Lovegrass 16
Eragrostis atrovirens
Close-headed Love-grass 41
Eragrostis elongata
Feather Lovegrass (Japanese Lovergrass) 12
Eragrostis tenella
mexican sprangletop 38
Diplachne fusca uninervia
Pinewoods Fingergrass 38
Eustachys petraea
Bermuda grass 42
Cynodon dactylon
Finger Grass 43
Chloris barbata
Goose Grass 3
Eleusine indica
southern cattail 44
Typha domingensis
Flat-leaved Vanilla 45
Vanilla planifolia
Spider plant 46
Chlorophytum comosum
Crinum latifolium 47
Cuban zephyrlily 48
Zephyranthes rosea
Silver Queen 49
Aglaonema commutatum
giant taro 50
Alocasia macrorrhizos
lesser duckweed 51
Lemna aequinoctialis
beehive ginger 52
Zingiber spectabile
Hyphaene 53
tropical spiderwort 54
Commelina benghalensis

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