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CABI Africa Invasive and Alien Species data

Dataset homepage

Citation

Witt A, Beale T (2018). CABI Africa Invasive and Alien Species data. CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pkgevu accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-10-20.

Description

Invasive and alien species observation records for plants in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sampling

The majority of the data was collected via roadside surveys over the course of many fieldwork trips over the past 10 years.

Method steps

  1. Observations: Species, GPS location and field notes recorded Processing: Field data keyed in to excel reports Mapping: Data plotted into QGIS for data cleaning and mapping

Taxonomic Coverages

A range of invasive plants. Most identified to species level
  1. Acacia auriculiformis
  2. Acacia colei
  3. Acacia mearnsii
  4. Acacia melanoxylon
  5. Acacia podalyriifolia
  6. Acacia saligna
  7. Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
  8. Adenanthera pavonina
  9. Agave americana
  10. Agave angustifolia
  11. Agave attenuata
  12. Agave celsii
  13. Agave helmsii
  14. Agave sisalana
  15. Agave spp.
  16. Ageratina adenophora
  17. Ageratum conyzoides
  18. Ageratum houstonianum
  19. Albizia lebbeck
  20. Albizia saman
  21. Allium neapolitanum
  22. Anredera cordifolia
  23. Antigonon leptopus
  24. Areca catechu
  25. Argemone ochroleuca
  26. Argemone spp.
  27. Aristolochia littoralis
  28. Artocarpus heterophyllus
  29. Austrocylindropuntia subulata
  30. Azadirachta indica
  31. Azolla filiculoides
  32. Bauhinia monandra
  33. Bauhinia purpurea
  34. Bauhinia variegata
  35. Brillantaisia lamium
  36. Broussonetia papyrifera
  37. Brugmansia suaveolens
  38. Bryophyllum daigremontianum
  39. Bryophyllum delagoense
  40. Bryophyllum delagoense x
  41. Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi
  42. Bryophyllum pinnatum
  43. Bryophyllum proliferum
  44. Caesalpinia decapetala
  45. Calliandra houstoniana
  46. Callisia fragrans
  47. Callisia repens
  48. Calotropis gigantea
  49. Calotropis procera
  50. Calotropis spp.
  51. Cananga odorata
  52. Canna indica
  53. Canna x generalis
  54. Capsicum annuum
  55. Cardiospermum grandiflorum
  56. Cascabela thevetia
  57. Castilla elastica
  58. Casuarina cunninghamiana
  59. Casuarina equisetifolia
  60. Casuarina spp.
  61. Catharanthus roseus
  62. Cedrela odorata
  63. Cereus jamacaru
  64. Cestrum aurantiacum
  65. Cestrum elegans
  66. Cestrum nocturnum
  67. Cestrum parqui
  68. Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
  69. Chromolaena odorata
  70. Cinnamomum camphora
  71. Cinnamomum verum
  72. Cirsium vulgare
  73. Clidemia hirta
  74. Convolvulus spp.
  75. Crassula spathulata
  76. Cryptostegia grandiflora
  77. Cryptostegia madagascariensis
  78. Cuscuta spp.
  79. Cylindropuntia imbricata
  80. Cylindropuntia spp.
  81. Dahlia imperialis
  82. Datura ferox
  83. Datura innoxia
  84. Datura stramonium
  85. Delonix regia
  86. Desmodium uncinatum
  87. Disocactus flagelliformis
  88. Dolichandra unguis-cati
  89. Dovyalis caffra
  90. Duranta erecta
  91. Echium plantagineum
  92. Eichhornia crassipes
  93. Elaeis guineensis
  94. Erigeron karvinskianus
  95. Eriobotrya japonica
  96. Euphorbia candelabrum
  97. Euphorbia tirucalli
  98. Euryops chrysanthemoides
  99. Foeniculum vulgare
  100. Fraxinus pennsylvanica
  101. Furcraea foetida
  102. Gliricidia sepium
  103. Gmelina arborea
  104. Grevillea robusta
  105. Hedychium coronarium
  106. Hedychium flavescens
  107. Hedychium gardnerianum
  108. Helianthus annuus
  109. Hylocereus undatus
  110. Hyptis suaveolens
  111. Ipomoea alba
  112. Ipomoea cairica
  113. Ipomoea carnea
  114. Ipomoea hederifolia
  115. Ipomoea hildebrandtii
  116. Ipomoea indica
  117. Ipomoea nil
  118. Ipomoea purpurea
  119. Jacaranda mimosifolia
  120. Jatropha curcas
  121. Jatropha gossypiifolia
  122. Kalanchoe beharensis
  123. Lantana camara
  124. Leucaena leucocephala
  125. Lonicera japonica
  126. Maesopsis eminii
  127. Melia azedarach
  128. Mimosa diplotricha
  129. Mimosa pigra
  130. Mimosa pudica
  131. Mirabilis jalapa
  132. Montanoa hibiscifolia
  133. Myriophyllum aquaticum
  134. Nicandra physalodes
  135. Nicotiana glauca
  136. Opuntia cochenillifera
  137. Opuntia elatior
  138. Opuntia engelmannii
  139. Opuntia ficus-indica
  140. Opuntia microdasys
  141. Opuntia monacantha
  142. Opuntia spp.
  143. Opuntia stricta
  144. Opuntia stricta dillenii
  145. Parkinsonia aculeata
  146. Parthenium hysterophorus
  147. Passiflora caerulea
  148. Passiflora edulis
  149. Passiflora foetida
  150. Passiflora suberosa
  151. Passiflora subpeltata
  152. Peltophorum pterocarpum
  153. Pereskia aculeata
  154. Phyllostachys nigra
  155. Physalis peruviana
  156. Pinus caribaea
  157. Pinus patula
  158. Piper aduncum
  159. Pistia stratiotes
  160. Pithecellobium dulce
  161. Pontederia cordata
  162. Prosopis juliflora
  163. Psidium cattleianum
  164. Psidium guajava
  165. Ricinus communis
  166. Rivina humilis
  167. Rubus niveus
  168. Rubus rosifolius
  169. Salvia coccinea
  170. Salvia leucantha
  171. Salvinia molesta
  172. Sambucus nigra
  173. Senecio madagascariensis
  174. Senna alata
  175. Senna bicapsularis
  176. Senna didymobotrya
  177. Senna hirsuta
  178. Senna obtusifolia
  179. Senna occidentalis
  180. Senna septemtrionalis
  181. Senna siamea
  182. Senna spectabilis
  183. Solanum campylacanthum
  184. Solanum mauritianum
  185. Solanum seaforthianum
  186. Solanum torvum
  187. Sphagneticola trilobata
  188. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
  189. Stachytarpheta spp.
  190. Syzygium cumini
  191. Syzygium jambos
  192. Tecoma capensis
  193. Tecoma stans
  194. Tectona grandis
  195. Tephrosia vogelii
  196. Terminalia catappa
  197. Thunbergia grandiflora
  198. Tithonia diversifolia
  199. Tithonia rotundifolia
  200. Tithonia spp.
  201. Tithonia tubaeformis
  202. Toona ciliata
  203. Toona sinensis
  204. Tradescantia fluminensis
  205. Tradescantia pallida
  206. Tradescantia spathacea
  207. Tradescantia zebrina
  208. Verbena bonariensis
  209. Verbesina encelioides
  210. Vinca major
  211. Xanthium spinosum
  212. Xanthium strumarium
  213. Zinnia peruviana

Geographic Coverages

Sub-Saharan Africa

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Arne Witt
originator
position: Coordinator Invasive Species Management
CAB International
Canary Bird, 673 Limuru Road, Muthaiga
Nairobi
PO Box 633-00621
KE
email: a.witt@cabi.org
homepage: http://www.cabi.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2257-4411
Tim Beale
metadata author
position: Agri-informatics specialist / Data analyst
CAB International
Nosworthy Way
Wallingford
OX10 8DE
Oxfordshire
GB
email: t.beale@cabi.org
homepage: http://www.cabi.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3312-1549
Lesley Henderson
content provider
position: SAPIA coordinator
Agricultural Research Council – Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa
ZA
email: l.henderson@sanbi.org.za
Andrew McConnachie
content provider
position: Research officer
Weeds Research Unit, Department of Primary Inductries, Biosecurity NSW
AU
email: andrew.mcconnachie@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Arne Witt
administrative point of contact
position: Coordinator Invasive Species Management
CAB International
Canary Bird, 673 Limuru Road, Muthaiga
Nairobi
PO Box 633-00621
KE
email: a.witt@cabi.org
homepage: http://www.cabi.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2257-4411
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