CABI Africa Invasive and Alien Species data

Arne Witt

doi:10.15468/pkgevu

CABI Africa Invasive and Alien Species data

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 2025-06-15.

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

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

Acacia auriculiformis
Acacia colei
Acacia mearnsii
Acacia melanoxylon
Acacia podalyriifolia
Acacia saligna
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Adenanthera pavonina
Agave americana
Agave angustifolia
Agave attenuata
Agave celsii
Agave helmsii
Agave sisalana
Agave spp.
Ageratina adenophora
Ageratum conyzoides
Ageratum houstonianum
Albizia lebbeck
Albizia saman
Allium neapolitanum
Anredera cordifolia
Antigonon leptopus
Areca catechu
Argemone ochroleuca
Argemone spp.
Aristolochia littoralis
Artocarpus heterophyllus
Austrocylindropuntia subulata
Azadirachta indica
Azolla filiculoides
Bauhinia monandra
Bauhinia purpurea
Bauhinia variegata
Brillantaisia lamium
Broussonetia papyrifera
Brugmansia suaveolens
Bryophyllum daigremontianum
Bryophyllum delagoense
Bryophyllum delagoense x
Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi
Bryophyllum pinnatum
Bryophyllum proliferum
Caesalpinia decapetala
Calliandra houstoniana
Callisia fragrans
Callisia repens
Calotropis gigantea
Calotropis procera
Calotropis spp.
Cananga odorata
Canna indica
Canna x generalis
Capsicum annuum
Cardiospermum grandiflorum
Cascabela thevetia
Castilla elastica
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Casuarina equisetifolia
Casuarina spp.
Catharanthus roseus
Cedrela odorata
Cereus jamacaru
Cestrum aurantiacum
Cestrum elegans
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestrum parqui
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
Chromolaena odorata
Cinnamomum camphora
Cinnamomum verum
Cirsium vulgare
Clidemia hirta
Convolvulus spp.
Crassula spathulata
Cryptostegia grandiflora
Cryptostegia madagascariensis
Cuscuta spp.
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Cylindropuntia spp.
Dahlia imperialis
Datura ferox
Datura innoxia
Datura stramonium
Delonix regia
Desmodium uncinatum
Disocactus flagelliformis
Dolichandra unguis-cati
Dovyalis caffra
Duranta erecta
Echium plantagineum
Eichhornia crassipes
Elaeis guineensis
Erigeron karvinskianus
Eriobotrya japonica
Euphorbia candelabrum
Euphorbia tirucalli
Euryops chrysanthemoides
Foeniculum vulgare
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Furcraea foetida
Gliricidia sepium
Gmelina arborea
Grevillea robusta
Hedychium coronarium
Hedychium flavescens
Hedychium gardnerianum
Helianthus annuus
Hylocereus undatus
Hyptis suaveolens
Ipomoea alba
Ipomoea cairica
Ipomoea carnea
Ipomoea hederifolia
Ipomoea hildebrandtii
Ipomoea indica
Ipomoea nil
Ipomoea purpurea
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Jatropha curcas
Jatropha gossypiifolia
Kalanchoe beharensis
Lantana camara
Leucaena leucocephala
Lonicera japonica
Maesopsis eminii
Melia azedarach
Mimosa diplotricha
Mimosa pigra
Mimosa pudica
Mirabilis jalapa
Montanoa hibiscifolia
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Nicandra physalodes
Nicotiana glauca
Opuntia cochenillifera
Opuntia elatior
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia microdasys
Opuntia monacantha
Opuntia spp.
Opuntia stricta
Opuntia stricta dillenii
Parkinsonia aculeata
Parthenium hysterophorus
Passiflora caerulea
Passiflora edulis
Passiflora foetida
Passiflora suberosa
Passiflora subpeltata
Peltophorum pterocarpum
Pereskia aculeata
Phyllostachys nigra
Physalis peruviana
Pinus caribaea
Pinus patula
Piper aduncum
Pistia stratiotes
Pithecellobium dulce
Pontederia cordata
Prosopis juliflora
Psidium cattleianum
Psidium guajava
Ricinus communis
Rivina humilis
Rubus niveus
Rubus rosifolius
Salvia coccinea
Salvia leucantha
Salvinia molesta
Sambucus nigra
Senecio madagascariensis
Senna alata
Senna bicapsularis
Senna didymobotrya
Senna hirsuta
Senna obtusifolia
Senna occidentalis
Senna septemtrionalis
Senna siamea
Senna spectabilis
Solanum campylacanthum
Solanum mauritianum
Solanum seaforthianum
Solanum torvum
Sphagneticola trilobata
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Stachytarpheta spp.
Syzygium cumini
Syzygium jambos
Tecoma capensis
Tecoma stans
Tectona grandis
Tephrosia vogelii
Terminalia catappa
Thunbergia grandiflora
Tithonia diversifolia
Tithonia rotundifolia
Tithonia spp.
Tithonia tubaeformis
Toona ciliata
Toona sinensis
Tradescantia fluminensis
Tradescantia pallida
Tradescantia spathacea
Tradescantia zebrina
Verbena bonariensis
Verbesina encelioides
Vinca major
Xanthium spinosum
Xanthium strumarium
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