INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES DATABASE FOR CARIBBEAN REGION (Last updated Wednesday April 25th, 2012) Species Name Organism Synonyms Common Names Broad Habitat Exotic in Invasive in Main Reference Type Abrus precatorius Plant - Climber Rosary pea Terrestrial Bahamas Islands;Cayman Islands;Puerto Rico;US Virgin Islands; Bahamas Islands;Puerto Rico;US Virgin Islands; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia aulacocarpa Plant - Tree Terrestrial Puerto Rico; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia auriculiformis Plant - Tree Northern black wattle (ISC) Terrestrial Bahamas Islands;Cuba;Haiti;Jamaica;St. Vincent- Grenadines;Trinidad-Tobago; Bahamas; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia crassicarpa Plant - Tree Terrestrial Dominican Republic; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia decurrens Plant - Tree Green wattle (ISC) Terrestrial Haiti; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia farnesiana Plant - Tree Aroma (Puerto Rico);Cashia (Puerto Rico);Rayo Terrestrial Guadeloupe;Martinique;Antigua-Barbuda;Bahamas;Barbados;Cayman Puerto Rico; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. (Puerto Rico);Sweet Acadia (USA); Islands;Cuba;Dominica;Grenada;Jamaica;Montserrat;Puerto Rico;Anguilla; Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia holosericea Plant - Tree Terrestrial Cuba;Dominican Republic;Haiti;Jamaica; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia leptocarpa Plant - Tree Terrestrial Haiti;Montserrat; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia longifolia Plant - Tree Golden wattle (ISC) Dominican Republic; ISSG, 2011. Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). Invasive Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. http://www.issg.org/database Acacia mangium Plant - Tree Acacia; Terrestrial Cuba;Puerto Rico;Dominican Republic; Dominican Republic; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia mearnsii Plant - Tree Black wattle Jamaica; CABI,2011. Acacia mearnsii. In: Invasive Species Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. http://www.cabi.org/isc. Acacia melanoxylon Plant - Tree Australian Blackwood (ISC) Terrestrial Haiti;Venezuela; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia neriifolia Plant - Tree Terrestrial Haiti;Puerto Rico; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia nilotica Plant - Tree Gum Arabic Tree(ISC) Terrestrial Caribbean;Jamaica;Antigua-Barbuda;Anguilla;Puerto Rico;Martinique; Anguilla;Antigua-Barbuda; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Guadeloupe;Bahamas;Barbados;Cuba;Grenada;Monsterrat;St. Lucia;Sint Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Maarten;US Virgin Islands; Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES DATABASE FOR CARIBBEAN REGION (Last updated Wednesday April 25th, 2012) Species Name Organism Synonyms Common Names Broad Habitat Exotic in Invasive in Main Reference Type Acacia polyacantha Plant - Tree Terrestrial Antigua-Barbuda;Barbados;Grenada;Guadeloupe;Jamaica;Puerto Rico;St. Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Vincent; Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia polystachya Plant - Tree Terrestrial Cuba;Dominica;Montserrat; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia salicina Plant - Tree Terrestrial Bahamas;Bermuda;St. Vincent-Grenadines; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia shirleyi Plant - Tree Terrestrial Dominican Republic; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia spp. Plant - Tree Wild tamarind (Jamaica); Terrestrial Jamaica; Jamaica; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia torulosa Plant - Tree Terrestrial Dominican Republic; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acacia tumida Plant - Tree Terrestrial Dominican Republic; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acanthogobius flavimanus Vertebrate - Fish Marine Mexico;Florida; Florida; CABI,2012. Acanthogobius flavimanus. In: Invasive Species Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. http://www.cabi.org/isc. Aceria anonae Invertebrate - Mite Acaro de la guanabana (DR); Terrestrial Dominican Republic; Dominican Republic; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Aceria guerreronis Invertebrate - Mite Acaro del coco (DR);coconut mite Terrestrial Dominican Republic; Dominican Republic; Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Achatina fulica Invertebrate - Lissachatina fulica Giant African Land Snail; Terrestrial Barbados;Anguilla;Bermuda;Martinique;St. Lucia;Trinidad-Tobago; Barbados;Anguilla;Bermuda;Guadeloupe;Martinique;St. Lucia;Trinidad- Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy, S. 2003. Mollusc Guadeloupe;St. Martin (France);Venezuela; Tobago;Venezuela; Invasive species threats in the Caribbean Region. Report to The Nature Conservancy. 134 pp <http://tinyurl.com/awoxl or http://www.issg.org/database/species/reference_files/Kairo et al, 2003.pdf> Acromyrmex octospinosus Invertebrate - Guadeloupe; Guadeloupe; ISSG, 2011. Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). Invasive Insect Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. http://www.issg.org/database Aculops lycopersici Invertebrate - Mite Tomato russet mite Terrestrial Barbados; Barbados Kairo, M., Ali, B. Cheesman, O., Haysom, K. and Murphy,