Instituto Hórus Invasives List
Dated April 2004. A modified version may be available at the Instituto Hórus, although we will try to keep our version fresh.


Plants: Latin name - common name
Acacia mearnsii - black wattle
Acacia longifolia - sallow wattle
Ammi majus - ammi
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana - bangalow palm
Artocarpus heterophyllus - jackfruit
Asparagus setaceus (=Protasparagus setaceus)
Azadirachta indica - neem
Bambusa textilis - bambu-de-jardim
Brachiaria spp. (=Urochloa spp.)
Casuarina equisetifolia - Australian pine
Cenchrus ciliaris - buffel grass
Centella asiatica - Asiatic pennywort
Chrysanthemum myconis (=Coleostephus setaceus)
Cirsium vulgare - cardo
Citrus limon - limon
Coleostephus myconis - (no common name)
Cortaderia selloana - pampas grass
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora - tritônia
Cyperus rotundus - purple nut sedge
Dodonaea viscosa - vassoura-vermelha
Duchesnea indica (=Fragaria indica)
Elaeis guineensis - African oil palm
Eragrostis curvula - capim-chorão
Eragrostis plana - capim-annoni
Eriobotrya japonica - nespereira
Eucalyptus robusta - gum tree
Fragaria indica - wild strawberry
Furcraea foetida - agave
Furcraea gigantea (=Furcraea foetida)
Grevillea robusta - grevilha
Hedychium coronarium - white ginger
Hedychium coccineum - red ginger
Hovenia dulcis - Japanese cherry
Impatiens walleriana - beijo
Isotoma longiflora (=Laurentia longiflora)
Laurentia longiflora - arrebenta-boi
Leucaena leucocephala - haole koa, lead tree, tamarind
Ligustrum japonicum - alfeneiro, privet
Ligustrum lucidum - alfeneiro, tree priveto
Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle
Megathyrsus maximus - capim-colonião
Melia azedarach - chinaberry
Melinis minutiflora - molasses grass
Morus alba - amoreira
Morus nigra - amoreira
Musa ornata - bananeira
Musa rosacea - banana-flor
Ophiopogon japonicus - lilyturf
Panicum maximum (=Megathyrsus maximus)
Passiflora alata - passion fruit
Pinus elliottii - slash pine
Pinus taeda - loblolly pine
Pittosporum undulatum - pau-incenso, victorian box
Prosopis alpataco - thorny kiawe
Prosopis juliflora (=Prosopis alpataco)
Protasparagus setaceus - asparagus
Psidium guajava - guava tree
Rhynchelytrum repens - capim-gafanhoto
Pueraria phaseoloides - kudzu tropical
Ricinus communis - castor oil bean
Senecio madagascariensis - fireweed
Spartium junceum - giesta, Spanish broom
Spathodea campanulata - Tulipeiro-da-África, African tuliptree
Tecoma stans - yellow bells
Thunbergia alata - cipó africano
Tradescantia zebrina - lambari
Ulex europaeus - gorse, tojo
Urochloa arrecta - braquiária
Urochloa brizantha - braquiária
Urochloa decumbens - braquiária
Urochloa humidicola - braquiária
Urochloa ruziziensis - tanner grass

Animals: Latin name - common name (animal type)

Achatina fulica - giant african snail (snail)
Agabifornius lentus - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Apis melifera - honey bee (insect)
Arion cf. silvaticus - no common name (slug)
Arion subfuscus - dusky arion (slug)
Armadillidium vulgare - tatu-bolinha (isopod)
Armadillidium nasatum - tatu-bolinha (isopod)
Astronotus ocellatus - oscar (fish)
Bradybaena similaris - Asian tramp snail (snail)
Bulinus tropicus - no common name (snail)
Callithrix jacchus - mico-comum (marmoset)
Callithrix penicillata - mico-estrela (marmoset)
Charybdis hellerii - siri (crab)
Cichla ocellaris - tucunaré (fish)
Clarias gariepinus - walking fish (fish)
Colossoma macropomum - tambaqui (fish)
Corbicula fluminea - Asian clam (clam)
Corbicula largillierti - no common name (bivalve)
Cordioniscus stebbingi - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Ctenopharyngodon idella - grass carp (fish)
Cyprinus carpio carpio - carp (fish)
Deroceras laeve - meadow slug (slug)
Deroceras reticulatum - little grey slug (slug)
Eisenia fetida - vermelha-da-califórnia (worm)
Eudrilus eugeniae - minhoca gigante-africana (worm)
Haplophthalmus danicus - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Helix aspersa - brown garden snail (snail)
Hoplosternum littorale - hassar (fish)
Isognomon bicolor - bicolor purse-oyster (oyster)
Lehmannia cf. valentiana - no common name (slug)
Lepus capensis - brown hare (hare)
Limax flavus - yellow garden slug (slug)
Limax maximus - spotted garden slug (slug)
Limnoperma fortunei - golden mussel (messel)
Macrobrachium rosenbergii - camarão gigante da malásia (freshwater prawn)
Melanoides tuberculatus - red-rim melania (univalve)
Micropterus salmoides - largemouth bass (fish)
Nagurus cristatus - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Niambia squamata - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Oncorhynchus mykiss - rainbow trout (fish)
Oreochromis macrochir macrochir - tilápia (fish)
Oreochromis mossambicus - tilápia (fish)
Oreochromis niloticus - Nile tilapia (fish)
Physa acuta - no common name (univalve)
Porcellio dilatatus - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Porcellio laevis - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Porcellio scaber - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Porcellionides pruinosus - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Porcellionides sexfasciatus - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Procambarus clarkii - lagostim-exótico (crayfish)
Pygocentrus nattereri - red piranha (fish)
Rana catesbiana - rã-touro (frog)
Rumina decollata - decollate snail (snail)
Sus scrofa - javali (pig)
Trachelipus rathkei - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Tylus niveus - tatuzinho-de-jardim (isopod)
Zonitoides arboreus -orchid snail (snail)

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