Research Article
Floristics and Diversity of Invasive Alien Plant Species in Humbo District, South Ethiopia
Table 3
Ecosystems affected and continent of origin of invasive alien species.
| | Invasive alien plant species | Ecosystems highly affected | Continent of origin |
| | Tribulus terrestris | 2 | Africa | | Crotalaria pallida | 4 | Africa | | Ricinus communis | 4 | Africa | | Solanum incanum | 2, 4 | Africa | | Cuscuta campestris | 1 | America | | Physalis peruviana | 1 | America | | Acanthospermum hispidum | 1 | America | | Gomphrena celosioides | 1, 2 | America | | Alternanthera pungens | 1, 2 | America | | Argemone ochroleuca | 1, 4 | America | | Parthenium hysterophorus | 1, 2, 4 | America | | Triumfetta pentandra | 1, 2 | America | | Lantana camara | 4 | America | | Leucaena leucocephala | 4 | America | | Psidium guajava | 4 | America | | Richardia scabra | 1, 3 | America | | Xanthium spinosum | 1, 3 | America | | Xanthium strumarium | 1, 3 | America | | Corchorus aestuans | 2, 3 | America | | Senna occidentalis | 2, 4 | America | | Sida acuta | 1, 2 | America | | Opuntia ficus-indica | 1 | America | | Urena lobata | 2 | Asia | | Sphaeranthus indicus | 2, 3 | Australia | | Ocimum forskolei | 1, 2 | Europe |
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NB: 1, farmland; 2, grazing land; 3, fallow land; 4, road sides.
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