Cover

Contents

Sponsors

Foreword

List of contributors

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Biological control of Australian plants: a South African and US perspective

Acacia nilotica subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan – prickly acacia

Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) King & Robinson – crofton weed

Ageratina riparia (Regel) K. & R. – mistflower

Alternanthera philoxeroides (Martius) Grisebach – alligator weed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. – annual ragweed

Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis – Madeira vine

Argemone mexicana L. and Argemone ochroleuca Sweet – Mexican poppy

Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce – bridal creeper

Asphodelus fistulosus L. – onion weed

Baccharis halimifolia L. – groundsel bush

Billardiera heterophylla (Lindl.) L. Cayzer & Crisp – sollya

Bryophyllum delagoense (Ecklon & Zeher) Schinz – mother-of-millions

Cabomba caroliniana Gray – cabomba

Carduus nutans L. – nodding thistle

Carduus pycnocephalus L. – slender thistle Carduus tenuiflorus Curt. – slender thistle

Carthamus lanatus L. – saffron thistle

Cassinia spp. – cassinia

Chondrilla juncea L. – skeleton weed

Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson – chromolaena

Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) T. Norl. – bitou bush and boneseed

Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore – spear thistle

Cryptostegia grandifolia (Roxb.) R. Br. – rubber vine

Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) F.M. Knuth – rope pear 

Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link – broom, Scotch broom or English broom

Echium plantagineum L. – Paterson’s curse

Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach – water hyacinth

Emex australis Steinheil – doublegee Emex spinosa (L.) Campdera – lesser jack

Eremophila mitchellii Benth. – budda Eremophila sturtii R. Br. – turpentine bush Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustissima (DC.) J.G. West – narrow-leaf hopbush Myoporum deserti (A. Cunn. Ex Benth.) Chinnock – poison-bush

Euphorbia paralias L. – sea spurge

Fumaria spp. – fumitory

Genista monspessulana (L.) L. Johnson – Cape broom

Harrisia (Eriocereus) martinii (Labour.) Britton – Harrisia cactus Acanthocereus tetragonus (L.) Hummelink – sword pear

Heliotropium amplexicaule Vahl – blue heliotrope

Heliotropium europaeum L. – common heliotrope

Hypericum perforatum L. – St John’s wort

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. – hyptis

Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn. – ragwort

Jatropha gossypiifolia L. – bellyache bush

Lantana camara L. – lantana

Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq. – creeping lantana

Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H.Gentry – cat’s claw creeper

Marrubium vulgare L. – horehound

Mikania micrantha Kunth – mile-a-minute

Mimosa diplotricha C.Wright ex Sauvalle – giant sensitive plant

Mimosa pigra L. – mimosa

Moraea flaccida Sweet – one-leaf Cape tulip Moraea miniata Andrews – two-leaf Cape tulip

Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hack ex Arechav. – serrated tussock Nassella neesiana (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth – Chilean needle grass

Onopordum acanthium L. – Scotch thistle Onopordum illyricum L. – Illyrian thistle hybrids

Opuntia robusta H. L. Wendl. ex Pfeiff. – wheel cactus

Opuntia spp.

Parkinsonia aculeata L. – parkinsonia

Parthenium hysterophorus L. – parthenium

Phyla canescens (Kunth) Greene – lippia

Pistia stratiotes L. – water lettuce

Prosopis spp. – mesquite

Raphanus raphanistrum L. – wild radish

Reseda lutea L. – cutleaf mignonette

Rubus fruticosus L. aggregate – European blackberry

Rumex spp. – docks

Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitchell – salvinia

Senecio madagascariensis Poir. – fireweed

Senna obtusifolia (L.) Irwin and Barneby – sicklepod

Sida acuta Burm.f – spinyhead sida Sida rhombifolia L. – paddy’s lucerne Sida cordifolia L. – flannel weed

Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner – variegated thistle

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. – silverleaf nightshade

Sonchus oleraceus L. – sowthistle

Sporobolus spp. – weedy sporobolus grasses

Tribulus terrestris L. – caltrop

Ulex europaeus L. – gorse

Xanthium occidentale Bertol. – Noogoora burr

Xanthium spinosum L. – Bathurst burr

Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. – arum lily

Index: Scientific names of weeds

Index: Common names of weeds

Index: Key words