List of invasive species in Asia
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This is a list of invasive species
Invasive species
"Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions....
in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location, directly threatening agriculture and/or the local biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
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The term invasive species refers to a subset of those species defined as introduced species
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
. If a species has been introduced but remains local, and is not problematic to agriculture or to the local biodiversity, then it cannot be considered to be invasive and does not belong on this list.
Plants
- Eichhornia crassipesEichhornia crassipesEichhornia crassipes, commonly known as Common Water Hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin, and is often considered a highly problematic invasive species outside its native range.-Ecology:...
(Water hyacinth) - Limnocharis flavaLimnocharis flavaLimnocharis flava is a species of aquatic flowering plant which is native to Southeast Asia. It is a roughly 50 cm tall plant growing in clumps....
(Yellow burhead) - Pistia stratiotes (Water lettuce)
- Lantana camaraLantana camaraLantana camara, also known as Spanish Flag or West Indian Lantana, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the American tropics. It has been introduced into other parts of the world as an ornamental plant and is considered an invasive species in many...
(lantana) - Eupatorium adenophorous
- Epipremnum aureumEpipremnum aureumEpipremnum aureum, also known as the Pothos , Money Plant, Silver Vine, Centipede tongavine, Devil's Ivy and Solomon Islands' Ivy, is an aroid native to southeastern Asia and New Guinea...
(Devil's Ivy, Pothos) - Swietenia macrophyllaSwietenia macrophyllaSwietenia macrophylla, commonly known as big leaf mahogany, is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of two species that yields genuine mahogany timber, the other being Swietenia mahagoni....
(Mahogany) - Myroxylon balsamum (Peru Balsam)
- Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip Tree)
- Saritaea magnifica (Glow Vine)
- Opuntia strictaOpuntia strictaOpuntia stricta is a species of cactus from southern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Common names include Erect Prickly Pear and Nopal Estricto ....
(Prickly Pear Cactus) - Clusia rosea
- Panicum maximum (Guinea grass)
Amphibians
- Bufo marinus (Cane toad)
- Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog)
Fish
- Channa striataChanna striataThe snakehead murrel, Channa striata, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, striped snakehead, haloan, aruan, haruan and dalag...
(Snakehead murrel, common snakehead) - Clarias batrachus (Walking catfish)
- Clarias gariepinusClarias gariepinusClarias gariepinus or African sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family Clariidae, the airbreathing catfishes.- Natural Distribution :...
(African catfish) - Cyprinus carpio (Common carp)
- Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish)
- Poecilia reticulata (Guppy)
- TilapiaTilapiaTilapia , is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapiine cichlid tribe. Tilapia inhabit a variety of fresh water habitats, including shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes. Historically, they have been of major importance in artisan fishing in Africa and the...
spp. (TilapiaTilapia as exotic speciesA number of tilapiine cichlids that are native to Africa and the Levant have been widely introduced into tropical fresh and brackish waters around the world. In some cases, the introductions were deliberate, for example to control invasive aquatic plants, as in the U.S. states of Florida and Texas...
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Mammals
- Canis lupus familiaris (Feral dogs)
- Felis silvestris catus (Feral catFeral catA feral cat is a descendant of a domesticated cat that has returned to the wild. It is distinguished from a stray cat, which is a pet cat that has been lost or abandoned, while feral cats are born in the wild; the offspring of a stray cat can be considered feral if born in the wild.In many parts of...
s) - Rattus norvegicus (Brown rat)