Table 1 List of families of herbs, grass, shrubs, and trees.

From: Species diversity and grass cover change following the invasion of Lantana camara in a woodland ecosystem

No.

Species

Family

Invaded

Non-invaded

Life form

1

Alternanthera pungens (Kunth) Kuntze

Amaranthaceae

herb

2

Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby

Fabaceae

shrub

3

Tribulus terrestris L.

Zygophyllaceae

herb

4

Datura stramonium L.

Solanaceae

 

herb

5

Solanum incanum L.

Solanaceae

shrub

6

Zelaya pentandra (L). C.Jeffery

Aizoaceae

herb

7

Xanthium strumarium L.

Asteraceae

herb

8

Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile

Zygophyllaceae

tree

9

Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton

Apocynaceae

 

shrub

10

Euphorbia tirucalli L.

Euphorbiaceae

tree

11

Parkinsonia aculeate L.

Fabaceae

 

tree

12

Ricinus communis L.

Euphorbiaceae

 

shrub

13

Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.

Fabaceae

 

tree

14

Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf.

Rhamnaceae

tree

15

Vachellia nilotica (L.) P.J.H.

Fabaceae

tree

16

Vachellia seyal (Delile) P.J.H.

Fabaceae

tree

17

Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.)

Fabaceae

tree

18

Vachellia albida (Delile) A.Chev.

Fabaceae

tree

19

Dodonaea angustifolia L.f.

Sapindaceae

tree

20

Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill

Cactaceae

shrub

21

Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

Fabaceae

 

tree

22

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers

Poaceae

grass

23

Cenchrus ciliaris L

Poaceae

grass