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Permitted and quarantine species list

This list is to be used as a guide only.

Important Quarantine Statement : "The following Permitted species have been assessed as not posing a Weed Risk to Western Australia. Please note that pest and disease restrictions may also apply . The condition of entry for each species is listed under Schedule 1 of the Plant Diseases Regulations. Check with Quarantine WA officers for additional entry conditions on (08) 9334 1800"

This list will be updated at regular intervals, if you wish to discuss a species addition or removal from the list please contact Rod Randall.

The text list has been replaced by self extracting compressed download files for the quickest possible load time. When expanded the complete file has over 13,000 entries. Once downloaded you can search the list using the 'find' facilities of Microsoft Excel.

You can also save the list as a text version and then open it in any word processing or other spreadsheet software.

Please take the time to read the following information to assist your search: Each entry contains:

• "Status" -

  'Conditional' - indicates a species permitted to enter WA. Remember there may be other quarantine concerns, if in doubt consult a Quarantine WA officer.
  
  'DECLARED PLANT IN WA' - The importation into Western Australia of some declared plants is not illegal but the sale or distribution of these species within parts, or whole, of the state may be illegal under the Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act (1975). If in doubt please contact the Department of Agriculture and Food or more details.
  
  'Quarantine Weed' - are prohibited entry to the state.
  
  ANY species name not on the list will require a weed assessment PRIOR to importing into the State.

• "Name" - The latin name
• "Author" - The name of the person who validly published the scientific name, the whole list has now been validated and all species names have an author attributed.
• "Synonyms" - Any accepted synonyms (synonymous Latin names)
• "Common names" - Any available
• "Import Exceptions" - please note any exceptions (this field is empty in most cases)
• "Family" - The plant Family is the next step up the Classification ladder.
• "Date Assessed" - Introduced to allow people to check for recently assessed taxa.

For example whilst many species of palms are on the "Permitted List" they are restricted entry under specific conditions only. Please check with W.A. Quarantine Service staff if unsure of any other imports conditions a species may require. We use the Australian Plant Name Index for Australian native and naturalised flora and Royal Horticultural Society publications, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew publications and the Missouri Botanic Gardens online database for references with other exotic species.

The List

As the List has grown in size and access speeds have fallen, due to increased users, It has been decided to drop the use of the html pages and provide a single compressed Microsoft Excel file.

To download the this file just select the appropriate platform link below and save the file to your hard drive.

Download

Please read the Important quarantine statement before downloading.

To open the zip files you will need to purchase WinZip or download their free trial version.

• Download the ZIPPED Excel file [884 KB file : Updated 7 March 2008]

This list is to be used as guide only, please contact Rod Randall with all enquiries.

Tips for downloading :

For Windows users

• 'right click' your mouse on the above link and select the 'save link as...' option.
• Use browse and select your desktop as the download location.
• Once the download is complete a file called 'List' with the WinZip Icon will appear on your desktop.
• Double click on this icon and it will expand to produce a file called 'list' with the Excel file icon.
• Having been downloaded from the internet some PCs may still not recognise this file as an Excel file so open Excel and using the 'File' Menu select 'Open' and open the List file.
• Once open remember when searching for names to use the search function under the 'Edit' menu, after selecting the 'Name' to the 'alternate name' columns. Check the Excel Help files if your not sure how to select multiple columns. When searching for names its best to use just the Genus and keeping hitting the 'Enter' key during the search phase until you find the name your after or the whole document has been searched.
• These same tips apply for all compressed file downloads from the internet.

MacUsers

• For Macintosh users just click on the above link.
• The browser should automatically download the file to your desktop or wherever you have selected the browser to download to.
• Once its finished drop the file onto the Stufflt Expander icon and it will expand and extract the file which means you will have two files at the end of the process, one called 'list.zip' and another called 'list.xls'.
• Doubleclick on list.xls and Excel will open the file.
• Remember when searching for names to use the search function under the Edit menu, after selecting the Name to the alternate name columns. Check the Excel Help files if your not sure how to select multiple columns. When searching for names its best to use just the Genus and keeping hitting the 'Enter' key during the search phase until you find the name your after or the whole document has been searched.
• These same tips apply for all compressed file downloads from the internet.

If you wish to obtain a copy of the list in another format please email your request to Rod Randall at rprandall@agric.wa.gov.au. Bear in mind any other format will be rather large and it may take some time before you get a reply, ie even if your email account will allow you to receive 1 Megabyte plus attachments. Hence I suggest you persevere with the downloads above. They do work, as I test them each time I upload them to make sure they are OK.

Any species NOT covered by the Permitted or Prohibited List will require a Weed Risk Assessment. All Western Australian Native species are by default on the list and are added as required.

A brief explanation of botanical nomenclature or naming conventions.

The botanical or scientific name is the accepted standard name for a plant. Each plant has a unique botanical name that is described and named by an author in Latin. This is the most accurate way of referring to a plant as many plants have similar or the same common names and regional variations and differences can cause no end of confusion. Latin is used because it is a dead language and therefore, hopefully, not prone to change. Botanical Latin is a not quite as pure as classical Latin with its roots dipped in classical Greek and a smattering of other languages but most names described do conform to the basic tenants of Latin.

The botanical name of a particular plant is made up of two parts. The first is the genus, which is always capitalised. The second part of the botanical name is the species epithet. The botanical name is correctly written in italics with the genus name capitalised and the species and any other names all in lower case. For instance, the plant commonly referred to by some as the "dog rose" is known by the botanical name, Rosa canina. In this example, the species epithet is canina. So, while there are many plants in the genus Rosa, there is only one known as Rosa canina. Taken together, Rosa canina is referred to as a species.

Genus - The genus is the lowest level of plant relatives before individual species are described. A genus can contain from one to many hundreds of species names. A genus with only one species is called monotypic (one type).

Species - The species name is not the end of the taxonomic trail however with several lower levels of taxonomic distinction being applied by taxonomists. A highly variable species may have many subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forma etc named by taxonomists. For our purposes identification to species level is sufficient but it pays to understand that subspecific levels of nomenclature do exist. A brief explanation of the most commonly used subspecific nomenclature follows.

Subspecies (subsp. or ssp.) and Varieties (var.) - These are taxonomic groups that are a distinctive subdivision of a species whose members have certain hereditary characteristics distinct from other populations of that species.

Cultivar (cv.) - A cultivar is a plant created by careful selective breeding often using inter or infra Generic hybridisation (within or between related genera), most cultivars are registered by their breeders and given names. Often people will quote a cultivar name in the mistaken belief it is a species name. As one species name can contain many dozens if not hundreds of cultivars it pays to appreciate the difference. Cultivars are not considered part of the 'natural' chain of botanic taxonomy due to their artificial origin but are acknowledged after the author name in most descriptions when mentioned in publications (example below).

Synonyms - Sometimes a plant that has received a botanical name from one author is given a new name by another author, either because they disagree or because the second is unaware the plant has already been named. These names are referred to as botanical synonyms. Many synonyms are listed, and will continue to be added, so as to facilitate searching for the correct name.

Examples of cultivar and hybrid species names correctly cited:

Cultivar examples

• Acer negundo L. cv. 'Flamingo'
• Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. cv. 'Lady Northcliffe'

Hybrid examples

• Alocasia x amazonica Andre. (a hybrid of Alocasia lowii x Alocasia sanderiana)
• Primula x bulleesiana Janson. (a hybrid of Primula bulleyana x Primula beesiana)

Family - A family is the botanical category above genus. Each family contains many genera (the plural of genus) that share like characteristics. In the example, Rosa canina is a member of the family Rosaceae whose members share a number of common characteristics. There are several groupings of plant types above Family leading ultimately to the Plant Kingdom.

Author - The botanical author is the person who first identified the plant with its unique botanical name. In our example, Rosa canina was named by Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), who developed the binomial (two name) system of plant taxonomy we use today and named a great many plants. An author's name is usually written in full or slightly abbreviated but Linnaeus is abbreviated to simply "L." being rightly considered the father of botanical nomenclature.

Common Name - A plant may have more than one common name, as people in one region may refer to it with one name and people in another region might use another name entirely. Also, many different plants may share the same common name. Because of this, it is generally preferable to refer to plants by their botanical names. Common names are only included here to illustrate to people how difficult it can be to determine a plants true identity from these variable names.

Other Downloads of Interest

Both the "Climate" software and the "Weed Risk Assessment" module are freeware and can be downloaded. Both packages come with documentation with the "Weed Risk Assessment" module available in a ZIP file for PC users or a bihexed self extracting archive for Macusers. The "Climate" software is only available as a bihexed self extracting archive for Macusers and is FAT binary.

"Climate" was originally produced by Steve Connell, then ported to the Macintosh and further refined by Paul Pheloung. Paul also developed the "Weed Risk Assessment" module in consultation with other interested parties around Australia. This system has been adopted nationally by AQIS.

• Weed Risk Assessment Zip file for PC users (381kB)
• Weed Risk Assessment Stufflt archive for Mac users (398kB)
• Climate Program Stufflt archive for Mac users (3.3MB)

Contact: Rod Randall

Page modified: 13 July 2007