Identify the invasive plant species posing threat to native species.

(A) Parthenium
(B) Clarias
(C) Eicchornia
(D) Lantana

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C), (D)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C), (D)

Alien species invasions: When alien species are introduced unintentionally or deliberately for whatever purpose, some of them turn invasive, and cause decline or extinction of indigenous species. The Nile perch introduced into Lake Victoria in east Africa led eventually to the extinction of an ecologically unique assemblage of more than 200 species of cichlid fish in the lake. There are also the environmental damage caused and threat posed to our native species by invasive weed species like carrot grass (Parthenium), Lantana and water hyacinth (Eicchornia). The recent illegal introduction of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus for aquaculture purposes is posing a threat to the indigenous catfishes in our rivers.