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Spinacia oleracea

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Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Spinacia oleracea
Common name (English)
Spinach
Common name (Greek)
αγριοσπάναχο
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
E2 Mesic grasslands
Global distribution

Iran, Spain (I), Portugal (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Bulgaria (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Slovakia (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Montenegro (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Lebanon / Syria (I), Saudi Arabia (I), Yemen (I), Belarus (I), Turkmenistan (I), Afghanistan (I), Libya (I), Tunisia (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), European Russia (I), Siberia (I), Russian Far East (I), Kazakhstan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Tajikistan (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I)), Taiwan (I), Korea (I), Java (I), Thailand (I), Ecuador (I), Colombia (c), Mexico (c), Cayman Isl. (I), Hispaniola (I), China (I), Mongolia (I), Southern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I)), USA (I) (California (I), Connecticut (I), Maine (I), Massachusetts (I), New Hampshire (I), New York (I), North Carolina (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), Virginia (I), Washington (I)), Andamans (I), Nicobars (I), Pakistan (I), India (I), Philippines (I), Laos (I), Vietnam (I), Bangladesh (I) 126587 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Recorded in the 19th century as both cultivated and "semi-wild" at Livadhia near Larnaca, though Meikle stated it could not be regarded as a naturalised plant on Cyprus (Meikle 1985).

First detection year
1862
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2. 

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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