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Arundo donax

L.
Tracheophyta » Poales » Poaceae » Arundo donax
Common name (English)
Giant cane, giant reed, bamboo reed
Common name (Greek)
Καλάμι, καννίν
Ηabitat
C1 Standing water
C2 Running waters
C3 Littoral zone (inland)
D5 Reedbeds
FA Hedgerows
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Afghanistan 2 1; Afghanistan 196 0; Alabama 27 1; Alabama 1530 0; Albania 28 1; Albania 1867 0; Aldabra 29 1; Aldabra 1642 0; Algeria 30 1; Algeria 199 0; Andaman Is. 34 1; Andaman Is. 231 0; Argentina Northeast 87 0; Argentina Northwest 175 0; Arizona 38 1; Arizona 1513 0; Arkansas 39 1; Arkansas 1529 0; Assam 44 1; Assam 236 0; Austria 51 1; Austria 901 0; Azores 53 1; Azores 1751 0; Bahamas 54 1; Bahamas 164 0; Baleares 55 1; Baleares 1987 0; Bangladesh 56 1; Bangladesh 234 0; Bermuda 58 1; Bermuda 220 0; Bolivia 69 1; Bolivia 172 0; Botswana 74 1; Botswana 99 0; Brazil South 86 0; Brazil Southeast 166 0; Brazil West-Central 201 0; California 111 1; California 1527 0; Cambodia 113 1; Cambodia 91 0; Canary Is. 168 1; Canary Is. 197 0; Cape Provinces 74 0; Cape Verde 189 1; Cape Verde 194 0; Caroline Is. 168 0; Cayman Is. 112 1; Cayman Is. 1600 0; Chile Central 1744 0; Chile North 1743 0; China South-Central 230 0; China Southeast 206 0; Christmas I. 595 1; Christmas I. 1993 0; Colombia 159 1; Colombia 177 0; Cook Is. 173 1; Cook Is. 1693 0; Corse 174 1; Corse 1586 0; Costa Rica 175 1; Costa Rica 81 0; Cuba 188 1; Cuba 83 0; Cyprus 190 1; Cyprus 1994 0; Delaware 193 1; Delaware 1523 0; Desventurados Is. 197 1; Desventurados Is. 2002 0; Dominican Republic 196 1; Dominican Republic 159 0; East Aegean Is. 198 1; East Aegean Is. 1986 0; East Himalaya 246 0; Easter Is. 199 1; Easter Is. 1738 0; Ecuador 200 1; Ecuador 78 0; Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1757 0; El Salvador 206 1; El Salvador 203 0; Ethiopia 209 1; Ethiopia 21 0; Fiji 211 1; Fiji 1694 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Free State 451 1; Free State 205 0; French Guiana 218 1; French Guiana 176 0; Georgia 1562 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 355 0; Guatemala 237 1; Guatemala 383 0; Gulf States 195 0; Hainan 121 1; Hainan 229 0; Haiti 240 1; Haiti 160 0; Hawaii 1597 0; Illinois 251 1; Illinois 1531 0; India 111 0; Iran 283 1; Iran 1578 0; Iraq 284 1; Iraq 1768 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 357 0; Jamaica 289 1; Jamaica 162 0; Japan 288 0; Jawa 294 1; Jawa 188 0; Kansas 297 1; Kansas 1561 0; Kazakhstan 298 1; Kazakhstan 107 0; Kentucky 309 1; Kentucky 1546 0; Korea 1753 0; Kriti 307 1; Kriti 1766 0; KwaZulu-Natal 406 1; KwaZulu-Natal 97 0; Laos 314 1; Laos 233 0; Lebanon-Syria 1767 0; Leeward Is. 165 0; Libya 318 1; Libya 1756 0; Louisiana 333 1; Louisiana 1545 0; Madagascar 345 1; Madagascar 23 0; Madeira 346 1; Madeira 359 0; Malaya 183 0; Maluku 355 1; Maluku 186 0; Marianas 207 0; Marquesas 363 1; Marquesas 1594 0; Marshall Is. 364 1; Marshall Is. 1596 0; Maryland 365 1; Maryland 225 0; Mexico Central 170 0; Mexico Gulf 171 0; Mexico Northeast 151 0; Mexico Northwest 152 0; Mexico Southeast 161 0; Mexico Southwest 157 0; Mississippi 366 1; Mississippi 298 0; Missouri 367 1; Missouri 1540 0; Morocco 357 1; Morocco 198 0; Myanmar 404 1; Myanmar 94 0; Namibia 405 1; Namibia 96 0; Nansei-shoto 432 1; Nansei-shoto 1649 0; Nauru 434 1; Nauru 1740 0; Nepal 420 1; Nepal 245 0; Nevada 422 1; Nevada 1552 0; New Caledonia 441 1; New Caledonia 169 0; New Guinea 103 0; New Mexico 446 1; New Mexico 1534 0; New South Wales 437 1; New South Wales 71 0; New Zealand North 449 1; New Zealand North 1503 0; New Zealand South 450 1; New Zealand South 1504 0; Nicaragua 429 1; Nicaragua 82 0; Niue 439 1; Niue 1741 0; Norfolk Is. 1746 0; North Carolina 408 1; North Carolina 1538 0; Northern Provinces 73 0; Northern Territory 438 1; Northern Territory 155 0; Ogasawara-shoto 452 1; Ogasawara-shoto 75 0; Oklahoma 454 1; Oklahoma 1560 0; Oman 455 1; Oman 115 0; Pakistan 458 1; Pakistan 110 0; Palestine 1754 0; Peru 465 1; Peru 77 0; Philippines 466 1; Philippines 84 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Puerto Rico 472 1; Puerto Rico 163 0; Queensland 474 1; Queensland 72 0; Samoa 488 1; Samoa 219 0; Sardegna 489 1; Sardegna 1745 0; Saudi Arabia 491 1; Saudi Arabia 114 0; Seychelles 500 1; Seychelles 1643 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1592 0; Sinai 505 1; Sinai 1749 0; Society Is. 493 1; Society Is. 1640 0; Somalia 510 1; Somalia 112 0; South Australia 506 1; South Australia 1506 0; South Carolina 492 1; South Carolina 1555 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; Sri Lanka 514 1; Sri Lanka 232 0; St.Helena 516 1; St.Helena 1748 0; Sumatera 519 1; Sumatera 182 0; Suriname 223 0; Tadzhikistan 561 1; Tadzhikistan 358 0; Tennessee 540 1; Tennessee 1553 0; Texas 541 1; Texas 153 0; Thailand 542 1; Thailand 90 0; Tibet 149 1; Tibet 1579 0; Tonga 548 1; Tonga 1641 0; Transcaucasus 241 0; Trinidad-Tobago 549 1; Trinidad-Tobago 173 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 356 0; Turkey-in-Europe 552 1; Turkey-in-Europe 1587 0; Turkmenistan 543 1; Turkmenistan 14 0; Utah 566 1; Utah 1551 0; Uzbekistan 567 1; Uzbekistan 254 0; Vanuatu 568 1; Vanuatu 1734 0; Venezuela 569 1; Venezuela 80 0; Venezuelan Antilles 573 1; Venezuelan Antilles 1601 0; Vietnam 572 1; Vietnam 89 0; Virginia 574 1; Virginia 1357 0; Wallis-Futuna Is. 576 1; Wallis-Futuna Is. 226 0; West Himalaya 227 0; West Virginia 593 1; West Virginia 1528 0; Western Australia 579 1; Western Australia 156 0; Western Sahara 591 1; Western Sahara 1765 0; Windward Is. 221 0; Yemen 113 0; Yugoslavia 1588 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Damp ground by the sides of rivers & drains; sea-level to 2000' - common in many parts of lowland Cyprus (though only collected in Divisions 2 and 4-6).

First detection year
1787
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
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.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2004) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus IV. Willdenowia 34(2): 427-456. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.34.34210

Hardion L, Verlaque R, Baumel A, Juin M, Vila B (2012) Revised systematics of Mediterranean Arundo (Poaceae) based on AFLP fingerprints and morphology. Taxon 61(6): 1217-1226. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.616004

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