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Cascabela thevetia

(L.) H. Lippold
Tracheophyta » Gentianales » Apocynaceae » Cascabela thevetia
Ηabitat
I2 Parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X11 Large parks
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X10 Mixed landscapes
X21 Archaeological
Global distribution

Costa Rica (I), El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua (I), Panama, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia (Antioquia, Bolvar, Choc, Cundinamarca, Nario, Putumayo, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Valle), Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Monagas, Nueva Esparta), N-Brazil (Roraima, Para, Amazonas, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Paraguay (Amambay, Central, Cordillera), Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Costa Rica, Peru, Nicaragua, Belize, Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Panama, Bahamas (I), Cayman Isl. (I), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Jamaica (I), Puerto Rico (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (St. Croix (I), St. John (I), St. Thomas (I), Tortola (I), Virgin Gorda (I)), Lesser Antilles (I) (Antigua (I), Barbados (I), Grenada (I), Guadeloupe (I), Martinique (I), Montserrat (I), Saba (I), St. Barthelemy (I), St. Kitts (I), St. Lucia (I), St. Vincent (I)), Tobago (I), Trinidad (I), Isla Margarita (I), Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, China (I) (Fujian (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Hainan (I), Yunnan (I)), Taiwan (I), Fiji (I), New Caledonia (I), trop. Africa (I), Guyana, Marquesas Isl. (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Raiatea (I)), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Marshall Isl. (I) (Kwajalein (I)), Micronesia (I) (Ulithi (I), Truk (I), Moen (I), Pohnpei (I)), Niue (I), Northern Marianas (I) (Agrihan (I), Pagan (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Koror (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Saipan (I), Tinian (I), Rota (I), Guam (I)), Tonga (I), American Samoa (I), Tutuila (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Fogo Isl. (I)), Hawaii (I) (Midway Isl. (I), Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Maui (I)), Andaman Isl. (I), Nicobar Isl. (I), Thailand (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Bhutan (I), India (I), Nepal (I), Laos (I), Pakistan (I), Vietnam (I), USA (I) (Florida (I)), Australia (I) (Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), Java (I), Maldives (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I)), Cameroon (I), Mozambique (I), Chad (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Burkina Faso (I), Benin (I), Guinea (I), Sao Tome (I) 120826 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Native of America, widely cultivated in many parts of Cyprus, in the lowlands and sometimes naturalised (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1960
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Other notes

as Thevetia neriifolia (L.) Juss. ex. Endl. in Georgiades (1995).

References

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.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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