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Dysphania multifida

(L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Dysphania multifida
Ηabitat
J5 Artificial (waters)
Global distribution

Bolivia (La Paz), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Santa Fe, San Juan), Chile (Tarapaca, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio, Araucania, Los Lagos, Juan Fdz. Isl., Reg. Metropolitana), Uruguay (Paysandu, Rocha), USA (I) (California (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Massachusetts (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), South Carolina (I), Virginia (I)), Portugal (I), Spain (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Corsica (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Macedonia (I), Montenegro (I), Albania (I), Bulgaria (I), Croatia (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), South Africa (I) (widespread), Lesotho (I), Turkey (I) (W-Anatolia (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), European Turkey (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Lanzarote (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I)) 71481 0

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Habitat detail

"First record for Cyprus. The originally South American species is known to occur naturalized in several Mediterranean countries (Akeroyd 1993b) but in Cyprus it seems to be only a casual. + Div. 3/4: Kiti dam, moist ground in the dam, flooded in winter, c. 30 m, 14.7.2006, Kefalas in Hadjikyriakou 6922, det. Hand (B, herb. Hadjikyriakou)" (Hand 2009).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

First detection year
2006
Impacts
Unknown
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding RELEASE IN NATURE: Other intentional release and UNAIDED: Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through pathways 1 to 5.

Other notes

as Chenopodium multifidum L. in Hand (2009).

References

Hand R (2009) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VI. Willdenowia 39(2): 301-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.39.39209

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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

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