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Erythrostemon gilliesii

(Hook.) Klotzsch

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Common name (English)

Bird of paradise

Common name (Greek)

πουλί του παραδείσου; Παωνιά

Ηabitat

X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)

X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

X10 Mixed landscapes

X21 Archaeological

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status

Establishment status detail

Alien: "recorded near Larnaca by Kotschy, and not infrequent in gardens throughout the lowlands of Cyprus" (Meikle 1977).

Native of Argentina, planted and naturalized at some low altitude areas (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year

1862

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn

Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Other notes

as Caesalpinia gillesii (Hook.) in Meikle (1977)

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

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.