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Lycium ferocissimum

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Lycium ferocissimum
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Common name (English)
African boxthorn
Common name (Greek)
Φραμός
Ηabitat
B1 Coastal Sand
FA Hedgerows
I1 Arable
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X10 Mixed landscapes
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
Global distribution

South Africa (Free State, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Lesotho, Namibia, Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), New Zealand (I), Lord Howe Isl. (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), USA (I) (California (I)), Chatham Isl. (I), Cyprus (I), Morocco (I), Tunisia (I), Spain (I) 100861 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized invasive. Gardens, roadsides & seashores, sea-level to 600' - planted in Divisions 4-7 as hedge or windbreak, and becoming naturalised in some areas though still uncommon.

A naturalized adventive species, usually occuring in coastal and inland (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1909
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

Introduced during the early 1900s (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.

Hand R (2000) Contributions to the flora of Cyprus I. Willdenowia 30: 53-65. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.30.30104

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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