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Taraxacum officinale

Weber ex Wigg.
Tracheophyta » Asterales » Asteraceae » Taraxacum officinale
Common name (English)
Common dandelion
Ηabitat
X11 Large parks
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
Global distribution

Europe (as aggregate species), Peru (I), Costa Rica (I), Jamaica (I), Argentina (I), Chile (I), Paraguay (I), Uruguay (I), Bolivia (I), Colombia (I), Panama (I), Bahamas (I), Hispaniola (I), Cuba (I), Venezuela (I), Honduras (I), Mexico (I), South Africa (I) (Transvaal (I), Free State (I), KwaZulu-Natal (I), Cape Prov. (I)), Namibia (I), Cameroon (I), Zimbabwe (I), Swaziland (I), Lesotho (I), New Zealand (I), New Caledonia (I), Chatham Isl. (I), European Russia, Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Lord Howe Isl. (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Niue (I), South Georgia Isl. (I), Auckland Isl. (I), Falkland Isl. (I), Iles Kerguelen (I), Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Corvo Isl.), Madeira (Madeira Isl.), Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma Isl.), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Jammu & Kashmir (I), India (I), Bhutan (I), Sikkim (I), Nepal (I), Greenland (I), St. Pierre and Miquelon (I), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Newfoundland (I), Labrador (I), N.W.T. (I), Nova Scotia (I), Nunavut (I), Ontario (I), Prince Edward Isl. (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I), Yukon (I)), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Alaska (I), Arizona (I), Arkansas (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), Delaware (I), District of Columbia (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Iowa (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Maine (I), Maryland (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Mississippi (I), Missouri (I), Montana (I), Nebraska (I), Nevada (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), New York (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Vermont (I), Virginia (I), Washington (I), West Virginia (I), Wisconsin (I), Wyoming (I)) 91052 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalised non-invasive.

First detection year
1990
Impacts
Neutral
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Other notes

Refers to Taraxacum Sect. Ruderalia.

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.

Hand R (2015) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45(2): 245-259. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45210

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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