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Duranta erecta

L.
Tracheophyta » Lamiales » Verbenaceae » Duranta erecta
Common name (English)
Golden dewdrops, Creeping skyflower
Ηabitat
I2 Parks
X11 Large parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Seen in gardens at Kato Paphos, and may be more widely grown in Cyprus (Meikle 1985).

An exotic species cultivated in gardens and parks - Petra tou Romiou, Protaras, Kapedes, Lefkosia (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

As the species is restricted to parks and gardens introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.

Other notes

as Duranta repens L. in Meikle (1985) and Tsintides et al. (2002)

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

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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