Amaranthus retroflexus

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Common name (English)

American Pigweed; Redroot pigweed

Ηabitat

I1 Arable

X10 Mixed landscapes

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Habitat detail

In arable land based on Georgiades (1995).

"+ Division 1: Lysos, NE edge of the village, at the road exit towards Kinousa, waste land, alt. 490 m, 7.10.1998, Buttler 32380 & Diguet, det. Hand. + Division 3: Polemidia Forest near Theotokos Foundation, roadside, alt. c. 150 m, 23.1.1997, Hadjikyriakou 2155" (Hand 2004).

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1880

Impacts

Unknown

Although reported as "naturalized invasive" in Flora of Cyprus no negative impacts are reported.

Online resource

http://www.worldplants.de/?deeplink=Amaranthus-retroflexus

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Organic packing material – Org

Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

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 (2004) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus IV. Willdenowia 34(2): 427-456. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.34.34210

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