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Amaranthus cruentus

L.
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Amaranthus cruentus
Common name (English)
Red amaranth
Common name (Greek)
Γλίντος
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Argentina (Misiones), S-Brazil (Santa Catarina), Chile (Maule, Bio Bio, Reg. Metropolitana), , Puerto Rico (I), Haiti (I), Cuba (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (St. Croix (I)), Lesser Antilles (I) (Barbuda (I), Guadeloupe (I), St. Lucia (I)), Nicaragua (I), Dominican Republic (I), Panama (I), Ecuador (I), Brazil (I), Belize (I), Paraguay (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kentucky (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Missouri (I), North Carolina (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I)), Canada (I) (British Columbia (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), Mexico (I), Guatemala (I), Austria (I), Germany (I), Netherlands (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Spain (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Corsica (I), Sardinia (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Croatia (I), Montenegro (I), Slovenia (I), Albania (I), Slovakia (I), Bulgaria (I), Crimea (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Libya (c), Tunisia (c), Algeria (c), Morocco (c), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Belarus (I), European Russia (I), Turkmenistan (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Armenia (I), Siberia (I), Russian Far East (I), Tajikistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Korea (I), Japan (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), New South Wales (I)), India (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Thailand (I), Vietnam (I), Java (I), Sumatra (I), Lesser Sunda Isl. (I), Nepal (I), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives) (I), Sao Tome (I), Somalia (I), Peru (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Swaziland (I), Botswana (I), Namibia (I), Mozambique (I), Zimbabwe (I), Togo (I), Benin (I), Zambia (I), Sudan (I), South Sudan (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Cameroon (I), New Caledonia (I), Christmas Isl. (Austr. (I)), China (I) (Anhui (I), Beijing (I), Fujian (I), Gansu (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Guizhou (I), Hainan (I), Hebei (I), Heilongjiang (I), Henan (I), Hongkong (I), Hubei (I), Hunan (I), Jiangsu (I), Jiangxi (I), Jilin (I), Liaoning (I), Macao (I), Nei Mongol (I), Ningxia (I), Qinghai (I), Shaanxi (I), Shandong (I), Shanghai (I), Shanxi (I), Sichuan (I), South China Sea Islands (I), Tianjin (I), Xinjiang (I), Yunnan (I), Zhejiang (I)), Mongolia (I), Taiwan (I), Tibet (I) Austral Isl. (I) (Tubuai (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Madagascar (I), Turkey (I) (NW-Anatolia: Bithynia (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Cyprus (I) (C-Mountains (I), N-Cyprus (I), S-Cyprus (I), W-Cyprus (I)), Egypt (I) (Nile Delta (I), Nile Valley (I), NW-coastal Egypt (I)), European Turkey (I), Iran (I) (EC-Iran (I), N-Iran (I), S-Iran (I), W-Iran (I)), Iraq (I) (NW-Iraq (I)), Lebanon (I) (C-Lebanon (I), coastal W-Lebanon (I)), Saudi Arabia (I) (NE-Saudi Arabia (I), Asir (I)), Sinai peninsula (I) (S-Sinai (I)), Syria (I) (C-Syrian Desert (I)), Yemen (I) (Aden Desert (I), SW-Yemen (I), W-Yemen (I)), Afghanistan (I), Pakistan (I), Jammu & Kashmir (I), Philippines (I), Laos (I), Oman (I), United Arab Emirates (I), Qatar (I), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Graciosa (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Flores Isl. (I), Corvo Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I), Porto Santo Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Lanzarote (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I)), Hawaii (I) (Oahu (I), Maui (I)) 124657 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Questionable: As A. hybridus ssp cruentus from cultivated ground near sea-level - only confirmed for a location in Division 7.

First detection year
1952
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
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.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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