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Amaranthus palmeri

S. Wats.
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Amaranthus palmeri
Common name (English)
Palmer's pigweed
Common name (Greek)
Γλίντος
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Canada (Ontario), USA (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas), Revillagigedos Isl. (I) (Isla Socorro (I)), Egypt (I) (Nile Valley (I)), Israel (I) (coastal W-Israel (I), N-Israel (I)), Sinai peninsula (I) (N-Sinai (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), India (I), European Russia (I), Belarus (I), Russian Far East (I), Korea (I), France (I), Germany (I), Greece (I), trop. Africa (I) 126932 0

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Habitat detail

"Specimens from Cyprus: Germasogeia, gravely place along river banks, 1998, Hadjikyriakou 2828, 2831 and 2832 [3]; Germasogeia, citrus grooves, 1998, Hadjikyriakou 3794 and 3796 [3]; Lythrodontas, roadside, 1999, Hadjikyriakou 4869 and 4870 [5]; Agios Georgios Athalassa, stream bed, 1999, Hadjikyriakou 4894 and 4895 [5]" (Hadjikyriakou et al. 2004).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1998
Impacts
Unknown

Classified as "naturalized invasive" on the Flora of Cyprus website but no records of negative impacts were found.

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Vehicles – Veh
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

References

Hadjikyriakou G, Makris C, Christofides Y, Alziar G (2004) Additions to the flora of Cyprus. Le Journal de Botanique de la Societe de botanique de France 27: 31-46.

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

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

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