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Amaranthus viridis

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Amaranthus viridis
Common name (English)
Slender amaranth
Common name (Greek)
Γλίντος
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
B: Coastal
Global distribution

Mexico (Campeche, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, etc.), Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Nicaragua, Belize, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Venezuela (Anzoategui, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Guarico, Lara, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Yaracuy), N-Brazil (Para, Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Piaui, Bahia), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan), S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Guaira, Pres. Hayes), Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Salto, San Jose, Tacuarembo), Ecuador, Galapagos, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Casanare, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Quindo, Tolima, Valle, Vaups), Galapagos, Bahamas (I), Turks & Caicos Isl. (I), Cayman Isl. (I), Cuba (I), Hispaniola (I), Jamaica (I), Puerto Rico (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (Guana (I), St. Croix (I), St. John (I), St. Thomas (I), Virgin Gorda (I)), Lesser Antilles (I) (Antigua (I), Barbados (I), Dominica (I), Guadeloupe (I), Marie Galante (I), Martinique (I), Montserrat (I), St. Barthelemy (I), St. Eustatius (I), St. Lucia (I), St. Vincent (I)), Aruba (I), Bonaire (I), Curacao (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Croatia (I), Slovakia (I), Albania (I), Libya (I), Tunisia (I), Morocco (I), ?Algeria (I), Belarus (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Azerbaijan (I), Russian Far East (I), Japan (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), Taiwan (I), Korea (I), India (I), Bhutan (I), Laos (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives) (I), Maldives (I), Mauritania (I), Senegal (I), Mali (I), Niger (I), Chad (I), Sudan (I), Eritrea (I), Ethiopia (I), Burkina Faso (I), Guinea (I), Sierra Leone (I), Ivory Coast (I), Togo (I), Benin (I), Nigeria (I), Central African Republic (I), Gabon (I), Congo (I), D.R.Congo (Zaire (I)), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), Angola (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Mozambique (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Sao Tome (I), Annobon Isl. (I), Chagos Arch. (I) (Diego Garcia (I)), South Africa (I), Seychelles (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), Madagascar (I), Comores (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Cyprus (I) (E-Cyprus (I)), Turkey (I) (SSW-Anatolia (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Egypt (I) (Desert Oases (I), NE-Egypt (I), Nile Delta (I), Nile Valley (I), NW-coastal Egypt (I)), Iraq (I) (W-Iraq: Desert (I)), Israel (I) (coastal W-Israel (I), Rift Valley (I), N-Israel (I)), Jordania (I) (S-Jordania (I), W-Jordania (I)), Lebanon (I) (C-Lebanon (I), coastal W-Lebanon (I)), Oman (I) (Mascat & Oman (I)), Saudi Arabia (I) (NE-Saudi Arabia (I), Hejaz (I), Asir (I)), Sinai peninsula (I) (N-Sinai (I), S-Sinai (I)), Yemen (I) (SW-Yemen (I), Tihama (I), W-Yemen (I)), Afghanistan (I), Pakistan (I) (Sind (I), Baluchistan (I), N.W. Frontier Prov. (I), Pakistani Punjab (I), Hazara (I)), India (I), United Arab Emirates (I), Qatar (I), Bahrain (I), Kuwait (I), Azores (I) (Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), Hierro (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Lord Howe Isl. (I), peninsular Malaysia (throughout (I)), Christmas Isl. (Austr. (I)), China (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Java (I), Malesia (I), Vietnam (I), Sri Lanka (I), Thailand (I), Nepal (I), Philippines (I), New Caledonia (I), Fiji (I), American Samoa (I) (Manua Isl. (I), Olosega (I), Tutuila (I)), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Marquesas Isl. (I) (Fatu Hiva (I), Nuku Hiva (I)), Marshall Isl. (I) (Eniwetok (I), Kwajaiein (I), Arno (I), Jaluit (I)), Micronesia (I) (Yap (I), Pohnpei (I), Ulithi (I), Fais (I), Satawal (I), Kosrae (I)), Niue (I), N-Line Isl. (I) (Washington Isl. (I)), Northern Marianas (I) (Agrihan (I), Alamagan (I), Sarigan (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Koror (I)), Phoenix Isl. (I) (Canton (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Mopelia Atoll (I), Tahiti (I), Huahine (I), Raiatea (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Saipan (I), Tinian (I), Rota (I), Guam (I)), Tonga (I) (Late Isl. (I), Tongatapu (I), 'Eua (I), Tafahi (I)), Wake Isl. (I), Austral Isl. (I) (Rimatara (I)), Laysan Isl. (I), Midway Isl. (I), Western Samoa (I) (Upolu (I)), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arizona (I), Arkansas (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Mississippi (I), New Mexico (I), New York (I), North Carolina (I), Oklahoma (I), Pennsylvania (I), South Carolina (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Virginia (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kure Isl. (I), Midway Isl. (I), Lanai (I), Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Kahoolawe Isl. (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), Andamans (I), Nicobars (I), Laos (I) 126907 0

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Habitat detail

"+ Division 1: Pafos, at the street Sinasi below Moutallos, ruderalized bank below rocks, alt. c. 50 m, 17.5.1999, Hand 3285" (Hand 2001).

"+ Division 3: Acheleia Pafos, cultivated land, alt. c. 20 m, 5.9.1999, Hadjikyriakou 4885; Pissouri, S edge of the old village, waste ground, alt. 230 m, 13.10.1998, Buttler 32455 & Diguet, det. Hand; Limassol [= Lemesos], 27.6.2000, on the seashore, about 8 km E from the city centre, Sutorý BRNM 658042. + Division 6: Agios Dometios Lefkosia, roadside in a ruderal area, alt. c. 150 m, 30.8.1999, Hadjikyriakou 4878. Mentioned by Georgiades (1995 for both divisions without cited specimens" (Hand 2003).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Cultivated and waste ground, roadsides; sea-level to 450' -only listed for Divisions 4 & 8.

First detection year
1939
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
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.

Chrtek J, Slavík B (2001) Contribution to the flora of Cyprus. 5. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 45: 267-293.

Hand R (2001) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus II. Willdenowia 31(2): 383-409. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.31.31207

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

Slavík B, Jarolímová V, Chrtek J (2002) Chromosome counts of some plants from Cyprus. 2. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Biologica 46: 295-302.

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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