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Bidens pilosa

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Asterales » Asteraceae » Bidens pilosa
Common name (English)
Black-jack
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Canada (Ontario, Quebec), USA (Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Boyac, Caldas, Caquet, Cauca, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Risaralda, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle, Vaups), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potos, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (Juan Fdz. Isl.), Paraguay (Caaguazu, Central, Cordillera, Guaira, Paraguari), Uruguay (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Lavalleja, Montevideo, Salto), Nicaragua, Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, Peru, Galapagos Isl., Venezuela (Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Ecuador, Japan (Honshu, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, South Korea, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore (I), Java, Sri Lanka, Nicobars (Car Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl.), Burma (Bago, Chin, Kayin, Magway, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing, Shan, Yangon), New Guinea (alpine), Laos, India (widespread, Indian Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Nepal, Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab), ?Jammu & Kashmir, Philippines (Babuyanes, Luzon to Mindanao), Vietnam, Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives) (I), Maldives (I), England (I), France (I), Portugal (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Belgium (I), Germany (I), Italy (I), Sicily (I), Poland (I), Slovenia (I), Greece (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Namibia (I), Swaziland (I), Angola (I), Lesotho (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Cameroon, Chad (I), Gabon (I), Benin (I), Togo (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Guinea (I), Botswana (I), Seychelles (I), Annobon Isl. (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Principe Isl. (I), Sao Tome (I), Burkina Faso (I), Djibouti (I), Ivory Coast (I), Mali (I), Mauritania (I), Ethiopia (I), Eritrea (I), Sudan (I), South Sudan (I), Socotra (I), Madagascar (I), Chagos Arch. (I) (Diego Garcia (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), Egypt (NE-Egypt, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel, N-Negev Desert), Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon), Saudi Arabia (Asir), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai), Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, W-Yemen), Rhodos (I), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Graciosa (I), Faial (I), Pico (I), Sao Jorge (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Islas Selvagens (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Lanzarote (I), Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), Hierro (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Sao Vicente Isl. (I), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (I), Ilha da Boa Vista (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I), Fogo Isl. (I), Ilha Brava (I)), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Libya (I), New Zealand, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Isl. (I), Fiji (I), Norfolk Isl., American Samoa (I) (Manua Isl. (I), Tutuila (I)), Austral Isl. (I) (Rapa Iti (I), Raivavae (I), Rurutu (I), Tubuai (I), Rimatara (I)), Gambier Isl. (I) (Mangareva (I)), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Gilbert Isl. (I) (Butaritari (I)), Marquesas Isl. (I) (Nuku Hiva (I), Hiva Oa (I)), Micronesia (I) (Ulithi (I), Woleai (I), Pohnpei (I)), Niue (I), N-Line Isl. (I) (Washington Isl. (I), Fanning Isl. (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Peleliu (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Mopelia Atoll (I), Tahiti (I), Moorea (I), Maupiti (I), Raiatea (I), Tahaa (I), Bora Bora (I), Tetiaroa Atoll (I), Tupai (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Saipan (I), Rota (I), Guam (I)), Tonga (I) (Tongatapu (I), 'Eua (I), Vava'u (I)), Tuamotu Arch. (I) (Takapoto Atoll (I), Niau (I)), Marshall Isl. (I) (Kwajalein (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Babeldaob (I)), Western Samoa (I) (Upolu (I), Savaii (I)), Hawaii (I) (Midway Isl. (I), Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Kahoolawe Isl. (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), Australia (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)) 81564 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized invasive. 

First detection year
1989
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM
Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Della A, Iatrou G (1995) New plant records from Cyprus. Kew Bulletin 50: 387-396.

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

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

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