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Oenothera biennis

L.
Tracheophyta » Myrtales » Onagraceae » Oenothera biennis
Common name (English)
Common evening-primrose
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X21 Archaeological
Global distribution

USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec, Saskatchewan), Mexico (Chihuahua, Puebla), Austria (I), Belgium (I), England (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Denmark (I), Germany (I), Ireland (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Hungary (I), Norway (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Sweden (I), Portugal (I), Spain (I), France (I), Corsica (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Slovenia (I), Bosnia-Hercegovina (I), Croatia (I), Serbia (I), Kosovo (I), Macedonia (I), Montenegro (I), Albania (I), Bulgaria (I), Greece (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Moldavia (I), European Russia (I), Belarus (I), Ukraine (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Crimea (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Siberia (I), Russian Far East (I), Uzbekistan (I), Tajikistan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Japan (I) (Hokkaido (I), Honshu (I), Shikoku (I), Kyushu (I)), China (I) (Anhui (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Guizhou (I), Hebei (I), Henan (I), Hubei (I), Hunan (I), Jiangsu (I), Jilin (I), Liaoning (I), Sichuan (I), Yunnan (I)), Taiwan (I), Korea (I), Costa Rica (I), Chile (I), Argentina (I), S-Brazil (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), South Africa (I), Lesotho (I), European Turkey (I), Iran (SW-Iran (I), EC-Iran (I)), Azores (I) (Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Corvo Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Tenerife (I)), Tunisia (I), ?Algeria (I), Morocco (I), New Zealand (I), Bhutan (I), Burma (I), India (I), Pakistan (I), Sri Lanka (I) 143304 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1970
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
References

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.

Roy D, Alderman D, Anastasiu P, Arianoutsou M, Augustin S, Bacher S, Başnou C, Beisel J, Bertolino S, Bonesi L, Bretagnolle F, Chapuis J L, Chauvel B, Chiron F, Clergeau P, Cooper J, Cunha T, Delipetrou P, Desprez-Loustau M, Détaint M, Devin S, Didžiulis V, Essl F, Galil B S, Genovesi P, Gherardi F, Gollasch S, Hejda M, Hulme P E, Josefsson M, Kark S, Kauhala K, Kenis M, Klotz S, Kobelt M, Kühn I, Lambdon P W, Larsson T, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Lorvelec O, Marchante H, Minchin D, Nentwig W, Occhipinti-Ambrogi A, Olenin S, Olenina I, Ovcharenko I, Panov V E, Pascal M, Pergl J, Perglová I, Pino J, Pyšek P, Rabitsch W, Rasplus J, Rathod B, Roques A, Roy H, Sauvard D, Scalera R, Shiganova T A, Shirley S, Shwartz A, Solarz W, Vilà M, Winter M, Yésou P, Zaiko A, Adriaens T, Desmet P, Reyserhove L (2020). DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe. Version 1.7. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ybwd3x accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-04-06.

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