Parkinsonia aculeata
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Based on Georgiades (1995).
Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Described by Meikle (1977) but without details of status - inferred that it is cultivated as a street tree etc for arid sites.
Native of S. America, naturalized in Cyprus especially along roadsides. Frequent in many lowland areas (Tsintides et al. 2002).
Based on Georgiades (1995).
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.
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.
Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.