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Reseda odorata

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Brassicales » Resedaceae » Reseda odorata
Common name (English)
Garden mignonette
Common name (Greek)
Αμουρέττα
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete (Gavdos Isl.), NE-Libya, Spain (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Italy (I), Cyprus (I), Lebanon / Syria (I), Israel / Jordania (I), Egypt (I), Tunisia (I), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), European Russia (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Armenia (I), Azerbaijan (I), Siberia (I), Tajikistan (I), Russian Far East (I), Kazakhstan (I), Uzbekistan (I), China (I) (Shanghai (I), Zhejiang (I)), Australia (I) (South Australia (I), Queensland (I)), Taiwan (I), Java (I), Zimbabwe (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), India (I), Pakistan (I), USA (I) (California (I), Connecticut (I), Massachusetts (I), North Carolina (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), Pennsylvania (I), South Carolina (I)), Canada (I) (British Columbia (I)), Chile (I), Mexico (I), Guatemala (I), Honduras (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) 130451 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Cornfields near sea-level - Division 4 only and no sites listed since 1862.

First detection year
1862
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
Pathway detail

CBD pathways ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT: Horticulture and ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT: Ornamental purpose other than horticulture per EASIN (2023), others speculated as the plant has been found as casual in midst of corn crops. 

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

Hadjikyriakou G (2005) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 4 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 4]. Dasoponos 25: 7-10.

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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