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Rubia tinctorum

L.
Tracheophyta » Gentianales » Rubiaceae » Rubia tinctorum
Common name (English)
Dyer's madder
Common name (Greek)
Λιζάριν, ριζάριν, ριζάρι, Πογιά
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
FA Hedgerows
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Afghanistan 2 1; Afghanistan 196 0; Albania 28 1; Albania 1867 0; Algeria 30 1; Algeria 199 0; Argentina Northwest 175 0; Austria 51 1; Austria 901 0; Baleares 55 1; Baleares 1987 0; Bulgaria 78 1; Bulgaria 252 0; Chile Central 1744 0; Corse 174 1; Corse 1586 0; Cyprus 190 1; Cyprus 1994 0; Czechoslovakia 251 0; East Aegean Is. 198 1; East Aegean Is. 1986 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Germany 223 1; Germany 354 0; Great Britain 232 1; Great Britain 4 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 355 0; Hungary 248 1; Hungary 265 0; India 111 0; Iran 283 1; Iran 1578 0; Iraq 284 1; Iraq 1768 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 357 0; Kazakhstan 298 1; Kazakhstan 107 0; Kirgizstan 1563 0; Kriti 307 1; Kriti 1766 0; Krym 308 1; Krym 1584 0; Lebanon-Syria 1767 0; Libya 318 1; Libya 1756 0; Morocco 357 1; Morocco 198 0; Netherlands 421 1; Netherlands 1508 0; North Caucasus 1590 0; Pakistan 458 1; Pakistan 110 0; Palestine 1754 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Sardegna 489 1; Sardegna 1745 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1592 0; South European Russi 1572 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; Switzerland 526 1; Switzerland 1510 0; Tadzhikistan 561 1; Tadzhikistan 358 0; Transcaucasus 241 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 356 0; Turkey-in-Europe 552 1; Turkey-in-Europe 1587 0; Turkmenistan 543 1; Turkmenistan 14 0; Ukraine 564 1; Ukraine 256 0; Uzbekistan 567 1; Uzbekistan 254 0; Vietnam 572 1; Vietnam 89 0; West Himalaya 227 0; Xinjiang 150 1; Xinjiang 1567 0; Yugoslavia 1588 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Hedgerows, waste ground and margins of cultivated fields, sea-level to 3000', formerly much cultivated as a dye plant and almost certainly nowhere truly wild on the island - noted at Kalavasos and Kouklia in Division 3. 

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Aquaculture – Aq
Pathway detail

Cultivated at least since the Middle Ages (Georgiadis 1995).

References

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

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.

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

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