Tetraclinis articulata

(Vahl) Mast.

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Common name (English)

Tetraclinis

Ηabitat

FA Hedgerows

X10 Mixed landscapes

X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

X25 Domestic gardens (rural)

X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)

X21 Archaeological

Global distribution

12 SPA-SP 13 SIC-MA 20 ALG MOR-MO TUN 38027 0; N Algeria, Malta, Morocco, S Spain, N Tunisia, NE Libya (?); in Malta and Spain only tiny relict populations remain. Such relict trees are also reported from 'Cyrenaika' = Jabal al Akhdar in NE Libya but I have seen no other accounts of this nor herbarium specimens to substantiate this. 38026 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

Cultivated as ornamental, mainly as a hedge plant, in gardens and parks (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year

1984

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort

Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

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.

Hand R (2009) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VI. Willdenowia 39(2): 301-325. http://dx.doi.org/10.3372/wi.39.39209

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.