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Calendula officinalis

L.
Tracheophyta » Asterales » Asteraceae » Calendula officinalis
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

England, Channel Isl., Ireland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden, France, Portugal, Spain, Baleares (Mallorca), Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania (c), Romania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Azores (Corvo, Faial, Flores Isl., Graciosa, Pico, Sao Jorge, Sao Miguel, Sta. Maria, Terceira), Madeira (Porto Santo Isl., Madeira Isl.), Canary Isl. (El Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife), Libya (c), Morocco (I), Turkey (I), Lebanon (I) (coastal W-Lebanon (I)), Syria (I) (C-Syrian Desert (I), NW-Syria (I)), Estonia (a), Belarus (I), Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, N-, C-, E- & S-European Russia (incl. Kaliningrad region), Northern Caucasus, Kazakhstan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Australia (I) (South Australia (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I), New South Wales (I)), Java (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Bangladesh (I), Chile (I), Argentina (I), Bolivia (I), Mexico (I), Guatemala (I), Honduras (I), Ecuador (I), Juan Fdz. Isl. (I), Colombia (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Chatham Isl. (I), Rotuma Isl. (I), Mauritius (I), India (I), Bhutan (I), Nepal (I), China (I), Taiwan (I), Pakistan (I), Vietnam (I), Afghanistan (I), USA (I) (California (I), Connecticut (I), Maine (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), New Hampshire (I), Ohio (I), Pennsylvania (I)) 51794 0

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Habitat detail

"It is grown in Cyprus as culinary, medicinal and ornamental (Hadjikyriakou 2007) but also to be found as casual escape (see already Meikle 1985, Della 1994). Further records can be added. + Div. 2: near Kyperounta hospital, roadside, c. 1200 m, 14.10.2007, Hadjikyriakou 7021. Div. 3: Agios Amvrosios – Kivides, margins of agricultural road, c. 400 m, 10.4.1999, Hadjikyriakou 4304" (Hand 2009).

"Div. 2: Malia–Omodos, roadside, alt. c. 600 m, 15.3. 2010, Hadjikyriakou 7135" (Hand 2011).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

Impacts
Neutral
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

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

Hand R (2011) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VII. Willdenowia 41(2): 341-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/41548998

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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