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Carpobrotus acinaciformis

(L.) L.Bol.
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Aizoaceae » Carpobrotus acinaciformis
Ηabitat
B1 Coastal Sand
B2 Coastal shingle
B3 Coastal Rocky
Global distribution

South Africa (W-Cape Prov.), France (I), Italy (I), Sardinia (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I)), Portugal (I), Spain (I), Baleares (I), Corsica (I), Sicily (I), Croatia (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Cyprus (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Libya (I), Morocco (I) 103663 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Widely planted in Cyprus but only slowly naturalizing (Hand et al. 2011-2020).

Impacts
Neutral
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
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, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated) Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 22nd May 2020.

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

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