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Abutilon theophrasti

Medik, 1787
Tracheophyta » Malvales » Malvaceae » Abutilon theophrasti
Common name (English)
Velveteaf
Ηabitat
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Egypt (Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley), Iran (EC-Iran, N-Iran, W-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan), Israel (coastal W-Israel), Saudi Arabia (Asir), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai), Afghanistan (Baghlan, Bamyan, Ghazni, Kabul), Portugal (I), Spain (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Corsica (I), Malta (I), Sicily, Italy, Slovenia (I), Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia & Kosovo (I), Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Tunisia (I), Morocco (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), C- & E-European Russia, Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia [Caucasus], Azerbaijan, Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Queensland (I)), Taiwan, trop. Africa (I), Java, South Africa (I), Panama (I), Bahamas (I), Cuba (I), Mexico (I), China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi), Mongolia, Japan (I), Korea (I), India (I), Pakistan (Sind, Kurram), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Prince Edward Isl. (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I)) 131326 0

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Habitat detail

"+ Div. 4: Achna dam, roadside, c. 50 m, 1.11.2004, Kefalas in Hadjikyriakou 6171" (Hand 2009).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

First detection year
1992
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding UNAIDED: Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through pathways 1 to 5.

As the species is not established introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.

References

Della A, Iatrou G (1995) New plant records from Cyprus. Kew Bulletin 50: 387-396.

Hadjikyriakou G (2007) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 8 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 8]. Dasoponos 31: 7-10.

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

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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