Acanthus mollis
Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, France, Corsica, Italy, Croatia, Turkey (N-Anatolia), East Aegaean Isl., European Turkey, Greece, Crete, Syria (W-Syrian Mountains), Azores (I) (Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Flores Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I)), India (I) (Tamil Nadu (I)), USA (I) (California (I)), Costa Rica (I), Ecuador (I), Venezuela (I), Australia (I) (South Australia (I), Queensland (I)), Colombia (I) (Antioquia (I), Cundinamarca (I)), Bolivia (I), Chatham Isl. (I) 116000 0
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"Briefly mentioned by Meikle (1985) as introduced. Kapoura Forest Station, naturalized in Pinus forest, 800 m, June 1990, A. Katalanos in FD 970" (Della and Iatrou 1995).
Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Collected before 1906 but without locality, and almost certainly from a garden - no other sites.
CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).
Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.
Della A, Iatrou G (1995) New plant records from Cyprus. Kew Bulletin 50: 387-396.
EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/