Allium cepa

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Common name (English)

onion

Common name (Greek)

κρεμμύδι

Ηabitat

I1 Arable

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Establishment status

Not Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual

An important culinary vegetable, thought to be of Central Asiatic origin, but now known only in cultivation or as an escape from cultivation. It is widely grown in Cyprus [...] but does not appear to have become a naturalized element in the island's flora (Meikle 1985).

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag

References

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

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.

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

Hand R (2022) New noteworthy records of flowering plants in Cyprus (2019–2021) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 20: 1-10.

Gennadios P (2015) Cultivated exotic plants. Dasponos 63: 7-11.