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Amaranthus albus

L.
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Amaranthus albus
Common name (Greek)
Γλίντος
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan), USA (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Portugal (I), Andorra (I), Austria (I), England (I), Denmark (I), Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Czech Republic (I), Netherlands (I), Hungary (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Spain (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Corsica (I), Sardinia (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Montenegro (I), Macedonia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Albania (I), Bulgaria (I), Crimea (I), Ukraine (I), Belarus (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), E-European Russia (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Libya (I), Tunisia (I), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Armenia (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Azerbaijan (I), Siberia (I), Russian Far East (I), Kazakhstan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Mongolia (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Australian Capital Territory (I)), Argentina (I), Uruguay (I), Turkey (I) (E-Anatolia (I), Inner Anatolia (I), N-Anatolia (I)), Cyprus (I) (E-Cyprus (I), N-Cyprus (I), S-Cyprus (I), W-Cyprus (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), European Turkey (I), Iran (I) (N-Iran (I), Iranian Aserbaijan (I)), Iraq (I) (NW-Iraq (I), SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia (I)), Israel (I) (coastal W-Israel (I), N-Israel (I)), Lebanon (I) (C-Lebanon (I), coastal W-Lebanon (I)), Syria (I) (coastal W-Syria (I), Jazira (I), NW-Syria (I)), Afghanistan (I), Saudi Arabia (I), China (I) (Hebei (I), Heilongjiang (I), Nei Mongol (I), Xinjiang (I)), Japan (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Korea (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I)) 16305 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized invasive. Cultivated & waste ground, sea-level to 700' - scattered sites, including Alethriko and Kouklia in Division 3.

First detection year
1905
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
Pathway detail

Probably firstintroduced to Larnaca port (Georgiades 1995).

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.

Chrtek J, Slavík B (2001) Contribution to the flora of Cyprus. 5. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 45: 267-293.

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

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