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Amaranthus blitoides

S. Wats.
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Amaranthus blitoides
Common name (English)
Prostrate pigweed
Common name (Greek)
Γλίντος
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, 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, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Mexico (Sonora, Coahuila, etc.), Portugal (I), England (I), Germany (I), Hungary (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Baleares (I), France (I), Malta (I), Italy (I), Montenegro (I), Macedonia (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Bulgaria (I), Albania (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), Tunisia (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Belarus (I), E-European Russia (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Azerbaijan (I), Armenia (I), Siberia (I), Russian Far East (I), Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Mongolia (I), Uzbekistan (I), Tajikistan (I), South Africa (I) (N-Cape Prov. (I)), Argentina (I) (La Pampa (I), Rio Negro (I)), Turkey (I) (SSW-Anatolia (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Egypt (I) (Nile Delta (I), Nile Valley (I), NW-coastal Egypt (I)), European Turkey (I), Iran (I) (Iranian Aserbaijan (I)), Israel (I) (coastal W-Israel (I), N-Israel (I)), Lebanon (I) (C-Lebanon (I)), Sinai peninsula (I) (N-Sinai (I)), Syria (I) (C-Syrian Desert (I), NW-Syria (I), Jbel Druze (I)), China (I) (Beijing (I), Liaoning (I), Nei Mongol (I)), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Tenerife (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Sao Vicente Isl. (I)), India (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I) 126966 0

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Habitat detail

"+ Division 2: Near Sykopetra on the road to Agios Konstantinos, roadside, alt. c. 800 m. Hadjikyriakou 1435. + Division 3: Germasogeia, river margins, alt. c. 70. Hadjikyriakou 3798. + Division 8: Agios Theodoros – Vokolida, cultivated fields, alt. c. 70 m, 18.10.2003, Hadjikyriakou 5771" (Hand 2004).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1988
Impacts
Unknown

Although reported as "naturalized invasive" in Hand (2004) no negative impats are reported.

Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

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 (2004) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus IV. Willdenowia 34(2): 427-456. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.34.34210

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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