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Amaranthus caudatus

L.
Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Amaranthus caudatus
Common name (English)
Love-Lies-Bleeding
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Peru, Bolivia (Chuquisaca, La Paz, Potos, Tarija), Ecuador, USA (I) (Arizona (I), California (I), Connecticut (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Kansas (I), Massachusetts (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Montana (I), New York (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Tennessee (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I)), France (I), Malta (I), Sicily (I), Italy (I), Montenegro (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Belarus (I), Crimea (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Germany (I), European Russia (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Russian Far East (I), Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Japan (I), Tajikistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Costa Rica (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), Victoria (I), New South Wales (I)), Taiwan (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Java (I), India (I), Thailand (I), Malesia (I), Maldives (I), Sri Lanka (I), Vietnam (I), Nepal (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Angola (I), trop. Africa (I), Namibia (I), Cameroon (I), Sudan (I), Mozambique (I), Central African Republic (I), Belize (I), Galapagos Isl., South Africa (I), Sao Tome (I), Puerto Rico (I), New Caledonia (I), China (I), Korea (I), Surinam (I), Cuba (I), French Guiana (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Martinique (I), St. Vincent (I), Barbados (I)), Virgin Isl. (I) (Tortola (I)), Brazil (I), Mexico (I), Colombia (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I), Tonga (I) (Vava'u (I)), Tuamotu Arch. (I) (Makatea Isl. (I)), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Egypt (I) (Desert Oases (I), NE-Egypt (I), Nile Delta (I), Nile Valley (I), NW-coastal Egypt (I), SE-Egypt (I)), European Turkey (I), Iran (I) (NE-Iran: Mts. (I)), Saudi Arabia (I) (C-Saudi Arabia (I), N-Saudi Arabia (I), Asir (I)), Sinai peninsula (I) (S-Sinai (I)), Yemen (I) (N-Inner Yemen (I), SW-Yemen (I), Tihama (I), W-Yemen (I)), Rhodos (I), Afghanistan (I), Qatar (I), Pakistan (I) (Baluchistan (I)), Pakistani Kashmir (I) (Baltistan (I)), Philippines (I), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Sao Vicente Isl. (I), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (I), Ilha da Boa Vista (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I)), Morocco (c), Algeria (c) 126957 0

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Habitat detail

Cultivated land (Hand 2015).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Possibly included as a synonym of A. hybridus ssp hybridus which occurs in cultivated & waste ground, occasionally in garigue or on sandy seashores, sea-level to 4500' - several localities, including Limassol in Division 3.

First detection year
1900
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
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 (2015) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45(2): 245-259. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45210

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

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