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Amaranthus spinosus

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Tracheophyta » Caryophyllales » Amaranthaceae » Amaranthus spinosus
Common name (English)
Spiny amaranth
Common name (Greek)
Γλίντος
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Canada (Manitoba, Ontario), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Trinidad, Tobago, Isla Margarita, Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Peru, Galapagos Isl., Nicaragua, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Galapagos, Venezuela (Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia), N-Brazil (Acre), SE-Brazil (Sao Paulo), Argentina (Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, La Pampa, Misiones, Salta), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Central, Concepcion), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Caldas, Cauca, Choc, Crdoba, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Santander, Tolima, Valle), France (I), Greece (I), Italy (I), Bulgaria (I), Albania (I), Croatia (I), Macedonia (I), Egypt (I) (Nile Delta (I)), Israel (I) (coastal W-Israel (I)), Saudi Arabia (I) (Hejaz (I), Asir (I)), Yemen (I) (Aden Desert (I), coastal Hadhramaut (I), Tihama (I), W-Yemen (I)), Afghanistan (I), United Arab Emirates (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Madagascar (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Swaziland (I), Namibia (I), Botswana (I), Guinea-Bissau (I), Senegal (I), Gambia (I), Guinea (I), Liberia (I), Sierra Leone (I), Mali (I), Burkina Faso (I), Niger (I), Chad (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Central African Republic (I), Sudan (I), South Sudan (I), Eritrea (I), Ivory Coast (I), Ghana (I), Togo (I), Benin (I), Nigeria (I), Cameroon (I), Congo (I), D.R.Congo (Zaire (I)), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), Uganda (I), Angola (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Mozambique (I), Malawi (I), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Annobon Isl. (I), Principe Isl. (I), Sao Tome (I), European Russia (I), Estonia (a), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Russian Far East (I), Japan (I), China (I) (Anhui (I), Fujian (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Guizhou (I), Henan (I), Hubei (I), Hunan (I), Jiangsu (I), Jiangxi (I), Shaanxi (I), Sichuan (I), Yunnan (I), Zhejiang (I)), Ryukyu Isl. (I), India (I), Laos (I), Thailand (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Bhutan (I), Sikkim (I), Vietnam (I), Philippines (I), Sumatra (I), Borneo (I), Sulawesi (I), Lesser Sunda Isl. (I), New Guinea (I), Moluccas (I), Fiji (I), peninsular Malaysia (I), Thailand (I), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives) (I), Maldives (I), Christmas Isl. (Austr. (I)), Australia (I) (Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), Taiwan (I), Korea (I), Jammu & Kashmir (I), Sri Lanka (I), Java (I), Marshall Isl. (I) (Kwajalein (I)), Micronesia (I) (Yap (I)), Northern Marianas (I) (Agrihan (I), Pagan (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Angaur (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Saipan (I), Tinian (I), Rota (I), Guam (I)), Volcano Isl (I) (Iwojima (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (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 Maio (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I), Fogo Isl. (I), Ilha Brava (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kure Isl. (I), Midway Isl. (I), Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I) (Hulopo`e (I)), Maui (I), Kahoolawe Isl. (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Andamans (I), Nicobars (I), Nepal (I) 126917 0

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Habitat detail

"Specimens from Cyprus: Polemidia forest near Theotokos Foundation, roadside, 1997, Hadjikyriakou 2151 and 2154 [3]; Acheleia Agricultural Nursery, cultivated land, 1997, Hadjikyriakou, 2588 [3]" (Hadjikyriakou et al. 2004).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

First detection year
1997
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

References

Hadjikyriakou G, Makris C, Christofides Y, Alziar G (2004) Additions to the flora of Cyprus. Le Journal de Botanique de la Societe de botanique de France 27: 31-46.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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

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