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Antirrhinum majus

L.
Tracheophyta » Lamiales » Plantaginaceae » Antirrhinum majus
Common name (English)
Snapdragon
Common name (Greek)
σκυλλάκι
Ηabitat
H5 Miscellaneous unvegetated
I2 Parks
X10 Mixed landscapes
X21 Archaeological
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X11 Large parks
Global distribution

Baleares, France, Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Sicily, Albania (I), Austria (I), Belgium (I), England (I), Crete (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Germany (I), Greece (I), Ireland (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Italy (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Montenegro (I), Macedonia (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Romania (I), Sardinia (I), European Russia (I), Uzbekistan (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Kazakhstan (I), Tajikistan (I), Venezuela (I), Taiwan (I), Korea (I), Java (I), Bhutan (I), India (I), Nepal (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Vietnam (I), Pakistan (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), ?Tunisia (I), Jamaica (I), Ecuador (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Argentina (I), Colombia (I), Mexico (I), Virgin Isl. (I), Cuba (I), Bolivia (I), Guatemala (I), Honduras (I), Fiji (I), Turkey (I) (N-Anatolia (I), NW-Anatolia: Bithynia (I), W-Anatolia (I)), Cyprus (I) (C-Mountains (I), N-Cyprus (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), European Turkey (I), Israel (I) (N-Israel (I)), Lebanon (I) (Antilebanon (I), coastal W-Lebanon (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), Hierro (I), La Palma (I)), USA (I) (California (I), Connecticut (I), Iowa (I), Illinois (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Missouri (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I)), Canada (I) (Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), Trinidad & Tobago (I), Chatham Isl. (I) 118628 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Only recorded as var. angustifolium, on limestone cliffs & old walls, from sea-level to 2500'; only recorded for Division 7 where it is probably an old escape from cultivation.

Isolated indiviudals here and there, not particularly invasive - scattered sites, with habitats including forest road, river bed etc. Typical habitat is rocky faces.

First detection year
1787
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
Pathway detail

Based on 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.

Hadjikyriakou G, Hadjisterkotis E (2002) The adventive plants of Cyprus with new records of invasive species. Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft 48: 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192393

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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Akrotiri Environment

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