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Artemisia annua

L.
Tracheophyta » Asterales » Asteraceae » Artemisia annua
Global distribution

England (I), France (I), Spain (I), Denmark (I), Belgium (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Austria (I), Liechtenstein (I), Italy (I), Corsica (I), Sicily (I), Poland (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia, Hungary (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, European Turkey, Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, C-, E- & S-European Russia (incl. Kaliningrad region), Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Japan (I), Java, Peru (I), Argentina (I), China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (N-Cyprus), European Turkey, Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, W-Iran), Syria (NW-Syria), Afghanistan (Badakshan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Takhar), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Jammu & Kashmir (I), Vietnam (I), Pakistan (Peshawar, Waziristan), NW-India (W-Himalaya), Laos (I), Canada (I) (New Brunswick (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arizona (I), Arkansas (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), Delaware (I), District of Columbia (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Iowa (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Maine (I), Maryland (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Mississippi (I), Montana (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), North Carolina (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Vermont (I), Virginia (I), Washington (I), West Virginia (I), Wisconsin (I), Wyoming (I)) 50076 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

First detection year
1900
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding RELEASE IN NATURE: Other intentional release and UNAIDED: Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through pathways 1 to 5.

As the species is not established introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

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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