Brassica napus

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Common name (English)

Rapeseed

Ηabitat

X10 Mixed landscapes

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Habitat detail

"Rape has been tested at the Agricultural Research Institute for many years but is not cultivated commercially. It was collected at the ARI Athalassa farm, 150 m, in 1970, A. Genneou, (nie Della) in ARI 1527. It was also recently collected as naturalized, Larnaca area, roadsides and ditches, June 1991, A. Della in ARI 3680" (Della and Iatrou 1995).

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

First detection year

1970

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM

Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding RELEASE IN NATURE: Landscape/flora/fauna “improvement” in the wild, ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT: Agriculture (including Biofuel feedstocks), and ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT: Horticulture as the species has not been commercially grown on the island.

References

Della A, Iatrou G (1995) New plant records from Cyprus. Kew Bulletin 50: 387-396.