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Cassia artemisioides

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Cassia artemisioides
Cassia artemisioides
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Common name (English)
Silver Senna, Feathery Senna
Common name (Greek)
Μιμόζα, Κάσσια
Ηabitat
I2 Parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X11 Large parks
X10 Mixed landscapes
X21 Archaeological
Global distribution

Australia 992 5; Australia 381 0; Egypt 538 0; India 1081 5; India 145 0; New Zealand(North) 2258 0; New Zealand(South) 2257 0; South Africa 1184 5; South Africa 397 0; Tanzania 18 0; Zimbabwe 221 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Previously casual, but increasingly found self-sown, presumably due to extensive plantings along motorways.

Native of east Australia that is widely used in Cyprus, especially along highways and parks (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1955
Impacts
Unknown
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

Introduced after World War II.

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

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.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R (2011) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VII. Willdenowia 41(2): 341-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/41548998

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