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Cordia myxa

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Boraginales » Ehretiaceae » Cordia myxa
Common name (English)
Pidar
Common name (Greek)
μύξα, μυξιά
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X06 Crops shaded by trees
X10 Mixed landscapes
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

Pakistan (Baluchistan), Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Taninthayi, Yangon), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, USA (I) (Florida (I)), Ethiopia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Malawi (I), Mozambique (I), Burkina Faso (I), Ivory Coast (I), Mali (I), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), Zanzibar (I), Pemba Isl. (I), Senegal (I), Cameroon (I), Guinea-Bissau (I), Benin (I), Guinea (I), Zambia (I), D.R. Congo (Zaire) (I), Madagascar (I), Egypt (I), Cyprus (I) (E-Cyprus) (I), Iran (I) (S-Iran (I)), Saudi Arabia (I) (NE-Saudi Arabia (I), Nejd Desert (I)), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), Rhodos (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) 99075 0

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Habitat detail

Planted in many areas at low altitudes (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Recorded from & about gardens at various sites (Ayia Napa, Larnaca, Syngrasis, Kyrenia, Lapithos & Komi Kebir) (Meikle 1985).

First detection year
1788
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
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.

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

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

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