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Coriandrum sativum

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Tracheophyta » Apiales » Apiaceae » Coriandrum sativum
Common name (English)
Coriander
Common name (Greek)
Κόλιαντρος
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
Global distribution

Turkey (N-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus, W-Cyprus), Egypt (Desert Oases, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Delta, Nile Valley, NW-coastal Egypt), Greece, Crete, East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, European Turkey, Iran (EC-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley, N-Israel), Jordania (W-Jordania), Lebanon (coastal W-Lebanon), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (coastal W-Syria), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen), Afghanistan (Wakhan, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Nangarhar), Pakistan (I), Austria (I), Slovakia (I), France (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Spain (I), Hungary (I), Italy (I), Croatia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Montenegro (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Macedonia (I), Portugal (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Estonia (c), Latvia (c), Lithuania (c), Belarus (I), Ukraine (I), Crimea (I), European Russia (I), Sicily (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), Tunisia (I), Libya (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Azerbaijan (I), Armenia (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Russian Far East, Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Tajikistan (I), Mongolia (I), Costa Rica (I), Taiwan (I), Java (I), Malesia (I), Bhutan (I), Thailand (I), Laos (I), India (c), Peru (I), South Africa (I), Puerto Rico (I), Belize (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Cuba (I), Brazil (I), Argentina (I) (Chaco (I), Chubut (I), Santa Cruz Prov. (I)), Mexico (I), Guatemala (I), Honduras (I), El Salvador (I), Paraguay (I), Bolivia (I), Ecuador (I), Colombia (I), Angola (I), Sudan (I), Central African Republic (I), Benin (I), Cameroon (I), Mozambique (I), Zimbabwe (I), Fiji (I), China (I), Japan (I), Korea (I), Juan Fdz. Isl. (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), , Azores (I) (Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Faial (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I), Porto Santo Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Lanzarote (I), Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), Hierro (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Sao Vicente Isl. (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), East Maui (I), Chatham Isl. (I), Andamans (I), Nicobars (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Vietnam (I), Nepal (I), Philippines (I), USA (I) (Arizona (I), California (I), Connecticut (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Illinois (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Michigan (I), Missouri (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Virginia (I), Washington State (I)), Canada (I) (Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), Trinidad & Tobago (I) 77590 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Roadsides, waste & cultivated ground, sea level to 4000', probably always an escape from cultivation and noted from Kalavasos in Division 3.

First detection year
1787
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Already cultivated on the island since the Bronze age (Georgiades 1995).

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.

Chrtek J, Slavík B (2000) Contribution to the flora of Cyprus. 4. Flora Mediterranea 10: 235-259.

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

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