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Eruca vesicaria sativa

(Mill.) Thell.
Tracheophyta » Brassicales » Brassicaceae » Eruca vesicaria sativa
Common name (Greek)
Ρόκκα
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
G5 Anthropogenic woodlands
I1 Arable
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: var. sativa described as a weed in gardens, escaped from cultivation; sea-level to 3750' and listed as rare in Division 3 (Limassol). Var. eriocarpa on roadsides, waste ground & stony fields; sea-level to 500' - indigenous but not listed in Division 3.

First detection year
1913
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
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.

Hand R (2003) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus III. Willdenowia 33(2): 305-325. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.33.33209

Hadjikyriakou G (2006) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 5 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 5]. Dasoponos 30: 7-10.

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