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Freesia refracta

(Jacq.) Ecklon ex Klatt
Tracheophyta » Asparagales » Iridaceae » Freesia refracta
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
F7 Spiny Mediterranean
G5 Anthropogenic woodlands
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Baleares 55 1; Baleares 1987 0; Bermuda 58 1; Bermuda 220 0; Canary Is. 168 1; Canary Is. 197 0; Cape Provinces 74 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 357 0; Japan 288 0; Madeira 346 1; Madeira 359 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1592 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; St.Helena 516 1; St.Helena 1748 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1991
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Other notes

It is quite likely that this record (from Roy et al. 2020, but apparently originating with Flora Europaea Vol. 5), reflects an earlier record of Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba (see https://ris-ky.info/species/freesia-leichtlinii-alba)

References

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.

Roy D, Alderman D, Anastasiu P, Arianoutsou M, Augustin S, Bacher S, Başnou C, Beisel J, Bertolino S, Bonesi L, Bretagnolle F, Chapuis J L, Chauvel B, Chiron F, Clergeau P, Cooper J, Cunha T, Delipetrou P, Desprez-Loustau M, Détaint M, Devin S, Didžiulis V, Essl F, Galil B S, Genovesi P, Gherardi F, Gollasch S, Hejda M, Hulme P E, Josefsson M, Kark S, Kauhala K, Kenis M, Klotz S, Kobelt M, Kühn I, Lambdon P W, Larsson T, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Lorvelec O, Marchante H, Minchin D, Nentwig W, Occhipinti-Ambrogi A, Olenin S, Olenina I, Ovcharenko I, Panov V E, Pascal M, Pergl J, Perglová I, Pino J, Pyšek P, Rabitsch W, Rasplus J, Rathod B, Roques A, Roy H, Sauvard D, Scalera R, Shiganova T A, Shirley S, Shwartz A, Solarz W, Vilà M, Winter M, Yésou P, Zaiko A, Adriaens T, Desmet P, Reyserhove L (2020). DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe. Version 1.7. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ybwd3x accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-04-06.

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