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Galinsoga parviflora

Cav.
Tracheophyta » Asterales » Asteraceae » Galinsoga parviflora
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
Global distribution

Colombia (Antioquia, Boyac, Cundinamarca, Nario, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima), Venezuela (Distrito Federal, Falcon, Lara, Merida, Miranda), SE-Brazil (Sao Paulo), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (Tarapaca, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio, Araucania, Los Lagos, Juan Fdz. Isl., Reg. Metropolitana), Paraguay (Central, Guaira), Uruguay (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Lavalleja, Montevideo), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Potos, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Ecuador, Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Peru, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique), Canada (I) (British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Ontario (I), Quebec (I)), USA (I) (Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Iowa (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Maryland (I), Massachusetts (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Nebraska (I), New Jersey (I), New York (I), North Dakota (I), Ohio (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), Texas (I), Vermont (I), Virginia (I), West Virginia (I), Wisconsin (I)), Australia (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), Japan (I), Java (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Namibia (I), Benin (I), Swaziland (I), Lesotho (I), Botswana (I), Sao Tome (I), Sudan (I), South Sudan (I), Guinea (I), Ethiopia (I), Eritrea (I), Djibouti (I), Cameroon (I), Mozambique (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Lord Howe Isl. (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Chatham Isl. (I), Austral Isl. (I) (Rapa Iti (I)), peninsular Malaysia (I), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Philippines (I), Sri Lanka (I), China (widespread (I)), Taiwan (I), Tibet (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Kaliningrad region (I), Belarus (I), Moldova (I), Ukraine (I), Crimea (I), European Russia (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Armenia (I), Azerbaijan (I), Russian Far East (I), Korea (I), Tajikistan (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Madagascar (I), Turkey (I) (NE-Anatolia (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Iran (I) (EC-Iran (I), N-Iran (I), W-Iran (I)), Israel (I) (C-Israel (I), coastal W-Israel (I), N-Israel (I)), Yemen (I) (Aden Desert (I), W-Yemen (I)), Pakistan (I), Pakistani Kashmir (I), Jammu & Kashmir (I), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives) (I), Azores (I) (Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Graciosa (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Flores Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Maui (I), Kahoolawe Isl. (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), India (throughout (I)), Nepal (I), New Guinea (I), Bhutan (I), Sikkim (I), Darjeeling (I), Chumbi (I), Vietnam (I), England (I), Channel Isl. (I), Northern Ireland (I), Norway (I), Sweden (I), Finland (I), France (I), Portugal (I), Spain (I), Denmark (I), Netherlands (I), Belgium (I), Luxembourg (I), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Austria (I), Liechtenstein (I), Italy (I), Corsica (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Poland (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Hungary (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Montenegro (I), Macedonia (I), Albania (I), Romania (I), Bulgaria (I), Greece (I), European Turkey (I), Libya (I), Tunisia (I) 24751 0

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Habitat detail

"First record for Cyprus. Only few plants were observed in the collecting locality. For the time being it can be characterized as casual alien for the island. Known from South America, naturalized in Europe. + Division 3: Lemesos, basins of trees along streets in the town, c. 30 m, 15.11.2000, Makris in Hadjikyriakou 5157; ibid., 18.11.2000, Makris in Hadjikyriakou 5158" (Hand 2006).

"+ Division 2: Moutoullas, by nature trail Loutra tis Rigainas SSE of village, E side of stream between the 2 bridges, as a weed in orchard, alt. 801 m, 14.6.2018, R. Hand 9001 (B). Hitherto classified as “Casual” for Cyprus but in the new site near Moutoullas is to be found in rich populations" (Hand 2019).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

First detection year
2000
Impacts
Neutral
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on animals (except parasites) – Con Anim
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding UNAIDED: Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through pathways 1 to 5.

References

Hand R (2006) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus V. Willdenowia 36(2): 761-809. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.36.36211

Hand R (2019) Further noteworthy records of vascular plants in Cyprus (1997–2018) and some status clarifications. Cypricola 12: 1-17.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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

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