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Lepidium sativum

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Tracheophyta » Brassicales » Brassicaceae » Lepidium sativum
Common name (English)
Garden cress

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Cultivated and waste ground; sea-level to ca 500' - only listed for Division 4 and there rare.

First detection year
1880
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023), excluding RELEASE IN NATURE: Landscape/flora/fauna “improvement” in the wild.

As the species is not established introduction pathways are indicated in case of possible/potential escape from confinement.

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.

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.

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

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