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Paliurus spina-christi

Mill.
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rhamnaceae » Paliurus spina-christi
Common name (English)
Jerusalem thorn
Global distribution

Romania, NE-Spain, Baleares (I), France, Malta, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Crimea, Algeria (I), Tunisia (I), Libya (I), Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia [Caucasus], Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, India (Himachal Pradesh), Nepal (I), Fiji (I), China (I) (Shandong (I)), Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), Cyprus (E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus), Greece (incl. Kiklades), East Aegaean Isl., European Turkey, Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq), Israel (Rift Valley, N-Israel), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (coastal W-Syria, NW-Syria), Afghanistan (Badghys), USA (I) (Texas (I)) 146194 0

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Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Questionable: Rocky hillsides and streamsides, including old records near Limassol and on the south coast in Division 3. Meikle provide evidence that all records of this plant were probably referable to Ziziphus lotus.

First detection year
1801
References

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

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

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