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Prunus armeniaca

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rosaceae » Prunus armeniaca
Common name (English)
Armenian plum
Common name (Greek)
Χρυσομηλιά; καϊσιά
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
I1 Arable
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

China (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang), Kyrgyzstan (c), Austria (c), Baleares (c), Bulgaria (c), Corsica (c), Crete (c), Czech Republic (c), Slovakia (c), France (c), Germany (c), Greece (c), Switzerland (c), Spain (c), Hungary (c), Italy (c), Slovenia (c), Croatia (c), former Yugoslavia (c), Portugal (c), Romania (c), European Russia (c), Belarus (c), Ukraine (c), Crimea (c), Sardinia (c), Sicily (c), Caucasus (c), Armenia (c), Azerbaijan (c), Georgia [Caucasus] (c), Russian Far East (c), Kazakhstan (c), Turkmenistan (c), Uzbekistan (c), Tajikistan (c), Australia (c) (South Australia (c), New South Wales (c)), Taiwan (c), Java (c), Madeira (c), Morocco (c), Algeria (c), Tunisia (c), Libya (c), Saudi Arabia (c), Yemen (c), Oman (c), Afghanistan (c), Pakistan (c), Jammu & Kashmir (c), Pakistani Kashmir (c), Japan (c), Korea (c), Mexico (c), Myanmar [Burma] (c), Vietnam (c), Sikkim (c), Nepal (c), USA (c) (California (c), Colorado (c), Idaho (c), Illinois (c), Kansas (c), Missouri (c), Montana (c), Oregon (c), Pennsylvania (c), Utah (c)) 147026 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Widely cultivated.

First detection year
1862
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Cultivated since ancient times.

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.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated) Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 30th November 2022.

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

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