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Prunus dulcis

(Miller) D. A. Webb
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rosaceae » Prunus dulcis
Common name (English)
Almond
Common name (Greek)
Αμυγδαλιά, Αθασχιά
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia), East Aegaean Isl., Rhodos, Iran (EC-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (N-Israel), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon), Syria (C-Syrian Desert), Afghanistan (c), Pakistan (Baluchistan, ?Kurram, Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit, Astor), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Saudi Arabia (I), Yemen (I), Oman (I), Albania (I), Austria (I), Baleares (I), Bulgaria (I), Corsica (I), Crete (I), Slovakia (I), France (I), Germany (I), Greece (I), Switzerland (I), Hungary (I), Italy (I), former Yugoslavia (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Portugal (I), Romania (I), Spain (I), Ukraine (I), Crimea (I), E-European Russia (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), European Turkey (I), Northern Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Australia (I) (South Australia (I), New South Wales (I)), Taiwan (I), Mexico (c), China (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I), La Gomera (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), USA (I) (California (I), Utah (I)), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), Libya (I), Tunisia (I) 146992 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. 

Very widely cultivated and is sometimes found as an escape from cultivation. Newly recorded as adventive and invading natural habitats, mainly forests and maquis - mainly in Troodos - though at Episkopi and also in abandoned fields.

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Cultivated since Roman times (Georgiades 1995).

References

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

Hadjikyriakou G, Hadjisterkotis E (2002) The adventive plants of Cyprus with new records of invasive species. Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft 48: 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192393

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

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

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