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Prunus persica

(L.) Batsch
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Rosaceae » Prunus persica
Common name (English)
Peach
Common name (Greek)
Ροδακινιά
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
C2 Running waters
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

Albania (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), former Yugoslavia (c), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Portugal (c), Romania (c), Ukraine (c), Estonia (c), Crimea (c), E-European Russia (c), Sardinia (c), Sicily (c), European Turkey (c), China (c), Caucasus (c), Transcaucasus (c), Kazakhstan (c), Turkmenistan (c), Japan (c), Korea (c), Tajikistan (c), Uzbekistan (c), Australia (c) (South Australia (c), Queensland (c), New South Wales (c)), Java (c), Thailand (c), Jamaica (c), Ecuador (c), Mexico (c), Guatemala (c), Honduras (c), El Salvador (c), Costa Rica (c), Peru (c), Haiti (c), Puerto Rico (c), Virgin Isl. (c), Bolivia (c), Argentina (c), Nicaragua (c), Colombia (c), South Africa (c), Lord Howe Isl. (c), Madeira (c) (Madeira Isl. (c)), Algeria (c), Morocco (c), Libya (c), Tunisia (c), Southern Marianas (c) (Guam (c)), Niue (c), Mauritius (c), La Runion (c), Rodrigues (c), Mozambique (c), Cameroon (c), Saudi Arabia (c), Yemen (c), Oman (c), Afghanistan (c), Pakistan (c), Cape Verde Isl. (c) (Santo Antao Isl. (c), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (c), Ilha de Sao Tiago (c), Fogo Isl. (c), Ilha Brava (c)), Hawaii (c) (East Maui (c) (Kalialinui (c), Kula Forest Reserve) (c)), Myanmar [Burma] (c), Bhutan (c), Sikkim (c), Sri Lanka (c), Vietnam (c), Nepal (c), USA (c) (Alabama (c), Arkansas (c), Arizona (c), California (c), Connecticut (c), District of Columbia (c), Delaware (c), Florida (c), Georgia (c), Iowa (c), Idaho (c), Illinois (c), Indiana (c), Kansas (c), Kentucky (c), Louisiana (c), Massachusetts (c), Maryland (c), Maine (c), Michigan (c), Missouri (c), Mississippi (c), North Carolina (c), New Jersey (c), New York (c), Ohio (c), Oklahoma (c), Oregon (c), Pennsylvania (c), Rhode Island (c), South Carolina (c), Tennessee (c), Texas (c), Utah (c), Virginia (c), Wisconsin (c), West Virginia (c)), Canada (c) (Nova Scotia (c), Ontario (c)) 146920 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Cultivated on Cyprus but only rarely found as an escape in the Mediterranean region. Newly added to adventive flora but not yet invasive - by roads and streams in forests of Troodos.

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
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

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

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