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Rhaponticum repens

(L.) Hidalgo
Tracheophyta » Asterales » Asteraceae » Rhaponticum repens
Common name (English)
Russian knapweed
Ηabitat
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Spain (I), England, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Latvia (a), Lithuania (a), Belarus, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, N-, C-, E- & S-European Russia, Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan), Turkey (Central Anatolia, E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, S-Iran, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Afghanistan (Ghorat, Helmand, Herat, Badakshan, Wakhan, Balkh, Bamyan, Kabul, Wardak, Nangarhar, Parwan, Samangan, Takhar), Siberia (W-Siberia), China (Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, N-Shaanxi, N-Shanxi, Xinjiang), Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Argentina (I), Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh), Pakistan (Baluchistan Quetta, Kurram, Chitral), India (alpine W-Himalaya), Mexico (I) (Baja California (I), Sonora (I)), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), South Africa (I) (North-West Prov. (I), Free State (I), Cape Prov. (I)), USA (I) (Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Montana (I), North Dakota (I), Nebraska (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), South Dakota (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), Wyoming (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), Ontario (I), Saskatchewan (I)) 96364 0

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Habitat detail

Koilani - Afamis, road margins.

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

First detection year
2000
Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Vehicles – Veh
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

Other notes

as Acroptilon repens in Hadjikyriakou et al. (2004).

References

Hadjikyriakou G, Makris C, Christofides Y, Alziar G (2004) Additions to the flora of Cyprus. Le Journal de Botanique de la Societe de botanique de France 27: 31-46.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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

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