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Solanum elaeagnifolium

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Tracheophyta » Solanales » Solanaceae » Solanum elaeagnifolium
Common name (English)
Silverleaf nightshade
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
I2 Parks
X11 Large parks
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X06 Crops shaded by trees
Global distribution

USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington State), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa Prov., Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), Chile (Tarapaca, Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Region Metropolitana), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Bocqueron, Presidente Hayes), Uruguay (Colonia, Montevideo, Paysandu, Soriano), Bahamas (I), Cuba (I), Puerto Rico (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (Tortola (I), Virgin Gorda (I)), Aruba (I), Curacao (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Tunisia (I), Cyprus (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Egypt (I), Iran (I), Israel (I), Sinai peninsula (I), Qatar (I), Pakistan (Karachi), Hawaii (I) (Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Maui (I)), Greece (I), Crete (I), Albania (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I), Croatia (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), Northern Territory (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I)), South Africa (I) (widespread), Namibia (I), tropical Africa (I) 100389 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized invasive. Probably introduced as an ornamental, but now escaped and locally naturalised on waste ground & roadsides about Nicosia (Division 3).

First detection year
1958
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Della A, Iatrou G (1995) New plant records from Cyprus. Kew Bulletin 50: 387-396.

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.

Coulot P (2000) Approche de la flore de l'ile de Chypre. Monde Pl. 470: 16-20.

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

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