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Triticum turgidum durum

(Desf.) Husn.
Tracheophyta » Poales » Poaceae » Triticum turgidum durum
Common name (English)
Durum wheat
Common name (Greek)
σκληρό σιτάρι
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

Afghanistan 2 1; Afghanistan 196 0; Albania 28 1; Albania 1867 0; Alberta 1 1; Alberta 1515 0; Algeria 30 1; Algeria 199 0; Austria 51 1; Austria 901 0; Bulgaria 78 1; Bulgaria 252 0; Canary Is. 168 1; Canary Is. 197 0; Central African Repu 17 0; Central European Rus 1583 0; Corse 174 1; Corse 1586 0; Cyprus 190 1; Cyprus 1994 0; East Aegean Is. 198 1; East Aegean Is. 1986 0; East European Russia 481 1; East European Russia 1582 0; Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1757 0; Ethiopia 209 1; Ethiopia 21 0; France 216 1; France 353 0; Germany 223 1; Germany 354 0; Great Britain 232 1; Great Britain 4 0; Honduras 247 1; Honduras 158 0; India 111 0; Iran 283 1; Iran 1578 0; Iraq 284 1; Iraq 1768 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 357 0; Kazakhstan 298 1; Kazakhstan 107 0; Kirgizstan 1563 0; Kriti 307 1; Kriti 1766 0; Krym 308 1; Krym 1584 0; Lebanon-Syria 1767 0; Libya 318 1; Libya 1756 0; Madeira 346 1; Madeira 359 0; Manitoba 339 1; Manitoba 1517 0; Mauritania 368 1; Mauritania 100 0; Morocco 357 1; Morocco 198 0; Myanmar 404 1; Myanmar 94 0; North Caucasus 1590 0; Oman 455 1; Oman 115 0; Pakistan 458 1; Pakistan 110 0; Palestine 1754 0; Portugal 470 1; Portugal 1581 0; Romania 479 1; Romania 250 0; Sardegna 489 1; Sardegna 1745 0; Saskatchewan 490 1; Saskatchewan 1514 0; Saudi Arabia 491 1; Saudi Arabia 114 0; Sicilia 503 1; Sicilia 1592 0; South European Russi 1572 0; Spain 513 1; Spain 257 0; Sudan 517 1; Sudan 116 0; Sweden 525 1; Sweden 12 0; Tadzhikistan 561 1; Tadzhikistan 358 0; Tibet 149 1; Tibet 1579 0; Transcaucasus 241 0; Tunisia 553 1; Tunisia 200 0; Turkey 554 1; Turkey 356 0; Turkey-in-Europe 552 1; Turkey-in-Europe 1587 0; Turkmenistan 543 1; Turkmenistan 14 0; Ukraine 564 1; Ukraine 256 0; Uzbekistan 567 1; Uzbekistan 254 0; West Himalaya 227 0; West Siberia 592 1; West Siberia 1929 0; Yemen 113 0; Yugoslavia 1588 0; Zimbabwe 609 1; Zimbabwe 18 0

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Habitat detail

Found as cultivated as well as an escapee basically all around Cyprus but mostly in the lowlands (Georgiades 1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Cultivated (listed for Division 5 only) - widely cultivated on Cyprus but rarely collected (Meikle 1985).

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Relict of ancient cultivation (Georgiades 1995).

References

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

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.

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

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