Withania somnifera

(L.) Dunal

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Common name (English)

Rennet, Common winter-cherry

Common name (Greek)

Μεριτζιανιά, Μερτζανιά

Ηabitat

X21 Archaeological

H5 Miscellaneous unvegetated

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Habitat detail

Occuring on waste ground - Polis Chrysochous, Pafos (mainly at archaelogical sites), Lemesos, Lefkosia, Larnaka, Agia Napa, Ammochostos, Rizokarpaso (Tsintides et al. 2002).

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Roadsides, waste ground & gardens, sea-level to 500' - recorded for Divisions 1, 4, 5 & 8.

First detection year

1862

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort

Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

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

Chrtek J, Slavík B (1993) Contribution to the flora of Cyprus. 2. Flora Mediterranea 3: 239-259.

Slavík B, Jarolímová V, Chrtek J (1993) Chromosome counts of some plants from Cyprus. Candollea 48: 221-230.

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.

Hand R (2001) Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus II. Willdenowia 31(2): 383-409. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.31.31207

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