Nuevos xenófitos de elevada capacidad invasora para la flora canaria

  1. Siverio Núñez, Antonio M.
  2. Sobrino Vesperinas, Eduardo
  3. Rodríguez de la Torre, H.A.
  4. Reyes Betancort, Jorge Alfredo
  5. Santos Guerra, Arnoldo
Journal:
Botánica Macaronésica

ISSN: 0211-7150

Year of publication: 2013

Issue: 28

Pages: 165-173

Type: Article

More publications in: Botánica Macaronésica

Abstract

In this paper 11 floristic novelties: Acalypha brachystachya, Amaranthus albus, Arctotheca calendula, Cyperus gracilis, Chenopodium glaucum, Hydrocotyle bowlesioides, Kyllinga brevifolia, Paspalum notatum, Pycreus mundii, Sclerophylax spinescens and Youngia japonica, collected in Tenerife are reported. From them 8 are new records to the Canary Islands and 4 are also new records to the Spanish territory. They are highly invasive xenophytes and such behaviour is observed in the early naturalization stages. This aspect is of great importance for the danger of invasion of the unique Canarian endemic ecosystems