EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 09 - 2018 Num. article: 2018/183

New records of alien plants in the Canary Islands (ES)


New records and distributions are presented for species and hybrids that are either new to the Canary Islands as a whole or new to the island of Gran Canaria.  The authors highlight that although several of the species are only ephemerals at present, almost all of them have the potential to naturalise and become invasive in the future as such behaviour has been observed in areas with similar climatic conditions.


Table 1. New records of plant species for the Canary Islands and Gran Canaria


Species

Family

Native range

New record

Acokanthera oblongifolia

Apocynaceae

South Africa

Canary Islands

Alstroemeria ligtu

Liliaceae

Chile

Canary Islands

Capsicum annuum

Solanaceae

North America

Canary Islands

Chasmanthe bicolor

Iridaceae

South Africa

Canary Islands

Chasmanthe floribunda

Iridaceae

South Africa

Gran Canaria

Cotyledon orbiculata var. spuria

Crassulaceae

South Africa

Canary Islands

Crassula multicava

Crassulaceae

South Africa

Gran Canaria

Cupressus sempervirens

Cupressaceae

Mediterranean

Gran Canaria

Digitaria setigera

Poaceae

----

Canary Islands

Ficus rubiginosa

Moraceae

Australia

Gran Canaria

Galinsoga quadriradiata

Asteraceae

North America

Gran Canaria

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Bignoniaceae

South America

Gran Canaria

Kalanchoe × houghtonii

Crassulaceae

----

Gran Canaria

Merremia tuberosa

Convolvulaceae

North/Central America

Gran Canaria

Nerium oleander

Apocynaceae

Asia

Gran Canaria

Passiflora morifolia

Passifloraceae

Central/South America

Gran Canaria

Phlomis purpurea

Lamiaceae

Mediterranean

Canary Islands

Phytolacca dioica

Phytolaccaceae

South America

Gran Canaria

Salvia hispanica

Lamiaceae

Central/South America

Gran Canaria

Setaria pumila subsp. pallide-fusca

Poaceae

----

Canary Islands

Solanum betaceum

Solanaceae

South America

Canary Islands

Solanum seaforthianum

Solanaceae

South America

Canary Islands

Tecoma × smithii

Bignoniaceae

----

Canary Islands

Tradescantia spathacea

Commelinaceae

North/Central America

Canary Islands



Sources

Verloove F, Salas-Pascual M, Rodriguez AM (2018) New records of alien plants for the flora of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain). Flora Mediterranea 28, 119-135.