EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 01 - 2021 Num. article: 2021/020

New records of vascular plants for Tenerife and the Canary Islands (ES)


Following field work conducted in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) between 2014-2019, 30 taxa are reported for the first time.  Among these species, 17 species are reported for the first time in the Canary Islands.

Species

Family

First report in

Native range

Acacia decurrens

Fabaceae

Canary Islands

Australia

Acacia mearnsii

Fabaceae

Canary Islands

Australia

Atriplex nummularia

Amaranthaceae

Tenerife

Australia

Bellis perennis

Asteraceae

Tenerife

North Africa

Brachychiton diversifolius

Malvaceae

Canary Islands

Australia

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Fabaceae

Canary Islands

Americas

Chenopodium probstii

Amaranthaceae

Tenerife

possibly North America

Coccoloba uvifera

Polygonaceae

Tenerife

Americas

Commelina benghalensis

Commelinaceae

Tenerife

Asia/Africa

Cuphea hyssopifolia 

Lythraceae

Tenerife

Central and North America

Ensete ventricosum

Musaceae

Canary Islands

East Africa

Eragrostis virescens

Poaceae

Tenerife

Americas

Eucalyptus camaldulensis subsp. arida

Myrtaceae

Canary Islands


Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Myrtaceae

Canary Islands

Australia

Euryops chrysanthemoides

Asteraceae

Canary Islands

South Africa

Ficus elastica 

Moraceae

Canary Islands

Asia

Lemna minuta

Araceae

Tenerife

Americas

Lippia alba

Verbenaceae

Canary Islands

Americas 

Malvastrum corchorifolium

Malvaceae

Tenerife

Americas 

Pavonia sepioides

Malvaceae

Canary Islands

South America

Pittosporum tobira

Pittosporaceae

Canary Islands

Asia

Plerandra elegantissima

Araliaceae

Tenerife

New Caledonia

Populus × canadensis

Salicaceae

Canary Islands


Psidium guajava 

Myrtaceae

Tenerife

Americas

Pyrostegia venusta

Bignoniaceae

Canary Islands

South America

Ruellia dipteracanthus

Acanthaceae

Canary Islands

North America

Soleirolia soleirolii

Urticaceae

Canary Islands

western Mediterranean

Thunbergia alata

Acanthaceae

Tenerife

East Africa

Urochloa subquadripara

Poaceae

Tenerife

Asia/Australia

Wigandia kunthii

Boraginaceae

Canary Islands

Central America and the Caribbean


Sources

Verloove F (2021) New records in vascular plants alien to Tenerife (Spain, Canary Islands). ARPHA Preprints DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e62882