EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 02 - 2006 Num. article: 2006/044

Senecio inaequidens naturalized in Taiwan



A single population of Senecio inaequidens (Asteraceae, EPPO list of invasive alien plants) was found at Tenghie, the middle-altitude mountain area in Southern Taiwan. It was discovered in the same area where the following European species had already been found naturalized: Hypochaeris radicata, Plantago lanceolata and Verbena bonariensis.

Sources

Jung MJ, Yang SZ, Kuoh CS (2005) Notes on Two Newly Naturalized Plants in Taiwan. Taiwania. 50(3), 191-199.