EPPO Global Database

Alternanthera philoxeroides(ALRPH)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/056) : new record of Alternanthera philoxeroides in the Vaucluse department (France)

A. philoxeroides was recorded in the Garonne river catchment in 1961 in Gironde, in 1983 in Lot-et-Garonne, in 2002 in Tarn-et-Garonne and in the 2000s in the Tarn river. In 2013, the species was found in Sorgues in the Vaucluse department in the river Ouvèze, a tributary of the Rhône.
References
* Brunel S, Schrader G, Brundu G, Fried G (2010) Emerging invasive alien plants for the Mediterranean Basin. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 40(2), 219-238.

* French NPPO, Anses, 2014.

* Germain JF, Balmès V, Mouttet R, Ramel JM, Fried G, Reynaud P (2014) Espèces invasives : 3 années d'alertes et de signalements à l'Anses, unité entomologie et plantes invasives. Paper presented at the AFPP Colloque ravageurs et insectes invasifs et émergents (Montpellier, FR, 2014-10-21), 11 pp.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
French Guiana Present, no details view...
Italy Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...