EPPO Global Database

Parthenium hysterophorus(PTNHY)

Distribution details in United Arab Emirates

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2013
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/061) : first recorded in a home garden at Hamryah coast (1.5 m a.s.l.) in 2013. Four individual plants were recorded to have reached maturity.
References
* Mahmoud T, Gairola S, El-Keblawy A (2015) Parthenium hysterophorus and Bidens pilosa, two new records to the invasive weed flora of the United Arab Emirates Journal on New Biological Reports 4(1) 26-32.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Oman Present, no details view...