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Ambrosia maritima (Asteraceae)

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Presented here is summary information about the species Ambrosia maritima from the Global Compendium of Weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Definitions of terms are available in the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For further information--or to report corrections or concerns--contact webmaster@hear.org.

Synonyms/other Latin names: [ see GRIN ]

Status(es) (compiled for below "Data sources"): agricultural weed, casual alien, weed [for definitions, see the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format.]

Origin (native to where): Mediterranean


Data sources:

Arasi Lawrence Company TM. Weeds of Egypt. (weed)

Boulos, L., and Nabil el-Hadidi, M (1994). The Weed Flora of Egypt. The American University in Cario press, Cario, Egypt. (agricultural weed)

Check-list of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - 1994 C.N. French and R.J. Murphy. University of Exeter (casual alien)

Clement, E.J. and Foster, M.C. (1994) Alien plants of the British Isles. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London. (casual alien)

Holm, L. G., Pancho, J. V., Herberger, J. P. and Plucknett, D. L. (1979). A Geographical Atlas of World Weeds. John Wiley and Sons NewYork, USA (weed)

Plant Quarantine Organisation of India. Prohibited, Restricted & Regulated Plant species SCHEDULE - VIII (See Clause 3(12) under Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003) LIST OF FOLLOWING QUARANTINE WEED SPECIES NOTIFIED VIDE GAZETTE NO.162(E) DATED 31ST MARCH, 2005



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This page was created on 13 September 2007 by PT, and was last updated on 04 October 2007 by PT based on data from Rod Randall's Global Compendium of Weeds database dated 24 January 2007. Valid HTML 4.01!