Alien flora of the Mediterranean Lesvos Island (East Aegean, Greece)

Checklist Inventory Thematic
Latest version published by Department of Environment, University of the Aegean on Aug 30, 2024 Department of Environment, University of the Aegean
Publication date:
30 August 2024
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Description

A checklist of Lesvos Island’s (East Aegean, Greece) alien (non-native) plant species that has been compiled by literature and a roadside survey. In total 187 non-native plant taxa were recorded, belonging to 60 families and 135 genera.

Data Records

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Galanidis A, Dimitrakopoulos P G (2024). Alien flora of the Mediterranean Lesvos Island (East Aegean, Greece). Version 1.1. Department of Environment, University of the Aegean. Checklist dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=lesvos_alien_flora&v=1.1

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Department of Environment, University of the Aegean. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d4895f66-fbd9-4151-b413-105dda260864.  Department of Environment, University of the Aegean publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Biodiversity Information Standards.

Keywords

Checklist; Taxonomicauthority

Contacts

Alexandros Galanidis
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Researcher
Department of Environment, University of the Aegean
  • Xenia B building, University Hill
81150 Mytilene
Lesvos Island
GR
Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Professor
Department of Environment, University of the Aegean
  • Xenia A building, University Hill
81150 Mytilene
Lesvos Island
GR

Geographic Coverage

Lesvos Island (East Aegean, Greece)

Bounding Coordinates South West [38.94, 25.821], North East [39.402, 26.634]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Class Pinopsida, Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida
Order Dipsacales, Cucurbitales, Asterales, Arecales, Solanales, Fagales, Poales, Malpighiales, Asparagales, Myrtales, Malvales, Boraginales, Lamiales, Caryophyllales, Proteales, Vitales, Rosales, Fabales, Commelinales, Brassicales, Sapindales, Gentianales, Cornales, Pinales, Oxalidales, Apiales
Family Chenopodiaceae, Commelinaceae, Lamiaceae, Malvaceae, Cannabaceae, Oxalidaceae, Myrtaceae, Plantaginaceae, Rhamnaceae, Sapindaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Meliaceae, Acanthaceae, Rosaceae, Mimosaceae, Cyperaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Vitaceae, Arecaceae, Apiaceae, Oleaceae, Bignoniaceae, Asparagaceae, Solanaceae, Pinaceae, Iridaceae, Simaroubaceae, Buddlejaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Portulacaceae, Onagraceae, Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Aizoaceae, Martyniaceae, Proteaceae, Boraginaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Asphodelaceae, Moraceae, Verbenaceae, Cactaceae, Hydrangeaceae, Casuarinaceae, Punicaceae, Valerianaceae, Convolvulaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Apocynaceae, Paulowniaceae, Amaranthaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Asteraceae, Salicaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Anacardiaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Passifloraceae

Sampling Methods

Literature review and a roadside survey

Study Extent Lesvos Island (East Aegean, Greece)

Method step description:

  1. Literature review involved various sources including peer-reviewed journals, dedicated floras, plant checklists, and relational databases. The roadside survey included all main and secondary roads, as well as several mountainous, agricultural, riparian, and coastal footpaths.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Dimitrakopoulos, P.G.; Koukoulas, S.; Michelaki, C.; Galanidis, A. Anthropogenic and Environmental Determinants of Alien Plant Species Spatial Distribution on an Island Scale. Science of The Total Environment 2022, 805, 150314. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150314.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers d4895f66-fbd9-4151-b413-105dda260864
https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=lesvos_alien_flora