0576166 - BÚ 2024 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Sohrabi, S. - Naqinezhad, A. - Kortz, Alessandra - Hejda, Martin - Gherekhloo, J. - Zand, E. - Pergl, Jan - Brundu, G. - Pyšek, Petr
Alien flora of Iran: species status, introduction dynamics, habitats and pathways.
Biological Invasions. Roč. 25, č. 5 (2023), s. 1359-1371. ISSN 1387-3547. E-ISSN 1573-1464
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GX19-28807X
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : casual * invasive * inventory
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 2.8, year: 2023
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03001-x

We identified 311 alien vascular plants, of which 131 are classified as casual, 167 naturalized, and 13 invasive. Therophytes are most represented among naturalized plants (50.9%), while phanerophytes (49.6%) are most represented among casuals. Poaceae, Fabaceae and Asteraceae are the families with the highest richness of alien species (35, 28, and 24, respectively). The largest fractions of naturalized taxa originated from South America and Central America (22.2% and 20.4% of all naturalized aliens, respectively). Horticulture and agriculture are the main pathways of new introductions of alien plants to Iran, this is reflected in naturalized species playing a major role in the weed flora of Iran, with about a half of them growing in agricultural habitats. Naturalized plants are also common in ruderal habitats, while casual plants commonly occur not only in these two types of human-disturbed habitats but also in open forest.
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