EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 09 - 2014 Num. article: 2014/175

First reports of alien plants in Algeria


Alien plants which were not known to occur in Algeria are listed in the table below, with their situation in Algeria, and other nearby countries where the species are known to occur.

Species
Location of established populations in Algeria
Establishment in other countries
Acer cf. pseudoplatanus (Sapindaceae)
In the Chréa, near Blida in Algeria
Islas Canarias (ES) and Madeira (PT)
Agave sisalana (Asparagaceae)
In Greco-roman ruins in Tipaza
Islas Canarias (ES), Libya and Morocco
Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae, EPPO List of Invasive Alien Plants)
Naturalized and became invasive in oueds: e.g. in O. Ksari, O. Boghni, Tizi-Ouzou, O. Djer, Aïn Defla.
Madeira (PT), Islas Canarias (ES), Morocco and Libya
Aptenia cordifolia (Mesembryanthemoideae)
In the cities of Béjaïa and Sidi Bel-Abbès
Madeira (PT), Islas Canarias (ES), Morocco and Libya
Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Sapindaceae, EPPO List of IAP)
In Cap Bouak in Béjaïa
Islas Canarias (ES) and Madeira (PT)
Ceratochloa cathartica (Poaceae)
Used as an ornamental turf in Alger where it escaped. Also in L’Arba and Boufarik
Islas Canarias (ES), Egypt, Madeira (PT), Morocco and Tunisia
Chamaesyce maculata (Euphorbiaceae)
Disturbed sandy shores in El Tarf, sidewalks in Béjaïa
Islas Canarias (ES), Morocco and Tunisia
Chamaesyce prostrata (Euphorbiaceae)
Sidewalks in Béjaïa
Islas Canarias (ES), Egypt and Madeira (PT)
Chamaesyce serpens (Euphorbiaceae)
El Kala
Islas Canarias (ES), Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Commelina cf. chamissonis or C. communis (Commelinaceae)
Sidewalks in Alger and Béjaïa, and recorded as a weed in irrigated crops

Crepis bursifolia (Asteraceae)
In sidewalks and wastelands in numerous cities (e.g. Alger, Bab Ezzouar, Oran)
Islas Canarias (ES), Morocco and Tunisia
Elaeagnus angustilofia (Elaeagnaceae)
Cutivated as an ornamental in cities, such as Alger.
Morocco, Tunisia
Ibicella lutea (Martyniaceae)
Beaches in Draouch and El Tarf, agricultural prairies in El Hadjar, Annaba
Tunisia
Lantana camara (Verbanaceae)
Wastelands around gardens in Tizi-Ouzou
Islas Canarias (ES), Egypt, Libya, Madeira (PT), Morocco and Tunisia
Nothoscordum borbonicum (Amaryllidaceae)
Anthropized sites in Alger, M’Sila
Islas Canarias (ES), Egypt, Libya, Madeira (PT), Morocco and Tunisia
Oxalis purpurea (Oxalidaceae)
Annaba
Islas Canarias (ES), Madeira (PT), Morocco and Tunisia
Paspalum dilatatum (Poaceae)
Anthropized sites in Alger, Annaba, Béjaïa
Islas Canarias (ES), Egypt, Libya, Madeira (PT) and Morocco
Setaria parviflora (Poaceae)
Anthropized sites in Annaba
Islas Canarias (ES)
Solanum bonariense (Solanaceae)
Anthropized sites in Annaba, El Kala, El Tarf
Islas Canarias (ES) and Tunisia
Solanum elaeagnifolium (Solanaceae, EPPO A2 List)
Anthropized sites in Jijel, in Hammam Dalaa
Egypt, Lybia, Morocco and Tunisia

Other species were found as transient:
Species
Location of transient populations in Algeria
Establishment in other countries
Eleusine indica (Poaceae)
Alger, Annaba, El Tarf
Egypt
Galinsoga parviflora (Asteraceae)
Anthropized areas in Annaba, Béjaïa
Islas Canarias (ES), Egypt and Madeira (PT)
Pennisetum villosum (Poaceae)
Cultivated, found in anthropized places in Alger, Annaba, Jijel
Islas Canarias (ES) and Morocco
Phacelia tanacetifolia (Boraginaceae)
Wasteland in M’Sila

Polygala myrtifolia (Polygalaceae)
Tipaza

Yucca gloriosa (Asparagaceae)
Tipaza



Sources

Véla E, Rebbas K, Meddour R, de Bélair G (2013) Notes et compléments sur quelques taxons traités dans les volumes 1 à 4. Note sur quelques xénophytes nouveaux pour l’Algérie (et la Tunisie). Addenda. Notes. Xénophytes. 372-376.