EPPO Global Database

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides(HYDRA)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/042) : Alert listing.

Present along Tyrrhenian coast from Toscana southwards, including Sardegna and Sicilia (Pignatti, 1982). Rare and tending to disappear.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/219) : observed together with Eichhornia crassipes in a river (channel of Mar’e Foghe river at Riola Sardo) in Sardegna.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/192) : use of remote sensing to monitor the species.
References
* Meloni G (2010) Giacinto d’acqua, l’alieno che minaccia di soffocare lo stagno di Cabras. La nuova. 23 ottobre.
http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/dettaglio/giacinto-dacqua-lalieno-che-minaccia-di-soffocare-lo-stagno-di-cabras/2586011
------- Sardegna.

* Ghiani L, Lozano V, Brundu G, Mazzette A, Sassu A, Gambella F (2023) Monitoring Pontederia crassipes Mart. and Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f. invasion on a Mediterranean island using multi-temporal satellite images. Management of Biological Invasions 14(2), 221–238.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, few occurrences view...