Maireana brevifolia(MRNBR)
Distribution details in Spain (Islas Canárias)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2011: Present, few occurrences
2013/069: First record of Maireana brevifolia in Islas Canarias (ES)
In Gran Canaria, Maireana brevifolia (Chenopodiaceae) was recorded for the first time in in Islas Canarias (Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria) in July 2005 in the area of Maspalomas and has since then established in various locations in the South and the East of the island. It is mainly found in anthropogenic habitats such as roadsides, fallowlands and abandoned agricultural areas. It is also found in natural protected areas such as the nature reserve of the dunes of Maspalomas, the Arinaga mountain or the Aguimes mountain. The species is regulated as an invasive alien plant in Spain. This succulent shrub growing up to 1.5 m high is thought to have been introduced in Islas Canarias as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens (e.g. hotel gardens), or as an experimental revegetation species for arid lands.
In Gran Canaria, Maireana brevifolia (Chenopodiaceae) was recorded for the first time in in Islas Canarias (Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria) in July 2005 in the area of Maspalomas and has since then established in various locations in the South and the East of the island. It is mainly found in anthropogenic habitats such as roadsides, fallowlands and abandoned agricultural areas. It is also found in natural protected areas such as the nature reserve of the dunes of Maspalomas, the Arinaga mountain or the Aguimes mountain. The species is regulated as an invasive alien plant in Spain. This succulent shrub growing up to 1.5 m high is thought to have been introduced in Islas Canarias as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens (e.g. hotel gardens), or as an experimental revegetation species for arid lands.
* Carlos Suárez Rodríguez blog, Dirreción General de Ordenación Territorial, Consejería de medio Ambiente y Política Territorial
http://casuaro.blogspot.fr/2010/02/el-mato-azul-maireana-brevifolia-rbr-pg.html
* Ministerio de agricultura, alimentación y medio ambiente, Boletín Official de Estado, Lunes 12 de diciembre de 2011, Núm. 29, Sec. I., 25 pp
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/12/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-19398.pdf
* Reyes Betancort JA, Scholz S & Gonzalez Gonzalez R (2002) Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) P.G. Wilson (Chenopodiaceae), nuevo xenofito para la flora de las Islas Canarias. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 59(2), 357-358.
http://casuaro.blogspot.fr/2010/02/el-mato-azul-maireana-brevifolia-rbr-pg.html
* Ministerio de agricultura, alimentación y medio ambiente, Boletín Official de Estado, Lunes 12 de diciembre de 2011, Núm. 29, Sec. I., 25 pp
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/12/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-19398.pdf
* Reyes Betancort JA, Scholz S & Gonzalez Gonzalez R (2002) Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) P.G. Wilson (Chenopodiaceae), nuevo xenofito para la flora de las Islas Canarias. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 59(2), 357-358.