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Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.

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Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymKegelia ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.
synonymMelampodium ruderale Sw.
synonymOgiera ruderalis (Sw.) Griseb.
synonymTetranthus ruderalis (Sw.) Griseb.
🗒 Common Names
Creoles and pidgins; French-based
  • Zèb savann (Antilles)
📚 Overview
Overview
Brief

Code

ELURU

Growth form

Broadleaf

Biological cycle

Annual

Habitat

Terrestrial

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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
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    📚 Natural History
    Cyclicity

    Eleutheranthera ruderalis is an annual species. It multiplies by seeds spread by wind and animals.

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      Ecology

      West Indies: Eleutheranthera ruderalis is an indigenous species. It grows particularly on low-lying ferralitic soils.

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        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        Description

        Origin

        Eleutheranthera ruderalis is native to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

        Worldwide distribution

        This species has been introduced in Africa (Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Zaire), (Keeling), India, Sri Lanka, South East Asia (Java, Malaysia, New Guinea, Taiwan, Thailand), Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland), Pacific Islands (Christmas Island, Cocos Island, Fiji) and in some Indian Ocean islands (Mauritius, Reunion Island).

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          📚 Occurrence
          No Data
          📚 Demography and Conservation
          Risk Statement

          Local harmfulness

          West Indies: Eleutheranthera ruderalis is a common weed in sugarcane, vegetable and food crops. It is slightly harmful to sugarcane cultivation.
          Guyana: Very rare weed in agricultural plots. Sometimes observed at the edge of plots. It is never abundant in French Guiana.

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            📚 Uses and Management
            📚 Information Listing
            References
            1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:202984-1
            2. Grossard, F., Le Bourgeois, T., Dumbardon-Martial, E. & Gervais, L. 2013. Adventilles - Guadeloupe & Martinique - Les adventices des Antilles françaises. Abymes, Guadeloupe, France, Les éditions du CTCS Guadeloupe.
            3. Berton, A. 2020. Flore spontanée des cultures maraichères et fruitières de Guyane. Guide de reconnaissance des 140 adventices les plus communes des parcelles cultivées. Cayenne, Guyane, FREDON Guyane: 186.https://portal.wiktrop.org/document/show/173
            4. Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Gondwana éditions.
            Information Listing > References
            1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:202984-1
            2. Grossard, F., Le Bourgeois, T., Dumbardon-Martial, E. & Gervais, L. 2013. Adventilles - Guadeloupe & Martinique - Les adventices des Antilles françaises. Abymes, Guadeloupe, France, Les éditions du CTCS Guadeloupe.
            3. Berton, A. 2020. Flore spontanée des cultures maraichères et fruitières de Guyane. Guide de reconnaissance des 140 adventices les plus communes des parcelles cultivées. Cayenne, Guyane, FREDON Guyane: 186.https://portal.wiktrop.org/document/show/173
            4. Fournet, J. 2002. Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique. Montpellier, France, Cirad, Gondwana éditions.
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              🐾 Taxonomy
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