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Is terrestrial plant import from E ast A sia into countries in the EPPO region a potential pathway for new emerging invasive alien plants?
Author(s) -
Valkenburg J.,
Brunel S.,
Brundu G.,
Ehret P.,
Follak S.,
Uludag A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/epp.12131
Subject(s) - ornamental plant , alien , invasive species , alien species , terrestrial plant , introduced species , biology , taxon , genus , geography , botany , political science , politics , citizenship , law
Pathway analysis represents an effective means of identifying emerging invasive alien species. For plants, a significant number of invasions have been caused by plant species originally voluntary introduced as ornamentals. The pathway analysis for terrestrial ornamental plants imported from E ast A sia has been undertaken to provide information on the imports and to identify emerging terrestrial invasive alien plants. Data for terrestrial ornamental plants imported from E ast A sia into A ustria, F rance, I taly, the N etherlands and T urkey was assembled at the genus level. Thousands of species of plants for planting are imported from E ast A sia in very large volumes. However, despite the fact that the data could only been analyzed at the genus level, it is considered that only a very limited number of taxa would become invasive. The potentially invasive alien species are already widely available in European nurseries and are principally produced within the E uropean U nion.