Open AccessSpecies introductions through coconut fibre: Dactyloctenium aegyptium and Glinus oppositifolius, new records for the Balearic Islands, Spain
Author(s) -
Marcello Dante Cerrato,
Arnau RibasSerra,
Carles Cardona,
Lorenzo Gil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta botanica croatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1847-8476
pISSN - 0365-0588
DOI - 10.37427/botcro-2021-023
Subject(s) - balearic islands , mediterranean climate , flora (microbiology) , mediterranean basin , geography , forestry , biology , archaeology , ecology , bacteria , genetics
Based on plant material collected in the forest nursery of the Balearic Island Forestry Center (CEFOR) for autochthonous plant production and the University of the Balearic Islands experimental facilities, two new plant records are presented for the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. Dactyloctenium aegyptium, an invasive grass previously recorded in otherareas of the Mediterranean basin, and Glinus oppositifolius, a new record for the European flora. In both cases the species are presumed tohave arrived through contaminated batches of the coconut fibre substrate used in both facilities.