New records in vascular plants alien to Tenerife (Spain, Canary Islands)
Author
Verloove, Filip
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4144-2422
Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
filip.verloove@plantentuinmeise.be
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2021
2021-04-26
9
62878
62878
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62878
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e62878
1314-2828-9-e62878
D24EB63F1B0E5922BA6788EC76A26D81
Chenopodium probstii Aellen, 1928
Chenopodium probstii
Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn 20(8): 56. 1928.
Distribution
TENERIFE: Los Silos, Erjos, charcas de Erjos, dried out pond, very common, but only locally, 18.11.2016,
F. Verloove
12679 (BR). https://observation.org/observation/205254266/
Notes
This weed of uncertain origin (possibly North America) doubtlessly has been overlooked. It was recently reported from several localities in La Palma, for the first time in the Canary Islands, where it is considered to be naturalised and in expansion (
Otto and Verloove 2016
). It differs from
C. album
by leaves that are large and leathery and with a distinct purple or orange pigmentation.
It is here reported for the first time from Tenerife. In and near some dried out ponds in Erjos, it was seen in abundance in 2016. It probably also occurs elsewhere.