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Maria Inmaculada Romero Buján
Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Javier Amigo Vázquez
Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Spain
Vol 22 (2015), Brief notes
Submitted: 13-10-2014 Accepted: 11-02-2015 Published: 12-02-2015
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Alternanthera philoxeroides is a widespread invasive alien species. Here we report the first record of the plant for the Iberian Peninsula and we provide data on its habitat and population. Furthermore, its eradication based on the aggressiveness of the species demonstrated outside Europe is proposed.

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