Table 1 Number of naturalised species per Mediterranean climate regions according to introduction pathway: ornamental, crop or unintentional.

From: Asymmetric flows and drivers of herbaceous plant invasion success among Mediterranean-climate regions

 

Iberian Peninsula

California

Central Chile

S-W Australia

Western Cape

Total

Ornamental

189 (28)

193 (6)

38 (9)

263 (3)

18 (146)

408 (181)

Crop

82 (11)

57 (2)

25 (1)

58 (0)

11 (5)

108 (19)

Unintentional

250 (739)

834 (49)

450 (39)

806 (32)

290 (71)

1418 (925)

Total

521 (853)

1084 (59)

513 (52)

1127 (43)

319 (224)

1934 (1125)

  1. In each case the number of naturalised species (i.e. MCR as a recipient area) is shown and, in brackets, the number of native species (i.e. MCR as a donor area).