Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Mihaela Ioana GEORGESCU, Elena SĂVULESCU, Vlad Ioan POPA, Vasilica LUCHIAN, Emilia MOISESCU, Gabriel Cristian MILOȘ
Included today in the list of invasive plants of community interest in Europe, Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr., an annual vine from East Asia, was introduced as medicinal and ornamental species in the middle of nineteen century first in North America and then in Europe. In România this species was reported first as a subspontaneous one, of unknown origin, becoming then a naturalized species. The populations of H. scandens that we found were established on the Dâmbovița river banks in a nitrophilous plant community, alongside Sambucus ebulus and Rubus caesius individuals. The observations that we made showed the trichomes types and their distribution on the vegetative organs (stem, leaves and bracts) of the H. scandens plants.
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