Delairea odorata

TaxID: 18795

Basic Information

Delairea odorata

Cape ivy, Cape-ivy, cape-ivy

Delairea odorata is a climber within the family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa. One of the two species in the genus Delairea (the other being Delairea aparadensis), it was previously included in the genus Senecio as Senecio mikanioides. It is known as Cape ivy in some parts of the world (US) and German ivy in others (Britain, Ireland). Other names include parlor ivy and Italian ivy. It is a twining perennial, herbaceous plant that grows 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. Its multi-lobed leaves somewhat resemble those of the unrelated English ivy. Originally used as an ornamental plant on trellises and as groundcover, it is now rarely cultivated because of its invasiveness, in addition to being a weed. Although it resembles Senecio tamoides, Open Tree of Life indicates that it is most closely related to species in the genus Curio, followed by Senecio angulatus.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Delairea

odorata

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Delairea odorata
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(c) Pedro Beja@BY-NC
Delairea odorata
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(c) Reiner Richter@BY-NC-SA
Delairea odorata
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(c) bennybotany85@BY-NC
Delairea odorata
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(c) hikerjen@BY-NC
Delairea odorata
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(c) Ken-ichi Ueda@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (28 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria IAS of Union concern 2025
Belgium IAS of Union concern 2025
Bulgaria IAS of Union concern 2025
Cyprus IAS of Union concern 2025
Czechia IAS of Union concern 2025
Germany IAS of Union concern 2025
Denmark IAS of Union concern 2025
Spain IAS of Union concern 2025
Estonia IAS of Union concern 2025
Finland IAS of Union concern 2025
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Distribution (34 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Austria Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Chile Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Ecuador Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (9 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH3080-15 - rbcLa 552 United States 2012-05-31 33.06256, -117.11889
SDH298-14 - ITS2 218 United States 1992-01-02 32.971, -117.265
ITSAK3598-14 - ITS2 221 Chile - -35.733593, -71.54775
ITSAK3542-14 - ITS2 221 United States - 38.82081, -96.33162
GBVN4073-11 - rbcL 1389 - - -
GBVN4072-11 - matK 334 Chile - -35.733593, -71.54775
GBVN4071-11 - rbcL 1356 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBVN4070-11 - matK 580 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBITS11401-21 - ITS 580 - - -

Literature