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1. Plant diversity in old-growth woods: the case of the forest edges of the Favorita Park in Palermo (north-western Sicily, Italy)

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Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Orazio Caldarella, Patrizia Campisi, Sonia Ravera, Riccardo Scalenghe, and Giuseppe Venturella

Subjects
Plant culture, SB1-1110, Plant ecology, QK900-989
Abstract

This article presents the results of a study on plant diversity at different levels in residual forest stands, located in the historical Favorita Park in Palermo, Italy (established and named in 1799 by King Ferdinand IV of the House of Bourbon). These forest aspects have naturally evolved for over two centuries, under minimal conditions of anthropogenic disturbance (e.g. deforestation, fires, grazing activities, etc.). This is especially true in the area known as “Bosco Niscemi”, spread over about 8.5 hectares, in the centre of the park. Bosco Niscemi is characterized by the widespread presence of old trees, abundant necromass and litter. In this study, four different soil profiles were analysed, and classified as follows: (i) Solimovic Regosol (Arenic); ii) Eutric Arenosol (Chromic); (iii) and (iv) Skeletic Regosol (Ochric). From a phytosociological point of view, four forest communities have been identified, two of which are described as new associations (Viburno tini-Phillyreetum latifoliae ass. nova and Teucrio flavi-Phillyreetum latifoliae ass. nova). The species richness was also found to be noteworthy, with the co-occurrence of several taxa (phanerogams and cryptogams) that are of biogeographic interest or rare in Sicily, including: i) vascular flora (e.g. Viburnum tinus and Arbutus unedo, both very rare throughout the western sector of Sicily); ii) bryophytes [Cryphaea heteromalla (new record of a very rare species in Sicily) as well as Hypnum cupressiforme and Leptodon smithii, also never previously found at such low altitudes]; iii) lichens (e.g. Bacidia rosella, Gyalecta derivata, Ramalina roesleri and Waynea stoechadiana); iv) mushrooms (e.g. Eichleriella leucophaea, only known location in Italy). Based on the scientific documentation produced in this study, these woods can be reported as “old-growth forests” to be included in the “National Network” that has been recently established in Italy (Ministerial Decree of 23 June 2023). This area might serve as an ideal control for urban environmental studies, given its pristine ecological setting.

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2024
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2. A new association of relict maquis with Ptilostemon greuteri (Oleo-Ceratonion, Quercetea ilicis), located in a circumscribed area of north-western Sicily

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Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Orazio Caldarella, and Salvatore Pasta

Subjects
Plant culture, SB1-1110, Plant ecology, QK900-989
Abstract

This paper illustrates the results of a survey aimed at deepening available knowledge on the ecology of Ptilostemon greuteri (Asteraceae), a very rare palaeoendemic and relict nano-phanerophyte discovered about 15 years ago on Monte Inici, near Castellammare del Golfo (province of Trapani, north-western Sicily). Two plant communities characterised by P. greuteri are described in detail; they occur in the locus classicus and in a second, recently discovered stand, which is also very localised and threatened by fire. The field investigations revealed that the sites where the species grows are very similar from the ecological point of view; in fact, both of them are located on the steep slopes of deep gullies, benefitting from constantly cool and shady microclimatic conditions, and allowed to a) better identify the currently preferred habitat (ledges, screes at the base of cliffs), b) analyse from a floristic and phytosociological point of view the maquis communities where P. greuteri grows as co-dominant or dominant species, referable to the class Quercetea ilicis, c) to identify the syndynamic role that these coenoses play within the series and microgeoseries of local vegetation. As far as syntaxonomy is concerned, the Malvo olbiae-Ptilostemonetum greuteri ass. nova is described, a basiphilous, thermophilous and shade-tolerant maquis framed in the Oleo-Ceratonion alliance. Moreover, two subassociations are described: 1) typicum subass. nova, corresponding to a pioneer maquis community prevailing on the coarse, loose and mobile debris located along the slopes at the base of rock cliffs, where P. greuteri is clearly dominant and shows a nano-phanerophytic habitus, and 2) euphorbietosum bivonae subass. nova, a primary aspect found of the ledges of carbonate cliffs, where the species can play either a dominant or co-dominant role with other elements of the maquis (Euphorbia bivonae, Chamaerops humilis, etc.), sometimes showing a slightly smaller size.

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2022
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3. Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 13

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Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Sebastiano Andreatta, Carlo Argenti, Giovanni Astuti, Sandro Ballelli, Sergio Ballestrin, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Liliana Bernardo, Alessio Bertolli, Fabrizio Bonali, Federica Bonini, Thomas Bruschi, Giovanni Buccomino, Orazio Caldarella, Laura Cancellieri, Paolo Caputo, Fabio Conti, Antonietta Crisanti, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Francesco Falcinelli, Francesco Festi, Valentina Ferri, Goffredo Filibeck, Gabriele Galasso, Giovanni Gestri, Daniela Gigante, Leonardo Gubellini, Günter Gottschlich, Riccardo Guarino, Nicole Hofmann, Gergely Király, Paolo Laghi, Valerio Lazzeri, Michele Lonati, Fabio Luchino, Jacopo Lupoletti, Giacomo Mei, Marco Merli, Konrad Pagitz, Bruno Paura, Riccardo Pennesi, Enrico Vito Perrino, Antonio Pica, Brunello Pierini, Lorenzo Pinzani, Marco Pittarello, Safiya Praleskouskaya, Filippo Prosser, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Francesco Santi, Daniele Saiani, Anastasia Sebellin, Adriano Soldano, Tommaso Spilli, Adriano Stinca, Massimo Terzi, Manuel Tiburtini, Giulia Tomasi, Roberto Venanzoni, and Lorenzo Lastrucci

Subjects
Botany, QK1-989
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and exclusions to the Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.

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2022
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4. Relevant habitats neglected by the Directive 92/43 EEC: the contribution of Vegetation Science for their reappraisal in Sicily

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Riccardo Guarino, Salvatore Pasta, Giuseppe Bazan, Alessandro Crisafulli, Orazio Caldarella, Gian Pietro Giusso del Galdo, Alessandro Silvestre Gristina, Vincenzo Ilardi, Antonino La Mantia, Corrado Marcenò, Pietro Minissale, Saverio Sciandrello, Leonardo Scuderi, Giovanni Spampinato, Angelo Troia, and Lorenzo Gianguzzi

Subjects
Plant culture, SB1-1110, Plant ecology, QK900-989
Abstract

Field investigation carried out by the Sicilian botanists in the last 20 years enabled them to identify eight habitat types of high biogeographic and conservation interest, neglected by the Directive 92/43, which deserve ad hoc conservation measures. For each of these habitats, a syntaxonomic interpretation of the corresponding plant communities, their main ecological, physiognomic and syndynamic traits and a list of diagnostic species are provided. Their classification into the macrotypes listed in the Annex I of the Directive 92/43 and the respective correspondence in EUNIS habitat classification are proposed. The habitats here described integrate those already proposed by the Italian Botanical Society, with the hope of an adequate recognition at national at supranational level.

Published
2021
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5. Contribution to the knowledge of Mediterranean wetland vegetation: Lemnetea and Potamogetonetea classes in Western Sicily

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Orazio Caldarella, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Rossano Bolpagni, and Lorenzo Gianguzzi

Subjects
Plant culture, SB1-1110, Plant ecology, QK900-989
Abstract

The freshwater aquatic vegetation of the Lemnetea and Potamogetonetea classes in Western Sicily was surveyed and analyzed. 85 lakes and small pools were investigated collecting 147 phytosociological unpublished relevés to integrate the very scarce available data (only 3 relevés). By applying statistical analyses on abundances data and on the bases of physiognomy and dominant species, two alliances (Lemnion minoris and Stratiotion) and four different coenoses have been identify for the Lemnetea class; while 11 associations, assigned to two orders (Potamogetonetalia pectinati and Callitricho hamulatae-Ranunculetalia aquatilis) and four alliances (Potamogetonion, Nymphaeion albae, Ranunculion aquatilis and Ranunculion omiophyllo-hederacei) have been recognized for the Potamogetonetea class. A new association (Junco bufonii-Ranunculetum omiophylli ass. nov.) and a new subassociation (Ranunculetum peltati ranunculetosum rionii subass. nov.) have been proposed, whereas other six vegetation units were found to be new for the study area (Potamogetono-Ceratophylletum submersi, Potamogetonetum pusilli, Ranunculetum aquatilis, Ranunculetum peltati and Ranunculetum rionii, Lemno-Callitrichetum obtusangulae). For all the coenoses recognized, new insights on the floristic composition, syntaxonomy, synphiognomy, synecology and synchorology are reported, offering a reasoned overview of the aquatic vegetation of the western sector of the main Mediterranean island.

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2021
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6. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 11

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Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Sebastiano Andreatta, Emmanuelle Argenti, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Simonetta Bagella, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Serlapo Bardi, Giulio Barone, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Alessio Bertolli, Nello Biscotti, Fabrizio Bonali, Federica Bonini, Daniele Bonsanto, Giuseppe Brundu, Sergio Buono, Orazio Caldarella, Giacomo Calvia, Salvatore Cambria, Giuliano Campus, Maria C. Caria, Fabio Conti, Andrea Coppi, Davide Dagnino, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Emilio Di Gristina, Emmanuele Farris, Giulio Ferretti, Francesco Festi, Mauro Fois, Fabrizio Furlani, Daniela Gigante, Riccardo Guarino, Leonardo Gubellini, Nicole Hofmann, Duilio Iamonico, Pedro Jiménez-Mejias, Alfonso La Rosa, Valentina L. A. Laface, Andrea Lallai, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Michele Lonati, Vanessa Lozano, Fabio Luchino, Jacopo Lupoletti, Sara Magrini, Andrea Mainetti, Dino Marchetti, Paolo Marenzi, Michela Marignani, Marco Martignoni, Giacomo Mei, Flavio Menini, Marco Merli, Michele Mugnai, Carmelo M. Musarella, Gianluca Nicolella, Amara Noor Hussain, Nicola Olivieri, Stefano Orlandini, Simonetta Peccenini, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Antonio Pica, Nicola Pilon, Lorenzo Pinzani, Marco Pittarello, Lina Podda, Massimiliano Probo, Filippo Prosser, Claudio Raffaelli, Simone Ravetto Enri, Giovanni Rivieccio, Leonardo Rosati, Simona Sarmati, Filippo Scafidi, Federico Selvi, Alexander N. Sennikov, Giovanna Sotgiu Cocco, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Gianmarco Tavilla, Valeria Tomaselli, Davide Tomasi, Giulia Tomasi, Maurizio Trenchi, Claudia Turcato, Filip Verloove, Daniele Viciani, Milena Villa, Robert P. Wagensommer, and Lorenzo Lastrucci

Subjects
Botany, QK1-989
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.

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2021
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7. Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 11

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Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Sebastiano Andreatta, Carlo Argenti, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Sandro Ballelli, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Giuseppina Barberis, Gianni Bedini, Rossano Bolpagni, Fabrizio Bonali, Maurizio Bovio, Ian Briozzo, Agostino Brusco, Orazio Caldarella, Giuliano Campus, Laura Cancellieri, Luciana Carotenuto, Emanuele Cheli, Davide Dagnino, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Emmanuele Farris, Giulio Ferretti, Goffredo Filibeck, Bruno Foggi, Antonio Gabellini, Gabriele Galasso, Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Günter Gottschlich, Leonardo Gubellini, Nicole Hofmann, Duilio Iamonico, Valentina L. A. Laface, Michele Lonati, Domenico Lucarini, Jacopo Lupoletti, Roberto Marchianò, Paolo Marenzi, Marco Martignoni, Giacomo Mei, Flavio Menini, Marco Merli, Carmelo M. Musarella, Simone Orsenigo, Simonetta Peccenini, Riccardo Pennesi, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Antonio Pica, Lorenzo Pinzani, Gianluca Piovesan, Marco Pittarello, Lina Podda, Simone Ravetto Enri, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Leonardo Rosati, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Sarah Tonelli, Maurizio Trenchi, Claudia Turcato, Daniele Viciani, and Lorenzo Lastrucci

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Botany, QK1-989
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes to the Italian administrative regions. A new combination in the genus Pilosella is proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.

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2021
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8. New Data on Native and Alien Vascular Flora of Sicily (Italy): New Findings and Updates

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Salvatore Cambria, Dario Azzaro, Orazio Caldarella, Michele Aleo, Giuseppe Bazan, Riccardo Guarino, Giancarlo Torre, Antonia Egidia Cristaudo, Vincenzo Ilardi, Alfonso La Rosa, Valentina Lucia Astrid Laface, Fabio Luchino, Francesco Mascia, Pietro Minissale, Saverio Sciandrello, Luca Tosetto, and Gianmarco Tavilla

Subjects
mediterranean flora, biodiversity records, distribution range, exotic species, floristic records, invasive plants, Botany, QK1-989
Abstract

In this paper, based on fieldwork and herbaria surveys, new data concerning the presence of 32 native and alien vascular species for Sicily (Italy) are provided. Among the native species, the occurrence of the following taxa is reported for the first time or confirmed after many decades of non-observation: Aira multiculmis, Arum maculatum, Carex flacca subsp. flacca, Mentha longifolia, Oxybasis chenopodioides, Najas minor and Xiphion junceum. Furthermore, we document the presence of three native species (Cornus mas, Juncus foliosus and Limonium avei) that, despite being repeatedly observed in Sicily and reported in the literature, are inexplicably omitted by the most recent authoritative checklists regarding the flora of Italy. Finally, fifteen alien species new to Sicily (including one new to Europe, i.e., Pyrus betulifolia) are reported and seven poorly documented allochthonous taxa are confirmed for the island, and for two of them, a status change is proposed. These new or confirmed records allow us to better define the European and national distribution of the targeted taxa and offer new insights on the native and alien flora of Sicily.

Published
2023
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9. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 8

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Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Sebastiano Andreatta, Claudia Angiolini, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Claudio Aristarchi, Matteo Arnoul, Mattia M. Azzella, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Silvia Bodino, Giacomo Bommartini, Gianmaria Bonari, Sergio Buono, Vito Buono, Orazio Caldarella, Giacomo Calvia, Emilio Corti, Marco D'Antraccoli, Rocco De Luca, Fabrizio De Mattia, Stefano Di Natale, Alessandra Di Turi, Assunta Esposito, Giulio Ferretti, Tiberio Fiaschi, Maria C. Fogu, Luigi Forte, Jessica Frigerio, Leonardo Gubellini, Lorenzo Guzzetti, Nicole Hofmann, Valentina L. A. Laface, Gaetano Laghetti, Andrea Lallai, Alfonso La Rosa, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Silvano Lodetti, Michele Lonati, Fabio Luchino, Sara Magrini, Andrea Mainetti, Michela Marignani, Gina Maruca, Pietro Medagli, Giacomo Mei, Flavio Menini, Valerio Mezzasalma, Alice Misuri, Sara Mossini, Michele Mugnai, Carmelo M. Musarella, Ginevra Nota, Nicola Olivieri, Alessia Padula, Marziano Pascale, Federico Pasquini, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Gianni Picella, Lorenzo Pinzani, Silvia Pirani, Marco Pittarello, Lina Podda, Simone Ravetto Enri, Carmelo D. Rifici, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Rosario Romano, Leonardo Rosati, Filippo Scafidi, Enrico Scarici, Marco Scarici, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Robert P. Wagensommer, Giovanni Zanoni, and Chiara Nepi

Subjects
Botany, QK1-989
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Bunias, Calocedrus, Calycanthus, Celosia, Clerodendrum, Convolvulus, Crassula, Cyclamen, Datura, Dicliptera, Eragrostis, Erigeron, Gamochaeta, Gazania, Impatiens, Kolkwitzia, Leucaena, Ludwigia, Medicago, Muscari, Nigella, Oenothera, Opuntia, Paulownia, Petroselinum, Phyllostachys, Physalis, Pseudosasa, Quercus, Reynoutria, Roldana, Saccharum, Sedum, Semiarundinaria, Senecio, Sisyrinchium, Solanum, Sporobolus, Tulipa, Vachellia, Verbena, and Youngia. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.

Published
2019
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10. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 7

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Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Nicola M.G. Ardenghi, Claudio Aristarchi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianmaria Bonari, Daniela Bouvet, Giuseppe Brundu, Sergio Buono, Orazio Caldarella, Giacomo Calvia, Ana Cano-Ortiz, Emilio Corti, Francesco S. D’Amico, Marco D’Antraccoli, Alessandra Di Turi, Moreno Dutto, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Giulio Ferretti, Tiberio Fiaschi, Claudia Ganz, Riccardo Guarino, Mauro Iberite, Valentina L.A. Laface, Alfonso La Rosa, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Marta Latini, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Michele Lonati, Vanessa Lozano, Fabio Luchino, Sara Magrini, Andrea Mainetti, Manuela Manca, Michele Mugnai, Carmelo M. Musarella, Gianluca Nicolella, Nicola Olivieri, Ines Orrù, Gaetano Pazienza, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Lina Podda, Filippo Prosser, Simone Ravetto Enri, Silvana Restivo, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Alessandro Ruggero, Anna Scoppola, Federico Selvi, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Massimo Terzi, Manuel Tiburtini, Emilia Tornatore, Roberto Vetromile, and Chiara Nepi

Subjects
Botany, QK1-989
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Abies, Actinidia, Aloe, Amaryllis, Anredera, Arctotheca, Bidens, Cardiospermum, Celosia, Commelina, Cotoneaster, Cyclamen, Eclipta, Euphorbia, Grevillea, Hedera, Hibiscus, Impatiens, Juglans, Kalanchoe, Koelreuteria, Lindernia, Melinis, Myriophyllum, Nandina, Nicotiana, Oenothera, Oxalis, Parthenocissus, Phoenix, Phyllanthus, Physalis, Plumbago, Pteris, Quercus, Setaria, Symphytum, Tagetes, and Washingtonia. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.

Published
2019
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11. Checklist of gypsophilous vascular flora in Italy

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Carmelo Maria Musarella, Antonio Jesús Mendoza-Fernández, Juan Francisco Mota, Alessandro Alessandrini, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Salvatore Brullo, Orazio Caldarella, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Fabio Conti, Luciano Di Martino, Amedeo Falci, Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Riccardo Guarino, Aurelio Manzi, Pietro Minissale, Sergio Montanari, Salvatore Pasta, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Lina Podda, Saverio Sciandrello, Leonardo Scuderi, Angelo Troia, and Giovanni Spampinato

Subjects
Botany, QK1-989
Abstract

Our understanding of the richness and uniqueness of the flora growing on gypsum substrates in Italy has grown significantly since the 19th century and, even today, new plant species are still being discovered. However, the plants and plant communities, growing on gypsum substrates in Italy, are still a relatively unknown subject. The main aim of this paper was to elaborate a checklist of the Italian gypsophilous flora, to increase knowledge about this peculiar flora and for which conservation efforts need to be addressed. Through a structured group communication process of experts (application of the Delphi technique), a remarkable number of experienced Italian botanists have joined together to select focal plant species linked to gypsum substrates. From the results obtained, 31 plant species behave as absolute or preferent taxa (gypsophytes and gypsoclines) and form the ‘core’ Italian gypsophilous flora. The most abundant life forms were chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes, belonging to Poaceae and Brassicaceae; as for chorotypes, the most represented are Mediterranean and narrow endemics. By improving on previously available information about the flora with a clear preference for gypsum in Italy, this undertaking represents an important contribution to the knowledge of a habitat which is today considered a priority for conservation.

Published
2018
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13. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 11

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Giovanna Sotgiu Cocco, Emmanuele Farris, Francesco Festi, Nicola Pilon, Fabrizio Furlani, Filippo Scafidi, Andrea Coppi, Giulio Barone, Vanessa Lozano, Daniele Viciani, Lorenzo Pinzani, D. Marchetti, Emmanuelle Argenti, Simonetta Bagella, Filip Verloove, Leonardo Rosati, Milena Villa, Duilio Iamonico, Sergio Buono, Giulio Ferretti, Alessio Bertolli, Valentina Laface, Paolo Marenzi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Daniele Bonsanto, Mauro Fois, Gabriele Galasso, Alexander N. Sennikov, Sebastiano Andreatta, Flavio Menini, Gianniantonio Domina, Marco Merli, Simona Sarmati, L. Gubellini, Robert P. Wagensommer, Federico Selvi, Stefano Orlandini, Serlapo Bardi, Fabio Luchino, Nicola Olivieri, Valeria Tomaselli, Michela Marignani, Giacomo Calvia, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Nello Biscotti, Nicole Hofmann, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Adriano Stinca, Marco Martignoni, Salvatore Cambria, Claudio Raffaelli, Lina Podda, Alfonso La Rosa, Giulia Tomasi, Giuseppe Brundu, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Fabio Conti, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Claudia Turcato, Simonetta Peccenini, Gianluca Nicolella, Michele Mugnai, Sara Magrini, Giovanni Rivieccio, Giacomo Mei, Daniela Gigante, Jacopo Lupoletti, Gianmarco Tavilla, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, Simone Ravetto Enri, Massimiliano Probo, Enrico Banfi, Filippo Prosser, Antonio Pica, Riccardo Guarino, Andrea Lallai, Davide Dagnino, Davide Tomasi, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Fabrizio Bonali, Michele Lonati, Andrea Mainetti, Amara Noor Hussain, Giuliano Campus, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Orazio Caldarella, Davide Barberis, Maurizio Trenchi, Emilio Di Gristina, Federica Bonini, Maria Carmela Caria, UAM. Departamento de Biología, Galasso, G., Domina, G., Andreatta, S., Argenti, E., Bacchetta, G., Bagella, S., Banfi, E., Barberis, D., Bardi, S., Barone, G., Bartolucci, F., Bertolli, A., Biscotti, N., Bonali, F., Bonini, F., Bonsanto, D., Brundu, G., Buono, S., Caldarella, O., Calvia, G., Cambria, S., Campus, G., Caria, M. C., Conti, F., Coppi, A., Dagnino, D., Del Guacchio, E., Di Gristina, E., Farris, E., Ferretti, G., Festi, F., Fois, M., Furlani, F., Gigante, D., Guarino, R., Gubellini, L., Hofmann, N., Iamonico, D., Jimenez-Mejias, P., La Rosa, A., Laface, V. L. A., Lallai, A., Lazzaro, L., Lonati, M., Lozano, V., Luchino, F., Lupoletti, J., Magrini, S., Mainetti, A., Marchetti, D., Marenzi, P., Marignani, M., Martignoni, M., Mei, G., Menini, F., Merli, M., Mugnai, M., Musarella, C. M., Nicolella, G., Hussain, A. N., Olivieri, N., Orlandini, S., Peccenini, S., Peruzzi, L., Pica, A., Pilon, N., Pinzani, L., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Probo, M., Prosser, F., Raffaelli, C., Enri, S. R., Rivieccio, G., Rosati, L., Sarmati, S., Scafidi, F., Selvi, F., Sennikov, A. N., Cocco, G. S., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Tavilla, G., Tomaselli, V., Tomasi, D., Tomasi, G., Trenchi, M., Turcato, C., Verloove, F., Viciani, D., Villa, M., Wagensommer, R. P., Lastrucci, L., Botany, Galasso, Gabriele, Domina, Gianniantonio, Andreatta, Sebastiano, Argenti, Emmanuelle, Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Bagella, Simonetta, Banfi, Enrico, Barberis, Davide, Bardi, Serlapo, Barone, Giulio, Bartolucci, Fabrizio, Bertolli, Alessio, Biscotti, Nello, Bonali, Fabrizio, Bonini, Federica, Bonsanto, Daniele, Brundu, Giuseppe, Buono, Sergio, Caldarella, Orazio, Calvia, Giacomo, Cambria, Salvatore, Campus, Giuliano, Caria, Maria C., Conti, Fabio, Coppi, Andrea, Dagnino, Davide, Del Guacchio, Emanuele, Di Gristina, Emilio, Farris, Emmanuele, Ferretti, Giulio, Festi, Francesco, Fois, Mauro, Furlani, Fabrizio, Gigante, Daniela, Guarino, Riccardo, Gubellini, Leonardo, Hofmann, Nicole, Iamonico, Duilio, Jiménez-Mejias, Pedro, La Rosa, Alfonso, Laface, Valentina L. A., Lallai, Andrea, Lazzaro, Lorenzo, Lonati, Michele, Lozano, Vanessa, Luchino, Fabio, Lupoletti, Jacopo, Magrini, Sara, Mainetti, Andrea, Marchetti, Dino, Marenzi, Paolo, Marignani, Michela, Martignoni, Marco, Mei, Giacomo, Menini, Flavio, Merli, Marco, Mugnai, Michele, Musarella, Carmelo M., Nicolella, Gianluca, Noor Hussain, Amara, Olivieri, Nicola, Orlandini, Stefano, Peccenini, Simonetta, Peruzzi, Lorenzo, Pica, Antonio, Pilon, Nicola, Pinzani, Lorenzo, Pittarello, Marco, Podda, Lina, Probo, Massimiliano, Prosser, Filippo, Raffaelli, Claudio, Ravetto Enri, Simone, Rivieccio, Giovanni, Rosati, Leonardo, Sarmati, Simona, Scafidi, Filippo, Selvi, Federico, Sennikov, Alexander N., Sotgiu Cocco, Giovanna, Spampinato, Giovanni, Stinca, Adriano, Tavilla, Gianmarco, Tomaselli, Valeria, Tomasi, Davide, Tomasi, Giulia, Trenchi, Maurizio, Turcato, Claudia, Verloove, Filip, Viciani, Daniele, Villa, Milena, Wagensommer, Robert P., and Lastrucci, Lorenzo

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Flora, Alien species, Plant Science, Alien, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, floristic data, Floristic Data, Nomenclature, Alien specie, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Botany, 11831 Plant biology, Biología y Biomedicina / Biología, Alien Species, Geography, Italy, QK1-989, Alien species, floristic data, Italy, nomenclature, nomenclature, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

Publisher Copyright: © This dataset is made available under the Open Database License (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/). The Open Database License (ODbL) is a license agreement intended to allow users to freely share, modify, and use this Dataset while maintaining this same freedom for others, provided that the original source and author(s) are credited In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.

Published
2021

14. Contribution to the knowledge of Mediterranean wetland vegetation: Lemnetea and Potamogetonetea classes in Western Sicily

Author

Rossano Bolpagni, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Orazio Caldarella, Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, and CALDARELLA O., LASTRUCCI L., BOLPAGNI R., GIANGUZZI L.

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Mediterranean climate, Ecology, plant community classification, Wetland vegetation, phytosociology, aquatic vegetation, biological conservation, Mediterranean islands, phytosociology, plant community classification, Sicily, small standing-water ecosystem, Plant culture, Mediterranean islands, Forestry, Plant Science, biological conservation, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, small standing-water ecosystem, SB1-1110, Geography, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, QK900-989, Plant ecology, aquatic vegetation, Sicily, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

The freshwater aquatic vegetation of the Lemnetea and Potamogetonetea classes in Western Sicily was surveyed and analyzed. 85 lakes and small pools were investigated collecting 147 phytosociological unpublished relevés to integrate the very scarce available data (only 3 relevés). By applying statistical analyses on abundances data and on the bases of physiognomy and dominant species, two alliances (Lemnion minoris and Stratiotion) and four different coenoses have been identify for the Lemnetea class; while 11 associations, assigned to two orders (Potamogetonetalia pectinati and Callitricho hamulatae-Ranunculetalia aquatilis) and four alliances (Potamogetonion, Nymphaeion albae, Ranunculion aquatilis and Ranunculion omiophyllo-hederacei) have been recognized for the Potamogetonetea class. A new association (Junco bufonii-Ranunculetum omiophylli ass. nov.) and a new subassociation (Ranunculetum peltati ranunculetosum rionii subass. nov.) have been proposed, whereas other six vegetation units were found to be new for the study area (Potamogetono-Ceratophylletum submersi, Potamogetonetum pusilli, Ranunculetum aquatilis, Ranunculetum peltati and Ranunculetum rionii, Lemno-Callitrichetum obtusangulae). For all the coenoses recognized, new insights on the floristic composition, syntaxonomy, synphiognomy, synecology and synchorology are reported, offering a reasoned overview of the aquatic vegetation of the western sector of the main Mediterranean island.

Published
2021

15. Notulae To The Italian Native Vascular Flora: 11

Author

Davide Dagnino, Nicole Hofmann, Roberto Marchianò, Goffredo Filibeck, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Fabrizio Bonali, Riccardo Pennesi, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Giacomo Mei, Giulio Ferretti, Flavio Menini, Agostino Brusco, Duilio Iamonico, Gianniantonio Domina, Gianluca Piovesan, Valentina Laface, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Antonio Pica, G. Barberis, M. Bovio, A. Gabellini, Laura Cancellieri, L. Gubellini, Paolo Marenzi, Leonardo Rosati, Marco Martignoni, Rossano Bolpagni, Carlo Argenti, Jacopo Lupoletti, Sandro Ballelli, Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Gabriele Galasso, Marco Merli, Lorenzo Pinzani, Bruno Foggi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Michele Lonati, Sarah Tonelli, Davide Barberis, Simone Ravetto Enri, Maurizio Trenchi, Luciana Carotenuto, Lina Podda, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, Enrico Banfi, Giuliano Campus, Emanuele Cheli, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Claudia Turcato, Adriano Stinca, Daniele Viciani, Orazio Caldarella, Domenico Lucarini, Emmanuele Farris, Sebastiano Andreatta, Gianni Bedini, Ian Briozzo, Simonetta Peccenini, Günter Gottschlich, Simone Orsenigo, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Bartolucci, F., Domina, G., Andreatta, S., Argenti, C., Bacchetta, G., Ballelli, S., Banfi, E., Barberis, D., Barberis, G., Bedini, G., Bolpagni, R., Bonali, F., Bovio, M., Briozzo, I., Brusco, A., Caldarella, O., Campus, G., Cancellieri, L., Carotenuto, L., Cheli, E., Dagnino, D., Guacchio, E. D., Farris, E., Ferretti, G., Filibeck, G., Foggi, B., Gabellini, A., Galasso, G., Gianguzzi, L., Gottschlich, G., Gubellini, L., Hofmann, N., Iamonico, D., Laface, V. L. A., Lonati, M., Lucarini, D., Lupoletti, J., Marchiano, R., Marenzi, P., Martignoni, M., Mei, G., Menini, F., Merli, M., Musarella, C. M., Orsenigo, S., Peccenini, S., Pennesi, R., Peruzzi, L., Pica, A., Pinzani, L., Piovesan, G., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Enri, S. R., Roma-Marzio, F., Rosati, L., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Tonelli, S., Trenchi, M., Turcato, C., Viciani, D., Lastrucci, L., and BARTOLUCCI F., DOMINA G., ANDREATTA S., ARGENTI C., BACCHETTA G., BALLELLI S., BANFI E., BARBERIS D., BARBERIS G., BEDINI G., BOLPAGNI R., BONALI F., BOVIO M., BRIOZZO I., BRUSCO A., CALDARELLA O., CAMPUS G., CANCELLIERI L., CAROTENUTO L., CHELI E., DAGNINO D., DEL GUACCHIO E., FARRIS E., FERRETTI G., FILIBECK F., FOGGI B., GABELLINI A., GALASSO G., GIANGUZZI L., GOTTSCHLICH G., GUBELLINI L., HOFMANN N., IAMONICO D., LAFACE V.L.A., LONATI M., LUCARINI D., LUPOLETTI J., MARCHIANÒ R., MARENZI P., MARTIGNONI M., MEI G., MENINI F., MERLI M., MUSARELLA C.M., ORSENIGO S., PECCENINI S., PENNESI R., PERUZZI L., PICA A., PINZANI L., PIOVESAN G., PITTARELLO M., PODDA L., RAVETTO ENRI S., ROMA-MARZIO F., ROSATI L., SPAMPINATO G., STINCA A., TONELLI S., TRENCHI M., TURCATO C., VICIANI D., LASTRUCCI L.

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Flora, Endemic taxa, Endemic taxa, Floristic data, Italy, Floristic data, Italy, Botany, Zoology, Plant Science, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, QK1-989, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes to the Italian administrative regions. A new combination in the genus Pilosella is proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.

Published
2021

16. A multivariate morphometric analysis of diagnostic traits in southern Italy and Sicily pubescent oaks

Author

Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, Giovanni Spampinato, Paola Fortini, Piera Di Marzio, Romeo Di Pietro, Orazio Caldarella, Antonio Luca Conte, and DI PIETRO R., CONTE A.L., DI MARZIO P., GIANGUZZI L., SPAMPINATO G., CALDARELLA O., FORTINI P.

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Multivariate statistics, Species complex, diagnostic morphological characters, nomenclature, quercus, southern Europe, taxonomy, Paleontology, Zoology, Plant Science, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Plant ecology, Taxon, Diagnostic morphological characters, Nomenclature, Quercus, Southern Europe, Taxonomy, Botánica, Taxonomy (biology), Identification (biology), Nomenclature, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

Species identification within the species complex ofQ. pubescensis a well-known taxonomic challenge among European botanists. Some of the specific pubescent oak binomials currently accepted in various European floras and checklists were originally described in Sicily and southern Calabria. As a consequence, several species belonging to the pubescent oaks group (Q. pubescens,Q. amplifolia,Q. congesta,Q. dalechampii,Q. leptobalanaandQ. virgiliana) are reported in the taxonomic and phytosociological literature. To verify whether it was possible to associate a diverse set of morphological characters with each of these different taxa, thirteen natural populations of pubescent oak from Sicily and southern Calabria were sampled. A total of 391 trees, 3,887 leaves and 1,047 fruits were collected. Overall, 28 morphological characters of oak leaves and fruits were statistically analysed using univariate and multivariate procedures. The results showed that neither the groups of morphological diversity identified by cluster analysis, nor those obtained by our expert identification through the use of analytical keys, matched with the current taxonomical frameworks as proposed by the most recent floras and checklists. Nearly all of the morphological characters considered displayed a more or less continuous trend of variation, both within and among populations. In the light of these findings it seems unlikely that more than one biological species of pubescent oak occurs in Sicily and southern Calabria.

Published
2020

17. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 7

Author

Giuseppe Brundu, Michele Lonati, Fabio Luchino, Adriano Stinca, Gabriele Galasso, Francesco Saverio D’Amico, Sergio Buono, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Ines Orrù, Chiara Nepi, Gianniantonio Domina, Nicola Olivieri, Marco D'Antraccoli, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Marta Latini, Emilia Tornatore, Michele Mugnai, Sara Magrini, Federico Selvi, M. Manca, Lina Podda, Vanessa Lozano, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Giulio Ferretti, Riccardo Guarino, Manuel Tiburtini, Silvana Restivo, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Daniela Bouvet, Giacomo Calvia, Orazio Caldarella, Valentina Laface, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Giovanni Spampinato, Emilio Corti, Filippo Prosser, Moreno Dutto, Claudio Aristarchi, Alessandra Di Turi, Simone Ravetto Enri, Mauro Iberite, Anna Scoppola, Gaetano Pazienza, Gianmaria Bonari, Tiberio Fiaschi, Roberto Vetromile, Gianluca Nicolella, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Claudia Ganz, Ana Cano-Ortiz, Massimo Terzi, Andrea Mainetti, Alfonso La Rosa, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Alessandro Ruggero, Galasso G., Domina G., Ardenghi N.M., Aristarchi C., Bacchetta G., Bartolucci F., Bonari G., Bouvet D., Brundu G., Buono S., Caldarella O., Calvia G., Cano-Ortiz A., Corti E., D'Amico F.S., D'Antraccoli M., Turi A.D., Dutto M., Fanfarillo E., Ferretti G., Fiaschi T., Ganz C., Guarino R., Iberite M., Laface V.L.A., La Rosa A., Lastrucci L., Latini M., Lazzaro L., Lonati M., Lozano V., Luchino F., Magrini S., Mainetti A., Manca M., Mugnai M., Musarella C.M., Nicolella G., Olivieri N., Orru I., Pazienza G., Peruzzi L., Podda L., Prosser F., Enri S.R., Restivo S., Roma-Marzio F., Ruggero A., Scoppola A., Selvi F., Spampinato G., Stinca A., Terzi M., Tiburtini M., Tornatore E., Vetromile R., and Nepi C.

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Flora, alien species, floristic data, Italy, Ecology, Alien species, Floristic data, Plant Science, Alien, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, lcsh:QK1-989, Geography, Alien species, floristic data, Italy, lcsh:Botany, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Alien specie, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Abies, Actinidia, Aloe, Amaryllis, Anredera, Arctotheca, Bidens, Cardiospermum, Celosia, Commelina, Cotoneaster, Cyclamen, Eclipta, Euphorbia, Grevillea, Hedera, Hibiscus, Impatiens, Juglans, Kalanchoe, Koelreuteria, Lindernia, Melinis, Myriophyllum, Nandina, Nicotiana, Oenothera, Oxalis, Parthenocissus, Phoenix, Phyllanthus, Physalis, Plumbago, Pteris, Quercus, Setaria, Symphytum, Tagetes, and Washingtonia. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.

Published
2019

18. Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 8

Author

Andrea Mainetti, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Lina Podda, Giulio Ferretti, Ginevra Nota, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Gina Maruca, Sara Magrini, Sergio Buono, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Enrico Scarici, Giovanni Zanoni, L. Gubellini, Michele Lonati, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Silvano Lodetti, Lorenzo Guzzetti, Rocco De Luca, Claudio Aristarchi, Valerio Mezzasalma, Filippo Scafidi, Leonardo Rosati, Stefano Di Natale, Fabrizio De Mattia, Gaetano Laghetti, Marco Pittarello, Giovanni Spampinato, Michela Marignani, Gabriele Galasso, Silvia Pirani, Orazio Caldarella, Assunta Esposito, Lorenzo Pinzani, Matteo Arnoul, Marco D'Antraccoli, Flavio Menini, Marziano Pascale, Fabio Luchino, Carmelo D. Rifici, Chiara Nepi, Sara Mossini, Gianniantonio Domina, Alessia Padula, Gianmaria Bonari, Adriano Stinca, Nicola Olivieri, Federico Pasquini, Robert P. Wagensommer, Giacomo Calvia, Sebastiano Andreatta, Rosario Romano, Maria Caterina Fogu, Pietro Medagli, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Vito Buono, Nicole Hofmann, Valentina Laface, Emilio Corti, Tiberio Fiaschi, Jessica Frigerio, Gianni Picella, Giacomo Mei, Michele Mugnai, Silvia Bodino, Alice Misuri, Simone Ravetto Enri, Claudia Angiolini, Mattia M. Azzella, Alessandra Di Turi, Luigi Forte, Andrea Lallai, Giacomo Bommartini, Marco Scarici, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Alfonso La Rosa, Galasso, G., Domina, G., Andreatta, S., Angiolini, C., Ardenghi, N. M. G., Aristarchi, C., Arnoul, M., Azzella, M. M., Bacchetta, G., Bartolucci, F., Bodino, S., Bommartini, G., Bonari, G., Buono, S., Buono, V., Caldarella, O., Calvia, G., Corti, E., D'Antraccoli, M., De Luca, R., De Mattia, F., Di Natale, S., Di Turi, A., Esposito, A., Ferretti, G., Fiaschi, T., Fogu, M. C., Forte, L., Frigerio, J., Gubellini, L., Guzzetti, L., Hofmann, N., Laface, V. L. A., Laghetti, G., Lallai, A., La Rosa, A., Lazzaro, L., Lodetti, S., Lonati, M., Luchino, F., Magrini, S., Mainetti, A., Marignani, M., Maruca, G., Medagli, P., Mei, G., Menini, F., Mezzasalma, V., Misuri, A., Mossini, S., Mugnai, M., Musarella, C. M., Nota, G., Olivieri, N., Padula, A., Pascale, M., Pasquini, F., Peruzzi, L., Picella, G., Pinzani, L., Pirani, S., Pittarello, M., Podda, L., Enri, S. R., Rifici, C. D., Roma-Marzio, F., Romano, R., Rosati, L., Scafidi, F., Scarici, E., Scarici, M., Spampinato, G., Stinca, A., Wagensommer, R. P., Zanoni, G., Nepi, C., Galasso G., Domina G., Andreatta S., Angiolini C., Ardenghi N.M.G., Aristarchi C., Arnoul M., Azzella M.M., Bacchetta G., Bartolucci F., Bodino S., Bommartini G., Bonari G., Buono S., Buono V., Caldarella O., Calvia G., Corti E., D'Antraccoli M., De Luca R., De Mattia F., Di Natale S., Di Turi A., Esposito A., Ferretti G., Fiaschi T., Fogu M.C., Forte L., Frigerio J., Gubellini L., Guzzetti L., Hofmann N., Laface V.L.A., Laghetti G., Lallai A., La Rosa A., Lazzaro L., Lodetti S., Lonati M., Luchino F., Magrini S., Mainetti A., Marignani M., Maruca G., Medagli P., Mei G., Menini F., Mezzasalma V., Misuri A., Mossini S., Mugnai M., Musarella C.M., Nota G., Olivieri N., Padula A., Pascale M., Pasquini F., Peruzzi L., Picella G., Pinzani L., Pirani S., Pittarello M., Podda L., Enri S.R., Rifici C.D., Roma-Marzio F., Romano R., Rosati L., Scafidi F., Scarici E., Scarici M., Spampinato G., Stinca A., Wagensommer R.P., Zanoni G., and Nepi C.

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Flora, Ecology, Alien species, Floristic data, Plant Science, Alien, Biology, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, lcsh:QK1-989, Italy, Alien species, Floristic data, Italy, lcsh:Botany, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Alien specie, 010606 plant biology & botany
Abstract

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Bunias, Calocedrus, Calycanthus, Celosia, Clerodendrum, Convolvulus, Crassula, Cyclamen, Datura, Dicliptera, Eragrostis, Erigeron, Gamochaeta, Gazania, Impatiens, Kolkwitzia, Leucaena, Ludwigia, Medicago, Muscari, Nigella, Oenothera, Opuntia, Paulownia, Petroselinum, Phyllostachys, Physalis, Pseudosasa, Quercus, Reynoutria, Roldana, Saccharum, Sedum, Semiarundinaria, Senecio, Sisyrinchium, Solanum, Sporobolus, Tulipa, Vachellia, Verbena, and Youngia. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.

Published
2019

20. The vascular flora of Nature Reserve 'Pizzo Cane, Pizzo Trigna and Grotta Mazzamuto' (NW Sicily)

Author

Orazio Caldarella, Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, Salvatore Romano, Silvio Fici, and Orazio Caldarella, Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Salvatore Romano, Silvio Fici

Subjects
Nature reserve, Flora, Ecology, biology, endemism, floristic biodiversity, phytogeography, Nature reserve, Sicily, Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica, Plant Science, Phytogeography, biology.organism_classification, Floristics, Herbarium, Centaurea, Eryngium, Endemism, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

A floristic investigation was carried out in “Pizzo Cane, Pizzo Trigna and Grotta Mazzamuto” Nature Reserve, one of the largest in Sicily. In spite of the considerable botanical interest of this area, few data were available from classic and recent literature. Based on field investigations, coupled with bibliographic and herbarium researches, we have listed 951 infrageneric taxa belonging to 103 families and 446 genera. A lot of these entities are reported in this area for the first time, for others ancient records are confirmed. Life form analysis shows the dominance of therophytes (44,79%) and hemicryptophytes (27,77%). From a chorological point of view, Mediterranean elements show a great incidence (72,12%). Endemism, at different levels, is represented by 59 taxa (6,20% of the local flora); some of these are exclusive of northwestern Sicily (Centaurea ucriae, Centaurea umbrosa and Oncostema cerulea), others are endemic to whole Sicily (Erysimum metlesicsii, Helichrysum pendulum, Eryngium bocconii, Leontodon siculus, Ophrys panormitana, Ophrys lunulata, etc.) or to central Mediterranean area, i.e. Sardinia, Italian Peninsula, Maltese Islands, Tunisia (Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. arbuscula, Orchis brancifortii, Arabis rosea, Brassica rupestris, Matthiola incana subsp. rupestris, Dianthus rupicola, Iberis semperflorens, Ophrys oxyrrhynchos, Stipa austroitalica subsp. appendiculata). Some other species are interesting from a phytogeographical and conservational point of view, e.g. Eryngium pusillum, Ilex aquifolium, Potamogeton pusillum, Rhaponticum coniferum, Sorbus torminalis, Trifolium physodes, Vicia sicula, etc. Furthermore, this area represents the unic sicilian site of Hornungia pauciflora. The high floristic biodiversity of the area is threatened by fire events, reafforestation with allochthonous species and other human activities suggesting the urgent need of a more effective policy of sustainable management.

Published
2009

21. Distribution, ecology and conservation survey on Trifolium michelianum Savi (Fabaceae) in Sicily (Italy)

Author

A. La Rosa, Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, Dario Cusimano, Orazio Caldarella, Salvatore Romano, CALDARELLA, O, LA ROSA, A, CUSIMANO, D, ROMANO, S, and GIANGUZZI, L

Subjects
Trifolium michelianum, Mediterranean climate, Conservation of nature, critically endangered species, “Mediterranean temporary ponds (3270)”, phytosociology, Sicilian flora, Phytosociology, Ecology, business.industry, Ecology (disciplines), Distribution (economics), Plant Science, Fabaceae, Biology, language.human_language, Critically endangered, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, language, business, Sicilian, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

We report the identification of four residual stations for Trifolium michelianum Savi (Fabaceae) in Sicily, whereas the species was documented to be extinct at the Gorgo Cerro station (western Sicily), the only locality previously reported in the literature. In addition to an update on the distribution of the species, a survey on the new Sicilian populations led to their biological, ecological and phytosociological characterization, as well as to an assessment of the risk factors. The species, here relegated to the limit of its distribution area, occurs in particularly sensitive and vulnerable environments, such as the “Mediterranean temporary ponds”, considered “priority” by the Council Directive 92/43/EEC. Moreover, a new Sicilian association (Trifolio micheliani–Glycerietum spicatae ass. nova), framed in the alliance Glycerio-Sparganion (class Phragmito- Magnocaricetea), is described.

Published
2013

22. Hieracium busambarense, a new species of the sect. Grovesiana (Asteraceae) from Sicily (Italy)

Author

Gottschlich Günter, Orazio Caldarella, Gianguzzi Lorenzo, Caldarella, O, Gianguzzi, L, and Gottschlich, G

Subjects
Geography, Hieracium, biology, Botany, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, Taxonomy (biology), Plant Science, Asteraceae, Asteraceae, endemic, Hieracium, Sicily, taxonomy, Sect, biology.organism_classification, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract

Hieracium busambarense (Asteraceae), a new species from calcareous-dolomite cliffs of Rocca Busambra (western Sicily, Italy) is described and illustrated here.

Published
2013

23. First record of Ribes uva-crispa L. (Grossulariaceae) from the Madonie Mts., a new species of the Sicilian flora

Author

Salvatore Romano, Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, Orazio Caldarella, Gianguzzi, LA, Caldarella, O, and Romano, S

Subjects
Flora, education.field_of_study, biology, Range (biology), Population, Plant Science, Ribes, Disjunct, biology.organism_classification, language.human_language, Genus, Botany, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, language, education, Sicilian, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Conservation of species, Grossulariaceae, Madonie Mts., Ribes uva-crispa subsp. austro-europaeum, Sicily, Grossulariaceae
Abstract

In this study, a first record of Ribes uva-crispa L. (Grossulariaceae) – a new species of the Sicilian flora – from the Madonie Mts. is reported. The autochthonous and relict new population of Ribes uva-crispa L. (Grossulariaceae) is found on Mount Carbonara (Madonie Mts., North-Central Sicily), which is several hundred kilometers away from the Central Apenninic and the South Mediterranean locations of its distribution range. R. uva-crispa shows a distribution similar to other taxa extending from the Euro-Asiatic area to the mountains of North Africa with disjunct populations on the main Sicilian reliefs (Madonie and Nebrodi Mts.), testifying ancient phytogeographical connections. This noteworthy record adds a new species – as well as a new genus and new family – to the vascular flora of Sicily. Based on the morphological characters, the population found is to be referred to Ribes uva-crispa L. subsp. austro-europaeum (Bornm.) Bech var. glanduligerum (Lindberg) Maire.

Published
2011

24. Note corologiche e problematiche di conservazione in Sicilia su Stipa austroitalica Martinovsky subsp. appendiculata (Celak.) Moraldo (Poaceae)

Author

Orazio Caldarella, Lorenzo Antonino Gianguzzi, Alfonso La Rosa, CALDARELLA, O, LA ROSA, A, and GIANGUZZI, L

Subjects
Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata, Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Stipa austroitalica subsp. appendiculata, Poaceae, Habitats Directive
Abstract

Biogeographia vol. )O(X — 2011 (Pubblicato il 23 dicembre 2011) La Biogeografla della Sicilia Note corologiche e problematiche di conservazione in Sicilia su Stipa austroitalica Martinovsky subsp. appendicalata (CV:elak.) Moraldo (Poaceae) ORAZIO CALDARELLA, ALFONSO LA ROSA, LORENZO GLANGUZZI Universita dz’ Palermo, Dzpartimento dz’ Biologia Ambientale e Bz'oa'z'z/ersita‘, via Arc/Jirafi 38, 90123 Palermo (Italy) Key words: Sicily, Stipa azzstroitalica subsp. appendiculata, Poaceae, Habitats Directive. SUMMARY A survey on distribution, ecology and status of Sicilian population of Stipa au:t7'oitalica subsp. appmdiculata was carried out on the basis of literature, herbarium data and field investigations. Some sites, obtained by histori- cal references, were confirmed, while others resulted to be new findings located in Pizzo Cervo (S. Cristina Gela), Monte Balatelle (Marineo), Serre di Rebuttone (Altofonte) and Pine Selva a Mate (Trabia). The threats and cur- rent protection mcasures allow the authors to point out the need ofconservation of this entity, in accordance with Habitat Directive issue (43/ 92/ CEE). INTRODUZIONE Stipa austroitalica Martinovsky e specie endemica dell’Italia centro—meridio— nale, inclusa negli Allegati H e IV della Direttiva Habitat 92/ 43 CEE. Sulla ba- se di recenti contributi (Moraldo, 1986; Moraldo e Ricceri, 2003), essa ‘e ri- partita in quattro sottospecie: — subsp. austroitalica, presente in Campania (Benevento, alla confluenza del Calore con l’Ufita, e nel Salernitano, presso Buccino; Moraldo, 1986), Molise (Valli del Trigno, del Biferno e del Fortore; Lucchese, 199 5), Abruzzo (Valle del Trigno; Fanelli et al., 2001), Puglia (Gargano, Salento, Murge nord—occiden- tali, Gravine dell’arco ionico), Basilicata (Murgia Materana), versante ionico della Calabria (Moraldo, 1986; Forte et al., 2005, 2007; Biondi e Guerra, 2008) e a Capo dell’Arrni, presso Reggie (Brullo et al., 2001); — subsp. flentana Moraldo et Ricceri, recentemente descritta per una ristret—

Published
2011

25. Checklist of gypsophilous vascular flora in Italy.

Author

Musarella CM, Mendoza-Fernández AJ, Alessandrini JFMA, Brullo GBS, Ciaschetti OCG, Martino FCLD, Gianguzzi AFL, Manzi RGA, Montanari PMS, Peruzzi SPL, Sciandrello LPS, Scuderi L, Troia A, and Spampinato G

Abstract

Our understanding of the richness and uniqueness of the flora growing on gypsum substrates in Italy has grown significantly since the 19 th century and, even today, new plant species are still being discovered. However, the plants and plant communities, growing on gypsum substrates in Italy, are still a relatively unknown subject. The main aim of this paper was to elaborate a checklist of the Italian gypsophilous flora, to increase knowledge about this peculiar flora and for which conservation efforts need to be addressed. Through a structured group communication process of experts (application of the Delphi technique), a remarkable number of experienced Italian botanists have joined together to select focal plant species linked to gypsum substrates. From the results obtained, 31 plant species behave as absolute or preferent taxa (gypsophytes and gypsoclines) and form the 'core' Italian gypsophilous flora. The most abundant life forms were chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes, belonging to Poaceae and Brassicaceae; as for chorotypes, the most represented are Mediterranean and narrow endemics. By improving on previously available information about the flora with a clear preference for gypsum in Italy, this undertaking represents an important contribution to the knowledge of a habitat which is today considered a priority for conservation.

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2018
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