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An updated checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2018.
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Abstract
- An updated inventory of the vascular flora alien to Italy, providing details on the occurrence at regional level, is presented. The checklist includes 1597 species, subspecies, and hybrids, distributed in 725 genera and 152 families; 2 taxa are lycophytes, 11 ferns and fern allies, 33 gymnosperms, and 1551 angiosperms. 157 taxa are archaeophytes and 1440 neophytes. The alien taxa currently established in Italy are 791 (570 naturalized and 221 invasive), while 705 taxa are casual aliens, 4 are not assessed, 7 are of unknown regional distribution, 47 have not been confirmed in recent times, 3 are considered extinct or possibly extinct in the country, and 40 are doubtfully occurring in Italy. This checklist allows to establish an up-to-date number (9792) of taxa constituting the whole (native and alien) Italian flora.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Floristic diversity
Mediterranean flora
non-native flora
plant invasion
taxonomy
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Plant Science
Ecology
Evolution
Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic
nonnative flora
Behavior and Systematics
Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
floristic diversity
mediterranean flora
010606 plant biology & botany
Floristic diversity, Mediterranean flora, nonnative flora, plant invasion, taxonomy
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1c0ecf5ec127d406ee6e09709bc71985