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Corresponding author: Fabrizio Bartolucci ( fabrizio.bartolucci@uniroma1.it ) Academic editor: Stefania Biondi
© 2026 Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Alessandro Alessandrini, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Carlo Argenti, Enrico Banfi, Gianmaria Bonari, Emanuel Bonivento, Diego Cantini, Pasquale Cerbone, Maria Carla de Francesco, Riccardo De Vivo, Emanuele Del Guacchio, Adriano Di Pietro, Romeo Di Pietro, Luigi Forte, Gabriele Galasso, Roberto Gennaio, Luigi Ghillani, Günter Gottschlich, Michele Lonati, Quintino Giovanni Manni, Francesca Mantino, Carlo Mazzera, Francesco Minutillo, Ginevra Nota, Giuseppe Pappagallo, Elisa Proietti, Leonardo Rosati, Giovanni Salerno, Lucia Antonietta Santoianni, Alberto Selvaggi, Giancarlo Tondi, Thomas Wilhalm, Corrado Zanni, Lorenzo Lastrucci.
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Bartolucci F, Domina G, Adorni M, Alessandrini A, Ardenghi NMG, Argenti C, Banfi E, Bonari G, Bonivento E, Cantini D, Cerbone P, de Francesco MC, De Vivo R, Del Guacchio E, Di Pietro A, Di Pietro R, Forte L, Galasso G, Gennaio R, Ghillani L, Gottschlich G, Lonati M, Manni QG, Mantino F, Mazzera C, Minutillo F, Nota G, Pappagallo G, Proietti E, Rosati L, Salerno G, Santoianni LA, Selvaggi A, Tondi G, Wilhalm T, Zanni C, Lastrucci L (2026) Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 21. Italian Botanist 21: 237-253. https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.21.203684
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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 for taxa in the genera Angelica, Cuscuta, Dianthus, Ficus, Hieracium, Lamium, Laurus, Lomelosia, Lophiolepis, Nerium, Orchis, Pimpinella, Potentilla, Senecio, Thalictrum, and Trifolium. New combinations in the genera Festuca (Festuca × stacei, Poaceae) and Anemone (Anemone alpina subsp. austroalpina, Ranunculaceae) are proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material
Endemic taxa, floristic data, Italy, nomenclature, taxonomy
The text for the new records, exclusions, and confirmations should be submitted electronically to Lorenzo Lastrucci (lorenzo.lastrucci@unifi.it). The corresponding specimen along with its scan or photograph have to be sent to FI Herbarium: Sezione di Botanica “Filippo Parlatore” del Museo di Storia Naturale, Via G. La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze (Italy). Those texts concerning nomenclatural novelties and typifications (only for accepted names) should be submitted electronically to: Fabrizio Bartolucci (fabrizio.bartolucci@gmail.com). Each text should be within 1,000 characters (spaces included).
Angelica sylvestris L. subsp. sylvestris (Apiaceae)
+ PUG: Faeto (Foggia), Torrente Celone-Le Cesi, Monti Dauni (WGS84: 41.332769°N, 15.167281°E), bordure a megaforbie igrofile ai margini del torrente, 660 m, 21 September 2025, G. Pappagallo (FI). – Species confirmed for the flora of Puglia.
G. Pappagallo
Cuscuta palaestina Boiss. subsp. palaestina (Convolvulaceae)
+ TOS: Grosseto, oliveto abbandonato su suolo calcareo con vegetazione della classe Stipo-Trachynietea distachyae, a Poggio Bernarda, Parco Regionale della Maremma, presso Alberese (WGS84: 42.661889°N, 11.108611°E), 30 m a.s.l., 14 May 2025, G. Bonari, D. Cantini, V. González-García, G. Terranova (SIENA). – Species new to the flora of Toscana.
G. Bonari, D. Cantini
Dianthus rupicola Biv. subsp. rupicola (Caryophyllaceae)
+ LAZ: Ponza (Isole Ponziane, Latina) (WGS84: 40.917880°N, 12.958596°E), rupi, suolo vulcanico, 40 m, 11 September 2025, F. Minutillo (FI; Herb. Tondi). – Species new for the flora of Lazio.
F. Minutillo
Hieracium caesium (Fr.) Fr. subsp. brennerianum (Zahn) Gottschl. (Asteraceae)
+ VEN: Lozzo di Cadore (Belluno), Fienili Vialona, Val Longerin (WGS84: 46.490433°N, 12.412742°E), prato riva, 1075 m, 9 July 2025, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (FI, Herb. Argenti); Danta di Cadore (Belluno), Ponte Mauria (WGS84: 46.560559°N, 12.499791°E), scarpata erbosa, 1300 m, 12 June 2025, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (FI, Herb. Argenti). – Subspecies new for the flora of Veneto.
G. Gottschlich, C. Argenti
Hieracium cydoniifolium Vill. subsp. trichanthodium Zahn (Asteraceae)
+ ITALIA (TAA): Bozen, Vinschgau, Martell, 0,44 km S(S)W Schluderalm (WGS84: 46.52999°N, 10.7294°E), aufgelichteter subalpiner Nadelwald, Marteller Granit, 2063 m, 30 August 2024, leg. E. Spögler, Th. Wilhalm et al., rev. G. Gottschlich (FI, BOZ, Hb. Gottschlich-85396). – Subspecies new for the flora of Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige).
The subspecies is very similar to Hieracium prenanthoides, but is much more hairy on the peduncles than all subspecies of H. prenanthoides and thus represents a first transition to this species. So far it is only known from Switzerland (Valais, Bern, Grisons).
G. Gottschlich, T. Wilhalm
Hieracium dentatum Hoppe subsp. pseudoplantagineum Zahn (Asteraceae)
+ VEN: Rocca Pietore (Belluno), tra Passo Fedaia e Passo Padon, M.te Padon (WGS84: 46.459396°N, 11.890831°E), pascolo rupestre su silice, 2200 m, 20 July 2025, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (FI, Herb. Argenti). – Subspecies new for the flora of Veneto.
G. Gottschlich, C. Argenti
Hieracium diaphanoides Lindeb. subsp. diaphanoides (Asteraceae)
+ VEN: Comelico Superiore (Belluno), Malga Coltrondo sul Col Quaternà (WGS84: 46.663205°N, 12.451475°E), margine bosco, 1880 m, 18 July 2025, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (FI). – Subspecies new for the flora of Veneto.
G. Gottschlich, C. Argenti
Hieracium froelichianum H.Buek subsp. subvulsum (Zahn) Gottschl. & Greuter (Asteraceae)
+ VEN: Livinallongo del Col di Lana (Belluno), Salere sul versante nord del M.te Padon (WGS84: 46.485279°N, 11.847825°E), rupestre su silice, 1950 m, 2 August 2023, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (Herb. Argenti); Rocca Pietore (Belluno), tra Passo Fedaia e Passo Padon, M.te Padon (WGS84: 46.454776°N, 11.888661°E), pascolo rupestre su silice, 2100 m, 20 July 2025, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (FI). – Subspecies new for the flora of Veneto.
G. Gottschlich, C. Argenti
Hieracium levicaule Jord. subsp. pseudosenile (Zahn) Zahn (Asteraceae)
+ VEN: Comelico Superiore (Belluno), riva dx T. Padola a Padola (WGS84: 46.610186°N, 12.478050°E), margine bosco, 1200 m, 18 June 2025, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (FI, Herb. Argenti). – Subspecies new for the flora of Veneto.
G. Gottschlich, C. Argenti
Hieracium pallescens Waldst. & Kit. subsp. ovale (Zahn) Gottschl. (Asteraceae)
+ VEN: Feltre (Belluno), Collesei di Anzù (WGS84: 46.007972°N, 11.946841°E), rupestre su calcare, 250 m, 26 April 2025, leg. C. Argenti, det. G. Gottschlich (FI, Herb. Argenti). – Subspecies new for the flora of Veneto.
G. Gottschlich, C. Argenti
Lamium album L. subsp. album (Lamiaceae)
+ LAZ: Accumoli (Rieti), M. L’Inversaturo (WGS84: 42.691957°N, 13.303831°E), radura in faggeta; suolo marnoso-arenaceo, 1500 m, 7 June 1992, G. Tondi (FI); Amatrice (Rieti), Fosso della Pacina Monte Pelone (Monti della Laga) (WGS84: 42.63164°N, 13.38777°E), prateria di alte erbe e megaforbie, 30 July 2024, A. Di Pietro (HFLA). – Species new for the flora of Lazio.
Lamium album is regarded as wrongly reported for Lazio by
G. Tondi, A. Di Pietro
Lomelosia stellata (L.) Raf. (Caprifoliaceae)
- ITALIA (EMR). Species to be excluded from the flora of Italy (Emilia-Romagna).
Plants referred to this species were discovered along the Taro river in 2008 and recorded as new for the flora of Italy (
L. Ghillani, M. Adorni, A. Alessandrini
Lomelosia micrantha (Desf.) Greuter & Burdet (Caprifoliaceae)
+ ITALIA (EMR): Medesano (Parma), fiume Taro presso Felegara (WGS84: 44.714190°N, 10.111376°E), prato arido su terrazzo alluvionale consolidato, 125 m, 3 June 2025, L. Ghillani, M. Adorni (FI). – Species new for the flora of Italy (Emilia-Romagna).
This species was identified using Flora Europaea (
L. Ghillani, M. Adorni, A. Alessandrini
Lophiolepis morisiana (Rchb.f.) Del Guacchio, Bureš, Iamonico & P.Caputo (Asteraceae)
− CAM: Species to be excluded from the flora of Campania.
Lophiolepis morisiana is recorded in Campania only for the Partenio massif (“Monti di Avella”, Avellino) (Moraldo & La Valva, 1989, under the name Cirsium morisianum Rchb.f.). In fact, the locality “Lago Matese” (Caserta) reported by
P. Cerbone, E. Del Guacchio
Orchis patens Desf. subsp . brevicornis (Viv.) K.Richt . (Orchidaceae)
+ EMR: Bardi (Parma), Passo del Pellizzone (WGS84: 44.67979°N, 09.74392°E), prato arido cespugliato, 1015 m, 26 May 2025, leg. C. Mazzera, det. C. Mazzera, M. Adorni (FI). – Subspecies new for the flora of Emilia-Romagna.
Orchis patens occurs only in northern Africa (Algerian-Tunisian Atlas) and north-western Italy, while Canarian populations were recently treated as O. canariensis Lindl. African populations are referred to the autonymic subspecies, while Italian ones, previously reported only for Liguria, are treated as O. patens subsp. brevicornis (
C. Mazzera, M. Adorni
Origanum onites L.(Lamiaceae)
+ PUG: Gallipoli (Lecce), Loc. Itri (WGS84: 40.007993°N, 18.035439°E), Cava per l’estrazione di conci di calcare “carparo” dismessa, 20 m s.l.m., 3 September 2025, leg. R. Gennaio, det. R. Gennaio, Q.G. Manni (FI). – Species new for the flora of Puglia.
R. Gennaio, Q.G. Manni
Pimpinella anisoides V.Brig. (Apiaceae)
− PUG: Species to be excluded from the flora of Puglia.
Pimpinella anisoides is reported as occurring in Puglia in the latest checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy (
L. Forte, F. Mantino
Potentilla verna L. (Rosaceae)
+ LAZ: Amatrice (Rieti), Cardito, between Casa Cantoniera and Poggio Cancelli SS577 (WGS84: 42.582073°N, 13.319585°E), mesophilous grasslands, 1275 m a.s.l., 24 August 2024, leg. R. Di Pietro and P. Fortini, det. R. Di Pietro and E. Proietti (FI). – Species confirmed for flora of Lazio.
The species is not reported for the flora of Lazio either in
R. Di Pietro, E. Proietti
Senecio apenninus Tausch (Asteraceae)
+ EMR: Monchio delle Corti (Parma), tra M. Paitino e M. Sillara (WGS84: 44.371618°N, 10.056568°E), formazioni erbose con affioramenti rocciosi, 1772 m, 15 July 2025, M. Adorni, R. De Vivo (FI); Monchio delle Corti (Parma), tra Cima Canuti e M. Pitturina (WGS84: 44.351209°N, 10.110477°E), praterie di cresta, 1735 m, 8 July 2023 (Herb. M. Adorni). – Species new for the flora of Emilia-Romagna.
This species has recently been re-evaluated by
M. Adorni, R. De Vivo
Senecio nemorensis L. subsp. apuanus (Tausch) Greuter (Asteraceae)
+ EMR: Ventasso (Reggio Emilia), nei pressi del Passo del Cerreto (WGS84: 44.304982°N, 10.223415°E), margine di faggeta lungo strada, 1180 m, 11 August 2025, M. Adorni, C. Zanni (FI); Ventasso (Reggio Emilia), Fiume Secchia a monte de La Gabellina (WGS84: 44.316237°N, 10.224762°E), bosco ripariale di Alnus incana, 1095 m, 11 August 2025 (Herb. M. Adorni) – Subspecies new for the flora of Emilia-Romagna.
Our findings are very close to the populations reported by
M. Adorni, C. Zanni
Thalictrum simplex L. subsp. tenuifolium (Sw. ex Hartm.) Sterner (Ranunculaceae)
+ PIE: Cesana T.se (Torino), zona umida sotto Cappella del Buon Soccorso (WGS84: 44.93189°N, 6.80763°E), 1533 m s.l.m., 28 July 2025, A. Selvaggi (FI, Herb. Selvaggi). – Subspecies confirmed for the flora of Piemonte.
The historical occurrence of this taxon in Piemonte is based on
A. Selvaggi
Trifolium mutabile Port. subsp. gussoneanum (Gibelli & Belli) C.Brullo & Brullo (Fabaceae)
+ BAS: Rionero in Vulture (Potenza), praterie aride lungo la strada fra Rionero in Vulture e i Laghi di Monticchio (WGS84: 40.919903°N, 15.628536°E), 825 m, suolo sciolto, ricco di scheletro, derivante da alterazione di rocce vulcaniche, abbondante, 14 June 2025, G. Salerno, L. Rosati (FI). – Subspecies confirmed for the flora of Basilicata.
In Basilicata, this subspecies was first recorded by
G. Salerno, L. Rosati
Ficus carica L. (Moraceae)
+ (NAT) PIE: Collegno (Torino), cavalcavia di Corso Francia presso via Torino (WGS84: 45.073137°N, 7.587952°E), interstizi del muro di contenimento del cavalcavia, 298 m, 5 June 2025, M. Lonati, G. Nota (FI). – Status change from casual to naturalized alien for the flora of Piemonte.
Ficus carica is a Mediterranean species, considered alien in some northern Italian administrative regions (
M. Lonati, G. Nota
Laurus nobilis L. (Lauraceae)
+ (NAT) PIE: Ronco Biellese (Biella), all’interno della Riserva Naturale del Brich di Zumaglia (WGS84: 45.5848°N, 8.0918°E), bosco misto di latifoglie e conifere, 605 m, 17 September 2025, E. Bonivento (FI). – Status change from casual to naturalized alien for the flora of Piemonte.
The species colonizes a mixed broadleaf and conifer forest in the natural reserve “Brich di Zumaglia”, with Pinus strobus L., Picea abies (L.) H.Karst and Castanea sativa Mill. More than one hundred individuals have been found in an area of 2,500 m2, belonging to two different generations. There are mature plants between 6 and 8 m tall as well as younger individuals growing below them. In the undergrowth there is also an abundance of Prunus laurocerasus L.
E. Bonivento
Nerium oleander L. subsp. oleander (Apocynaceae)
+ (NAT) MOL: Campomarino (Campobasso), tra la SS16 Adriatica e la ferrovia (WGS84: 41.934632°N, 15.096622°E) all’interno del sito Natura 2000 ZSC IT7222217 ‘Foce Saccione - Bonifica Ramitelli’, 0 m, E, 26 September 2025, leg. L.A. Santoianni, det. M.C. de Francesco, (FI, IS n. 06313). – Naturalized alien species new for the flora of Molise.
A population of approximately fifty individuals is found in the back-dune zone dominated by Juniperus macrocarpa Sm. and by reforestation plants, such as Pinus halepensis Mill., P. pinaster Aiton and P. pinea L. Furthermore, the presence of other individuals along the Molise coast, both on the more degraded edges of the back-dune areas and in coastal rush beds, suggests that the species is naturalized in this administrative region.
M.C. de Francesco, L.A. Santoianni
Anemone alpina L. subsp. austroalpina (D.M.Moser) Galasso & Bartolucci, comb. nov. (Ranunculaceae)
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≡ Pulsatilla alpina (L.) Delarbre subsp. austroalpina D.M.Moser, Candollea 58: 46 (2003)
According to recent molecular studies, the genus Anemone L. forms a well-supported monophyletic clade that includes Pulsatilla Mill. as well as the genera Anemonoides Mill., Barneoudia Gay, Eriocapitella Nakai, Hartiana Raf., Knowltonia Salisb., Nemorosa Nieuwl., Miyakea Miyabe & Tatew., Oreithales Schltdl., Oriba Adans., and Preonanthus Ehrh. (
F. Bartolucci, G. Galasso
Festuca × stacei (Krahulec) Ardenghi, Banfi & Galasso, comb. nov. (Poaceae)
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≡ ×Festulpia stacei Krahulec, Brit. Irish Bot. 8(1): 2 (2026).
A new name, ×Festulpia stacei Krahulec, was recently assigned to the hybrid between Festuca rubra L. and Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel. (
N. M. G. Ardenghi, E. Banfi, G. Galasso
Nomenclatural and distribution updates, and corrigenda to
F. Bartolucci, G. Galasso
We gratefully acknowledge the following colleagues who provided distribution, nomenclatural, and taxonomic advice: Acta Plantarum Staff, Francesco Festi, Duilio Iamonico, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Brunello Pierini. The author (AS) thanks the Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette delle Alpi Cozie for funding the research within the Interreg VI-A ALCOTRA 2021–2027 project “ACLIMO”.
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
No ethical statement was reported.
The authors accept full responsibility for the content of the manuscript, including the disclosure of any use of AI.
No AI tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.
The contribution of Alberto Selvaggi to this work was funded by the Ente di Gestione delle Aree Protette delle Alpi Cozie within the Interreg VI-A ALCOTRA 2021–2027 project “ACLIMO”.
All authors have contributed equally.
F. Bartolucci https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8199-6003
G. Domina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4184-398X
A. Alessandrini https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3633-9957
N.M.G. Ardenghi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-5729
G. Bonari https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5574-6067
M.C.a de Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-1154
E. Del Guacchio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9349-1328
R. Di Pietro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4983-8931
L. Forte https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8168-7999
G. Galasso https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2501-456X
G. Gottschlich https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0677-6478
M. Lonati https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0328
Q.G. Manni https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4541-3688
F. Minutillo https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4779-591X
G. Nota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-1201
G. Pappagallo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-1130
E. Proietti https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-858X
L.A. Santoianni https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3486-0769
A. Selvaggi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2483-4790
L. Lastrucci https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4455-389X
All of the data that support the findings of this study are available in the main text or Supplementary Information.
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Explanation note: 1. Nomenclatural updates; 2. Distribution updates; 3. Synonyms, misapplied or included names.