Latest Articles from Italian Botanist Latest 3 Articles from Italian Botanist https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:54:37 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Italian Botanist https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/ Remnants of naturalness in a reclaimed land of central Italy https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/62040/ Italian Botanist 11: 9-30

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.11.62040

Authors: Gianmaria Bonari, Tiberio Fiaschi, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Simona Sarmati, Enrico Banfi, Marco Biagioli, Stefan Zerbe, Claudia Angiolini

Abstract: Wetlands are among the most fragile habitats on Earth and have often undergone major environmental changes. As a study case in this context, the present work aims at increasing the floristic knowledge of a reclaimed land now turned into an agricultural lowland with scarce patches of natural habitats. The study area is named Piana di Rosia, and it is located in southern Tuscany (Italy). The compiled checklist consists of 451 specific and subspecific taxa of vascular plants. The life-form spectrum shows a predominance of hemicryptophytes, followed by therophytes. The chorological spectrum highlights a co-dominance of Euri-Mediterranean and Eurasian species along with many widely distributed species. The checklist includes seven species of conservation concern, three Italian endemics (Crocus etruscus Parl., Polygala vulgaris L. subsp. valdarnensis (Fiori) Arrigoni, and Scabiosa uniseta Savi), 41 alien species, 21 segetal species, and 11 aquatic macrophytes of which five helophytes and six hydrophytes. This study suggests that irreversible land-use changes in wetlands can lead towards a simplification of the flora. However, despite the deep transformations that the former wetland has undergone, the presence of some aquatic and protected taxa is interesting. From a conservation point of view, the natural value of this agricultural area could be enhanced and its current management partly reconsidered, thus preserving the remnants of naturalness present.

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Research Article Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:51:35 +0200
Was Charles Darwin right in his explanation of the ‘abominable mystery’? https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/24699/ Italian Botanist 5: 25-30

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.5.24699

Authors: Sergio Sgorbati, Marco D'Antraccoli, Sandra Citterio, Rodolfo Gentili, Lorenzo Peruzzi

Abstract: The site and time of origin of angiosperms are still debated. The co-occurrence of many of the early branching lineages of flowering plants in a region somewhere between Australia and the SW Pacific islands suggests a possible Gondwanan origin of angiosperms. The recent recognition of Zealandia, a 94% submerged continent in the east of Australia, could explain the discrepancy between molecular clocks and fossil records about the age of angiosperms, supporting the old Darwinian hypothesis of a “lost continent” to explain the “abominable mystery” regarding the origin and rapid radiation of flowering plants.

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Commentary Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:46:00 +0200
From Bullettino della Società Botanica Italiana to Italian Botanist, passing through Informatore Botanico Italiano. A 128 years-long story https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/8646/ Italian Botanist 1: 1-4

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.1.8646

Authors: Lorenzo Peruzzi, Consolata Siniscalco

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