Latest Articles from Italian Botanist Latest 55 Articles from Italian Botanist https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:39:50 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Italian Botanist https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/ Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophtes, fungi and lichens: 16 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/114044/ Italian Botanist 16: 105-120

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.16.114044

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Alfredo Vizzini, Cecilia Totti, Marta Puglisi, Mattia Martin Azzella, Andrea Battaglini, Liliana Bernardo, Ilaria Bonini, Giacomo Calvia, Laura Cancellieri, Marco Cantonati, Antonio B. De Giuseppe, Zuzana Fačkovcová, Goffredo Filibeck, Gabriele Galasso, Roberta Galli, Gabriele Gheza, Anna Guttová, Josef Hafellner, Deborah Isocrono, Jiří Malíček, Juri Nascimbene, Pier Luigi Nimis, Silvia Ongaro, Giulio Pandeli, Luca Paoli, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Giovanna Potenza, Filippo Prosser, Domenico Puntillo, Leonardo Rosati, Sabrina Rossi, Gianluca Rapaccini, Giovanni Sicoli, Daniel Spitale, Egidio Trainito

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the algal genera Acetabularia, Nitella, and Nitellopsis for the bryophyte genera Drepanocladus, Fissidens, Hookeria, and Weissia, the fungal genera Alnicola, Arthonia, Cortinarius, Inocybe, Leucoagaricus, Neohygrocybe, and Puccinia and the lichen genera Bacidina, Chaenotheca, Flavoplaca, Gyalecta, Heterodermia, Rinodina, Scytinium, and Squamarina.

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Research Article Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:53:41 +0200
Itineraries of the Working Group for Vegetation Science of the Italian Botanical Society – 1 (2022): Excursion to the Egadi Islands, Mount San Giuliano and Mount Cofano (Trapani, western Sicily, Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/103989/ Italian Botanist 16: 1-57

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.16.103989

Authors: Lorenzo Gianguzzi, Riccardo Guarino, Giuseppe Bazan, Romeo Di Pietro, Alicia Teresa Rosario Acosta, Enrico Bajona, Peter Bolliger, Costantino Bonomi, Adriano Camuffo, Carlo Console, Simonetta Fascetti, Paola Fortini, Annarita Frattaroli, Giacomo Mei, Fabio Mondello, Silvia Olivari, Masin Rizzieri, Leonardo Rosati, Simona Sarmati, Leonardo Scuderi, Marco Simonazzi, Giovanni Spampinato, Lucia Viegi, Adriano Stinca

Abstract: The results of the annual excursion of the Working Group for Vegetation Science of the Italian Botanical Society, held in the Egadi Islands, Mount San Giuliano and Mount Cofano (W Sicily) on April 23–27 2022, are presented. This paper includes: (1) general information on the visited sites; (2) geology and geomorphology; (3) climatology and bioclimatology with tables of climatic data; (4) description of the following five geobotanical itineraries – accompanied by 29 original vegetation relevés and 11 synthetic relevés, proceeding from different bibliographic references: (a) Mount San Giuliano; (b) Marettimo Island: coastal and sub-coastal stretch of the southern part, between Punta Bassana and Contrada Chiappera; (c) Marettimo Island: Case Romane, Mount Pizzo Falcone and the north-western coastal stretch; (d) Island of Levanzo; (e) Mount Cofano – with catenal pictograms of the vegetation, surveys and description of the plant communities and related syntaxonomic scheme; (5) list of the surveyed plant taxa, collected specimens and herbaria in which they are deposited. A new syntaxon is also described (Catapodio pauciflori-Moraeetum sisyrinchii ass. nova), referring to an ephemeral dry grassland located along the north-western coastal stretch of Marettimo. The new association is framed in the Plantagini-Catapodion balearici, alliance of the Stipo-Bupleuretalia semicompositi order of the class Stipo-Trachynietea distachyae (order Stipo-Bupleuretalia semicompositi, alliance Plantagini-Catapodion balearici). An original synoptic table, regarding 17 different plant communities with high frequency of Moraea sisyrinchium, provides a comparative framework of the new association with allied vegetation units so far described throughout the Mediterranean region. Syntaxonomical and nomenclatural remarks regarding the Mediterranean vegetation occurring in this territory are also given throughout the text. Some floristic updates for the study sites are also reported, including the discovery for the first time in Sicily of Lysimachia loeflingii.

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Research Article Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:46:13 +0300
First record of Rhizomatophora aegopodioides (Apiaceae) in Italy https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/98538/ Italian Botanist 15: 65-76

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.15.98538

Authors: Riccardo Pennesi, Emilia Cunto, Sandro Ballelli

Abstract: The occurrence of Rhizomatophora aegopodioides, a species distributed in the Balkan Peninsula, Greece, southern Caucasus, Turkey and southern Russia, is reported here for the first time in Italy. It was discovered in Calabria (southern Italy) in the Argentino River Valley and along the Abatemarco River (municipality of Cosenza), localities partly included within the Pollino National Park. Information about taxonomy, nomenclature, habitat, phytosociology and distribution of this species in Italy are provided.

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Research Article Thu, 4 May 2023 10:49:17 +0300
Forest nurseries and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan: the case of Sicily and Apulia (Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/102133/ Italian Botanist 15: 49-63

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.15.102133

Authors: Raimondo Pardi, Giuseppe Venturella, Gianniantonio Domina, Emilio Di Gristina, Fortunato Cirlincione, Maria Letizia Gargano

Abstract: In Italy, the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) foresees the planting of ca. 6.6 million trees to establish urban and peri-urban forests in 14 metropolitan cities. This ambitious project requires a significant number of native trees and shrubs, currently unavailable in Italian public and private nurseries. This survey analyzes the state of forest nurseries in two administrative regions of southern Italy, i.e. the “Filici” forest nursery (province of Agrigento, Sicily) and the Gargano Mountain Reclamation Consortium (province of Foggia, Apulia), to evaluate the adequacy of Sicilian and Apulian forest nurseries as potential sources of plant material to meet the requirements of the NRRP. The census carried out at the “Filici” nursery revealed the presence of more than 22,000 seedlings in cultivation, comprising 55 species, 26 genera, and 26 families. The autochthonous species are 43 (78.2%), while the exotic ones are 12 (21.8%). The Gargano Mountain Reclamation Consortium forest nursery has 190,876 seedlings in cultivation. A total of 80 species are present, belonging to 59 genera and 32 families. Of these, 68 (85%) are native species, 12 (15%) are exotic. An analysis of the plant material being cultivated in these forest nurseries shows the presence of a share of autochthonous species of interest for urban reforestation initiatives, however these are still insufficient in number.

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Research Article Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:15:42 +0300
Changes in the flora of Lobbia Alta, a peak of the Adamello-Presanella Alps (Trento, Italy) between 1935 and 2021 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/97630/ Italian Botanist 15: 9-20

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.15.97630

Authors: Filippo Prosser, Alessio Bertolli, Giulia Tomasi

Abstract: Global warming is causing an enrichment of summit flora worldwide. This article presents the case of a peak in the southeastern Alps (Lobbia Alta, 3,196 m a.s.l., Adamello, Trento, Italy), for which a complete list of tracheophytes dating back to 1935 was available. As this peak is well delimited by glaciers and vertical cliffs, it has been possible to faithfully repeat this floristic inventory. We made three surveys, in 1991, 2006 and 2021, exploring the whole area. It resulted that in 86 years the species present on this peak have tripled, increasing from 17 to 51, with an acceleration in recent years. The biological forms have increased from two to six. The average temperature and the nutritional indexes according to Ellenberg have increased as well. We found that as many as six species reach their elevation record in the Alps on the Lobbia Alta, suggesting that this area is particularly prone to species ascension. Particularly interesting is the discovery of a 35 cm-tall specimen of Larix decidua at 3,130 m a.s.l., which seems to be the elevational record of the species.

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Research Article Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:48:58 +0200
Epimedium alpinum subsp. albanicum new subspecies for the flora of Kosovo https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/91193/ Italian Botanist 15: 1-8

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.15.91193

Authors: Zeqir Hashani, Xhavit Mala, Qenan Maxhuni, Lulzim Zeneli

Abstract: This paperwork provides data on the endemic taxa Epimedium alpinum subsp. albanicum Kit Tan, Shuka & Hallaçi, which is observed and identified for the first time for the territory of Kosovo. This taxon was found in Qafë Morine (Pass of Morina) within the locality of Devë, and Qafë Prush Municipality of Gjakova, on the road toward the border with Albania. Epimedium alpinum subsp. albanicum, is found in serpentine substrates which has a limited extent of presence in the investigated areas. This research includes the presence, description and distribution of this new taxa for the flora of Kosovo.

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Research Article Mon, 9 Jan 2023 10:06:19 +0200
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 13 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/86403/ Italian Botanist 13: 67-84

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.13.86403

Authors: 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, Lorenzo Lastrucci

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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Research Article Wed, 1 Jun 2022 20:06:46 +0300
Haplophyllum patavinum in its relic habitats on the Euganean Hills (northeastern Italy), 300 years after its discovery (1722–2022) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/83174/ Italian Botanist 13: 19-26

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.13.83174

Authors: Corrado Tietto

Abstract: This short paper outlines the discovery and current knowledge of the Euganean populations of Haplophyllum patavinum (L.) G.Don, 300 years after this species was found on the Euganean Hills (NE Italy) by botanists Pier Antonio Micheli and Giovanni Girolamo Zannichelli.

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Short Communication Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:44:34 +0300
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 12 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/78038/ Italian Botanist 12: 85-103

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.12.78038

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Carlo Argenti, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Sandro Ballelli, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Giuseppina Barberis, Alessio Bertolli, Rossano Bolpagni, Gianmaria Bonari, Federica Bonini, Ian Briozzo, Giuseppe Brundu, Thomas Bruschi, Mario Calbi, Michele Callegari, Giacomo Calvia, Davide Campoccia, Laura Cancellieri, Giacomo Cangelmi, Stefano Carfagno, Francesca Carruggio, Gabriele Casazza, Viviana Cavallaro, Salvatore Cherchi, Bernadette Ciocia, Fabio Conti, Alessandro Crisafulli, Davide Dagnino, Alice Dalla Vecchia, Giuseppe De Fine, Valerio Del Nero, Alfredo Di Filippo, Franz G. Dunkel, Francesco Festi, Goffredo Filibeck, Mauro Fois, Luigi Forte, Franca Fratolin, Gabriele Galasso, Daniela Gigante, Günter Gottschlich, Leonardo Gubellini, Nicole Hofmann, Pedro Jiménez-Mejías, Valentina L. A. Laface, Michele Lonati, Vanessa Lozano, Andrea Mainetti, Mauro Mariotti, Giacomo Mei, Francesco Minutillo, Luigi Minuto, Carmelo M. Musarella, Ginevra Nota, Simone Orsenigo, Mattia Pallanza, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Gaetano Pazienza, Lorenzo Pinzani, Marco Pittarello, Lina Podda, Filippo Prosser, Simone Ravetto Enri, Giovanni Riva, Francesco Santi, Anna Scoppola, Alberto Selvaggi, Federico Selvi, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Valeria Tomaselli, Giulia Tomasi, Giancarlo Tondi, Claudia Turcato, Thomas Wilhalm, Lorenzo Lastrucci

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. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.

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Research Article Wed, 1 Dec 2021 17:07:30 +0200
The alien vascular flora of Stromboli and Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/74033/ Italian Botanist 12: 63-75

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.12.74033

Authors: Emilio Di Gristina, Gianniantonio Domina, Giulio Barone

Abstract: The updated censuses of the alien flora of the islands of Stromboli and Vulcano, Aeolian Islands in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea, are presented here. They currently consist of 40 and 57 specific and subspecific taxa respectively. As many as 16 and 18 taxa respectively are new in comparison with the last censuses in 2016. Mesembryanthemum × vascosilvae, commonly cultivated in both islands, is reported for the first time as naturalized alien to Italy. Passiflora incarnata from Stromboli and Pelargonium graveolens from Vulcano are reported for the first time as casual aliens to Sicily. The evolution over time of these florulas, as inferred from the main floristic works published on these islands, is commented on. Biology, ecology and possible causes of settlement of these plants are discussed briefly.

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Research Article Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:35:53 +0200
Histochemical observations in Piper malgassicum (Piperaceae) with a special focus on the epidermis https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/70675/ Italian Botanist 12: 29-47

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.12.70675

Authors: Emilio Corti, Enrico Palchetti, Stefano Biricolti, Massimo Gori, Corrado Tani, Andrea Squillace, Alexander Pittella, Alessio Papini, Sara Falsini

Abstract: This is the first contribution about the histochemistry of vegetative and reproductive aerial organs in the genus Piper L. Piper malgassicum accumulates alkaloids and terpenes in the epidermis and the underlying layers of parenchyma, both in the leaves, in the stems and in anthers. Some idioblasts appear to contain a large amount of secondary metabolites. The micro-anatomical analysis showed peculiar secretory structures both in the leaves, in the anthers and in the ovary. Several lipid aggregates, alkaloid droplets and calcium oxalate crystals were observed in leaves and stems, indicating their role in defence strategies, mechanical support, and pollinators attraction. In the anthers, we observed elaioplasts whose content suggest an alternative and indirect function in pollination and defence against micro-organisms. Besides, some lipid aggregates surrounded by microtubules, detected in the anthers, were recognized as lipotubuloids. The tapetum was of secretory type. Alkaloids and terpenes were widely distributed in the plant confirming the important biological role of this type of biomolecules and its functional range. In the anthers, terpene and polyphenol inclusions appeared particularly abundant in the epidermal layer, whereas calcium oxalate crystals were observed close to the ovule in the ovary at maturity.

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Research Article Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:10:03 +0300
Notes on the distribution, ecology, associated vegetation and conservation status of Gymnadenia (Orchidaceae) in Kosovo https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/65699/ Italian Botanist 12: 1-27

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.12.65699

Authors: Naim Berisha, Kimete Lluga Rizani, Bujar Kadriaj, Fadil Millaku

Abstract: Four species of Gymnadenia are native to Kosovo: G. conopsea, G. frivaldii, G. nigra, and G. odoratissima. In this study, field expedition data, phytosociological relevés, herbarium specimens along with extensive literature sources were used to analyse vegetation and ecological characteristics, habitat types, distributional patterns as well as provide notes on conservation. Gymnadenia conopsea is distributed throughout the country, from lowlands to the alpine belt. It was recorded in various plant communities. Gymnadenia frivaldii grows in the alpine zone of mountains, close to streams and in wet meadows. Its relevés belong to the class Scheuchzerio-Caricetea fuscae. This species is classified as “Near Threatened” (NT) in Kosovo. Gymnadenia nigra grows in subalpine and alpine grassland on preferably calcareous substrate. It has been found in almost all mountains reaching >2000 m a.s.l., and occurs in different plant communities belonging to the class: Elyno-Seslerietea. Gymnadenia odoratissima was recorded from one locality only in Kosovo, on the massif of Maja e Zezë, Sharri Mts. It was growing in degraded beech forest and meadows on silicate bedrock. Its floristically diverse relevés associate with the class: Mulgedio-Aconitetea. Of the four studied species, G. frivaldii deserves more conservation attention because of its fragile populations.

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Research Article Wed, 4 Aug 2021 14:50:40 +0300
Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 11 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/68678/ Italian Botanist 11: 131-143

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.11.68678

Authors: Simone Orsenigo, Thomas Abeli, Hayder M. Al-Rammahi, Dario Azzaro, Salvatore Cambria, Martina D’Agostino, Mohammad K. Mohammad, Gianmarco Tavilla, Giuseppe Fenu

Abstract: In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of three vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria is presented. It includes the global assessment of Limonium parvifolium Tineo and Viscaria alpina (L.) G.Don, and the regional assessment of Rhazya stricta Decne. (Iraq).

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Research Article Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:28:53 +0300
Non-indigenous macroalgal species in coralligenous habitats of the Marine Protected Area Isole Ciclopi (Sicily, Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/60474/ Italian Botanist 11: 31-44

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.11.60474

Authors: Luca Giuseppe Costanzo, Giuliana Marletta, Giuseppina Alongi

Abstract: Biological invasions are considered one of the main threats for biodiversity. In the last decades, more than 60 macroalgae have been introduced in the Mediterranean Sea, causing serious problems in coastal areas. Nevertheless, the impacts of alien macroalgae in deep subtidal systems have been poorly studied, especially in the coralligenous habitats of the eastern coast of Sicily (Italy). Therefore, within the framework of the programme “Progetto Operativo di Monitoraggio (P.O.M.)” of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the aim of the present study was to gain knowledge on the alien macroalgae present in coralligenous habitats of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Isole Ciclopi, along the Ionian coast of Sicily. By Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) videos and destructive samples analysed in the laboratory, five alien species were identified: Caulerpa cylindracea, Antithamnion amphigeneum, Asparagopsis armata, Bonnemaisonia hamifera, and Lophocladia lallemandii. Since A. amphigeneum was previously reported only in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, the present report represents the first record of this species in the eastern Mediterranean. The ROV surveys showed that the alien species do not have a high coverage and do not appear to be invasive in the coralligenous area of the MPA. Since ocean temperatures are predicted to increase as climate change continues and alien species are favoured by warming of the Mediterranean Sea, the risk of biotic homogenisation caused by the spread of alien species is realistic. Therefore, further studies are needed to assess the incidence and invasiveness of alien species in phytobenthic assemblages of coralligenous in the MPA.

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Research Article Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:52:08 +0200
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
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 10 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/59352/ Italian Botanist 10: 83-99

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.10.59352

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Marta Puglisi, Alfredo Vizzini, Cecilia Totti, Giuseppina Barberis, Elisabetta Bianchi, Angelo Boemo, Ilaria Bonini, Daniela Bouvet, Claudia Cocozza, Davide Dagnino, Luca Di Nuzzo, Zuzana Fačkovcová, Gabriele Gheza, Stefano Gianfreda, Paolo Giordani, Andreas Hilpold, Pilar Hurtado, Heribert Köckinger, Deborah Isocrono, Stefano Loppi, Jiri Malicek, Cosimo Matino, Luigi Minuto, Juri Nascimbene, Giulio Pandeli, Luca Paoli, Domenico Puntillo, Michele Puntillo, Augusta Rossi, Francesco Sguazzin, Daniel Spitale, Simon Stifter, Claudia Turcato, Sara Vazzola

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning red algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the algal genus Thorea, for the bryophyte genera Ephemerum, Hedwigia, Pogonatum, Riccia, Sphagnum, and Tortella, the fungal genera Pileolaria and Sporisorium, and the lichen genera Bacidia, Cerothallia, Chaenotheca, Cladonia, Halecania, Lecanora, Phylloblastia, Physcia, Protoparmelia, Pycnora, Segestria, and Sphaerophorus.

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Research Article Wed, 2 Dec 2020 23:59:43 +0200
Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 10 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/60022/ Italian Botanist 10: 73-81

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.10.60022

Authors: Giuseppe Fenu, Hayder M. Al-Rammahi, Mohammad K. Mohammad, Enrico V. Perrino, Leonardo Rosati, Robert P. Wagensommer, Simone Orsenigo

Abstract: In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of two vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria is presented. It includes the regional assessment of Jasione orbiculata Griseb. ex Velen. for Italy and of Vachellia gerrardii (Benth.) P.J.H.Hurter subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Ragup., Seigler, Ebinger & Maslin for Iraq.

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Research Article Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:42:35 +0200
Anthyllis cytisoides L. (Fabaceae), new to the Italian native flora https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/55154/ Italian Botanist 10: 25-31

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.10.55154

Authors: Federico Selvi

Abstract: We present the first finding of Anthyllis cytisoides L. in Italy. This western Mediterranean woody species was found close to the coastline on the southwest side of Mt. Argentario in southern Tuscany, on limestone rocks within a xerophytic garrigue community of the Erico multiflorae-Rosmarinetum officinali association. A description of the plant is given along with an original iconography and photos taken in the field. The reasons for considering this population of natural origin are briefly discussed, along with the possible causes of its wide disjunction from the rest of the species range.

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Research Article Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:30:51 +0300
Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 9 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/55223/ Italian Botanist 9: 111-123

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.9.55223

Authors: Simone Orsenigo, Liliana Bernardo, Salvatore Cambria, Domenico Gargano, Valentina L.A. Laface, Carmelo M. Musarella, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Giovanni Spampinato, Gianmarco Tavilla, Giuseppe Fenu

Abstract: In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of three vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria are presented. It includes the assessment of Soldanella calabrella Kress at global level, and the regional assessment of Luzula pindica (Hausskn.) Chrtek & Křísa and Romulea variicolor Mifsud (Italy).

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Research Article Mon, 13 Jul 2020 23:02:24 +0300
An updated checklist of the vascular flora of Montagna di Torricchio State Nature Reserve (Marche, Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/50032/ Italian Botanist 9: 87-100

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.9.50032

Authors: Sandro Ballelli, Riccardo Pennesi, Giandiego Campetella, Marco Cervellini, Stefano Chelli, Kevin Cianfaglione, Domenico Lucarini, Karina Piermarteri, Federico Maria Tardella, Andrea Catorci, Roberto Canullo

Abstract: This study aims to increase floristic knowledge of Marche by means of a survey in the Montagna di Torricchio State Nature Reserve (central Italy). The Reserve, located in the central Apennines, covers about 3.2 km2 at altitudes ranging from 820 to 1,491 m a.s.l. It has been owned and managed as a strict reserve by the University of Camerino since 1970: all the anthropic activities ceased about 50 years ago, except for a minimal area where mowing and cattle grazing are still allowed. The floristic list consists of 789 specific and subspecific taxa belonging to 81 families and 352 genera. Two species are new for Italy (Taraxacum calocarpum and T. pulchrifolium) and 14 for Marche regional flora. Compared to previous floristic studies, we found 127 more taxa but we showed a certain stability in the life-form spectrum, suggesting limited effects of dynamic processes related to climate and land-use changes. The negligible number of alien species (11) is probably related to the limitations to anthropic activities in the Reserve. The occurrence of taxa never recorded for Italy and Marche highlights the floristic value of the Reserve for species conservation in the central Apennines.

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Research Article Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:55:28 +0300
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 9 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/53429/ Italian Botanist 9: 71-86

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.9.53429

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Sebastiano Andreatta, Roberto Angius, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Sandro Ballelli, Enrico Banfi, Davide Barberis, Giuseppina Barberis, Liliana Bernardo, Alessio Bertolli, Gianmaria Bonari, Maurizio Bovio, Ian Briozzo, Giovanni Buccomino, Giacomo Calvia, Giuseppina Chianese, Carlo Cibei, Fabio Conti, Maurizio Copez, Antonietta Crisanti, Davide Dagnino, Alfredo Di Filippo, Assunta Esposito, Simonetta Fanni, Francesco Festi, Luigi Forte, Gabriele Galasso, Rodolfo Gentili, Günter Gottschlich, Edda Lattanzi, Paola Liguori, Maria Carmine Locci, Daniela Longo, Michele Lonati, Fernando Lucchese, Dino Marchetti, Mauro Giorgio Mariotti, Flavio Menini, Luigi Minuto, Giovanna Orrù, Maria Loredana Pala, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Mariangela Pellegrino, Riccardo Pennesi, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Lorenzo Pinzani, Gina Pirastru, Filippo Prosser, Simone Ravetto Enri, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Giovanni Russo, Anna Scoppola, Giuseppe Silletti, Adriano Stinca, Chiara Toffolo, Valeria Tomaselli, Giancarlo Tondi, Maurizio Trenchi, Claudia Turcato, Chiara Nepi

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. Two new combinations are proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.

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Research Article Wed, 13 May 2020 19:35:34 +0300
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 9 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/52762/ Italian Botanist 9: 35-46

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.9.52762

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Alfredo Vizzini, Marta Puglisi, Slavomir Adamčík, Michele Aleffi, Gaetano Aloise, Fabrizio Boccardo, Ilaria Bonini, Miroslav Caboň, Immacolata Catalano, Antonio B. De Giuseppe, Luca Di Nuzzo, Francesco Dovana, Zuzana Fačkovcová, Gabriele Gheza, Stefano Gianfreda, Carmine Guarino, Anna Guttová, Raffaello Jon, Jiří Malíček, Mario Marziano, Cosimo Matino, Pier Luigi Nimis, Giulio Pandeli, Luca Paoli, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Elena Pittao, Silvia Poponessi, Domenico Puntillo, Francesco Sguazzin, Giovanni Sicoli, Chiara Vallese

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi, and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the bryophyte genera Encalypta, Grimmia, and Riccia, for the fungal genera Hericium, Inocybe, Inocutis, Pluteus, and Russula, and for the lichen genera Bryoria, Farnoldia, Hypocenomyce, Lecania, Paracollema, Peltigera, Sarcogyne, and Teloschistes.

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Research Article Wed, 13 May 2020 18:14:23 +0300
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 9 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/53401/ Italian Botanist 9: 47-70

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.9.53401

Authors: Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Claudia Angiolini, Massimiliano Apruzzese, Nicola M. G. Ardenghi, Silvia Assini, Maria Aversa, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Enrico Banfi, Giuseppina Barberis, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Liliana Bernardo, Alessio Bertolli, Fabrizio Bonali, Gianmaria Bonari, Ilaria Bonini, Francesco Bracco, Giuseppe Brundu, Giovanni Buccomino, Sergio Buono, Giacomo Calvia, Salvatore Cambria, Paolo Castagnini, Simona Ceschin, Davide Dagnino, Emilio Di Gristina, Alessandra Di Turi, Simonetta Fascetti, Giulio Ferretti, Mauro Fois, Rodolfo Gentili, Gabriele Gheza, Leonardo Gubellini, Nicole Hofmann, Duilio Iamonico, Alessio Ilari, Angéla Király, Gergely Király, Valentina L.A. Laface, Andrea Lallai, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Michele Lonati, Daniela Longo, Vanessa Lozano, Jacopo Lupoletti, Sara Magrini, Andrea Mainetti, Manuela Manca, Dino Marchetti, Flaminia Mariani, Mauro G. Mariotti, Rizzieri R. Masin, Giacomo Mei, Flavio Menini, Marco Merli, Andrea Milani, Luigi Minuto, Michele Mugnai, Carmelo M. Musarella, Nicola Olivieri, Livio Onnis, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Simonetta Peccenini, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Antonio Pica, Lorenzo Pinzani, Marco Pittarello, Lina Podda, Filippo Prosser, Simone Ravetto Enri, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Leonardo Rosati, Marco Sarigu, Filippo Scafidi, Saverio Sciandrello, Alberto Selvaggi, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Gianmarco Tavilla, Chiara Toffolo, Giulia Tomasi, Claudia Turcato, Clizia Villano, Chiara Nepi

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. Furthermore, three new combinations are proposed. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1.

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Research Article Wed, 13 May 2020 13:47:34 +0300
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 8 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/48621/ Italian Botanist 8: 63-93

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.8.48621

Authors: 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, Chiara Nepi

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.

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Research Article Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:36:08 +0200
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 8 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/48263/ Italian Botanist 8: 47-62

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.8.48263

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Marta Puglisi, Alfredo Vizzini, Cecilia Totti, Gabriella Arosio, Renato Benesperi, Elisabetta Bianchi, Fabrizio Boccardo, Ian Briozzo, Davide Dagnino, Antonio B. De Giuseppe, Francesco Dovana, Luca Di Nuzzo, Simonetta Fascetti, Gabriele Gheza, Paolo Giordani, Jiří Malíček, Mauro Giorgio Mariotti, Helmut Mayrhofer, Luigi Minuto, Juri Nascimbene, Pier Luigi Nimis, Stefano Martellos, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Elena Pittao, Giovanna Potenza, Domenico Puntillo, Leonardo Rosati, Giovanni Sicoli, Daniel Spitale, Valeria Tomaselli, Raffaella Trabucco, Claudia Turcato, Chiara Vallese, Maria Zardini

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning algae, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the algae genus Chara, the bryophyte genera Homalia, Mannia, and Tortella, the fungal genera Cortinarius, Russula, and Stereum, and the lichen genera Cetrelia, Cladonia, Enterographa, Graphis, Lecanora, Lepraria, Multiclavula, Mycomicrothelia, Parmelia, Peltigera, Pleopsidium, Psora, Scytinium, Umbilicaria, and Rhizocarpon.

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Research Article Wed, 4 Dec 2019 08:34:33 +0200
Contribution to the floristic knowledge of eastern Irpinia and Vulture-Melfese area (Campania and Basilicata, southern Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/37818/ Italian Botanist 8: 1-16

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.8.37818

Authors: Adriano Stinca, Giuseppina Chianese, Giuseppe D’Auria, Simonetta Fascetti, Maria Ravo, Vito Antonio Romano, Giovanni Salerno, Giovanni Astuti, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Liliana Bernardo, Gianmaria Bonari, Daniela Bouvet, Laura Cancellieri, Emanuela Carli, Giuseppe Caruso, Immacolata Catalano, Gennaro Domenico Cennamo, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Fabio Conti, Romeo Di Pietro, Paola Fortini, Carmen Gangale, Maria Rita Lapenna, Edda Lattanzi, Rossella Marcucci, Simonetta Peccenini, Riccardo Pennesi, Enrico Vito Perrino, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Anna Scoppola, Agnese Tilia, Mariacristina Villani, Leonardo Rosati

Abstract: In order to improve the floristic knowledge of the Italian territory, we report the inventory of the taxa collected during the annual field trip of the working group for Floristics, Systematics and Evolution of the Italian Botanical Society held in 2015 in eastern Irpinia and Vulture-Melfese area (South Italy). The investigated territories are located in southern Apennines, along the border between the Campania and Basilicata administrative regions. These areas are scarcely known in terms of vascular flora. The floristic samplings were performed in 19 sites selected as representative of the local environmental diversity as regards to climate, litho-morphology and land-use. The research led to the identification of 4,137 specimens of vascular plants, belonging to 815 species and subspecies, 399 genera, and 85 families. Among these taxa, 42 were endemic to Italy, 38 were included in the IUCN Red List of the Italian Flora, 28 were alien and 5 were cryptogenic in Campania and/or Basilicata administrative regions. Two taxa, Aquilegia coerulea (casual alien, native to North America) and Lolium × boucheanum (native), were found to be new for Italy. On the basis of the available floristic literature the first one is also to be considered new for the European flora. At regional scale, we have found 18 taxa new for the Campania and 15 new for the Basilicata region. Finally, 10 taxa were confirmed for Campania. Data obtained during this study, confirmed the important role of a collaborative approach among botanists and the great relevance of these territories for plant diversity.

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Research Article Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:08:37 +0300
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 7 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/36386/ Italian Botanist 7: 157-182

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.7.36386

Authors: 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, Chiara Nepi

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.

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Research Article Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:12:03 +0300
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 7 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/36148/ Italian Botanist 7: 125-148

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.7.36148

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Alessandro Alessandrini, Claudia Angiolini, Nicola M.G. Ardenghi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Enrico Banfi, Rossano Bolpagni, Gianmaria Bonari, Christian Bräuchler, Giacomo Calvia, Laura Cancellieri, Silvia Cannucci, Francesca Carruggio, Fabio Conti, Viviana Cavallaro, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Giulio Ferretti, Francesco Festi, Tiberio Fiaschi, Bruno Foggi, Luigi Forte, Sigurd E. Fröhner, Gabriele Galasso, Giovanni Gestri, Günter Gottschlich, Rocco Labadessa, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Giuliano Mereu, Antonio Morabito, Michele Mugnai, Carmelo M. Musarella, Simone Orsenigo, Gaetano Pazienza, Riccardo Pennesi, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Brunello Pierini, Lina Podda, Filippo Prosser, Graziano Rossi, Anna Scoppola, Giovanni Spampinato, Adriano Stinca, Valeria Tomaselli, Giulio Zangari, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations and status changes to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Acer, Alchemilla, Andrachne, Bromus, Clinopodium, Colchicum, Damasonium, Erodium, Festuca, Hieracium, Hyparrhenia, Ipomoea, Linaria, Lolium, Narcissus, Ranunculus, Sisymbrium, Stipa, Valerianella, Vicia, and Zannichellia. New combinations in the genus Ziziphora (Z. sardoa and Z. corsica) and the new subspecies Ulmus minor susbp. canescens are proposed. Furthermore, the name Calamintha alpina var. sardoa is here lectotypified. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1.

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Research Article Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:05:08 +0300
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 7 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/34285/ Italian Botanist 7: 69-91

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.7.34285

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Marta Puglisi, Alfredo Vizzini, Cecilia Totti, Michele Aleffi, Giuseppina Barberis, Renato Benesperi, Wolfgang von Brackel, Davide Dagnino, Antonio B. De Giuseppe, Zuzana Fačkovcová, Gabriele Gheza, Paolo Giordani, Anna Guttová, Petra Mair, Helmut Mayrhofer, Juri Nascimbene, Pier Luigi Nimis, Luca Paoli, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Elena Pittao, Silvia Poponessi, Filippo Prosser, Mauro Ottonello, Domenico Puntillo, Michele Puntillo, Giovanni Sicoli, Francesco Sguazzin, Daniel Spitale, Wilhelm Tratter, Claudia Turcato, Chiara Vallese

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning algae, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the algae genus Chara, the bryophyte genera Cephalozia, Conardia, Conocephalum, Didymodon, Sphagnum, Tetraplodon, and Tortula, the fungal genera Endophyllum, Gymnosporangium, Microbotryum, Phragmidium, and Pluteus, and the lichen genera Candelariella, Cladonia, Flavoplaca, Lichenothelia, Peltigera, Placolecis, Rinodina, Scytinium, and Solenopsora.

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Research Article Mon, 22 Apr 2019 21:59:22 +0300
Contribution to the floristic knowledge of Velino and Aterno valleys (Lazio-Abruzzo, central Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/34697/ Italian Botanist 7: 93-100

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.7.34697

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Laura Cancellieri, Fabio Conti, Enrico Banfi, Daniela Bouvet, Michela Celestini, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Romeo Di Pietro, Francesco Falcinelli, Simonetta Fascetti, Gabriele Galasso, Edda Lattanzi, Rizzieri R. Masin, Riccardo Pennesi, Leonardo Rosati, Adriano Stinca, Agnese Tilia, T’ai G.W. Forte, Anna Scoppola

Abstract: The inventory of the taxa collected during the annual field trip of the working group for Floristics, Systematics and Evolution of the Italian Botanical Society is reported. The field trip was held in 2016 along the Velino and Aterno valleys located between Lazio and Abruzzo administrative regions (central Italy). The flora documented for the studied area amounts to 629 specific and subspecific taxa (including two hybrids) belonging to 300 genera and 69 families. Thirty-eight taxa are endemic to Italy, and only 16 alien taxa were detected. Thirty-eight taxa are included in the IUCN Red List of the Italian Flora. Twenty-four taxa have to be considered as floristic novelties because either new or confirmed for the regional flora of Lazio or Abruzzo. In particular, 15 taxa are new and 6 are confirmed for Lazio. Regarding Abruzzo, 2 taxa are new for the regional flora and one is confirmed. Furthermore, the alien status in Lazio has been updated for one taxon.

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Research Article Mon, 22 Apr 2019 17:52:27 +0300
Contribution to the knowledge of the vascular flora of Miniera di Murlo area (southern Tuscany, Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/33763/ Italian Botanist 7: 51-67

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.7.33763

Authors: Silvia Cannucci, Claudia Angiolini, Barbara Anselmi, Enrico Banfi, Marco Biagioli, Paolo Castagnini, Tiberio Fiaschi, Bruno Foggi, Antonio Gabellini, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Edda Lattanzi, Anna Scoppola, Federico Selvi, Daniele Viciani, Gianmaria Bonari

Abstract: This work aims to increase the floristic knowledge of southern Tuscany by means of a floristic investigation which took place in the Miniera di Murlo (southern Tuscany, Italy). The study area, located in the province of Siena, has an extension of 2.26 km2 and hosts a heterogeneity of habitats like rocky outcrops, woodlands, meadows and riparian formations. The prevalent geological type is an acidic sedimentary rock known as diaspri formation (jasper). The checklist of vascular flora consists of 501 taxa and includes six endemics and 13 alien species, among which Vitis labrusca is a newly-found species for the Province of Siena along with the native Rosa balsamica and Rosa squarrosa. The most interesting species, such as Anthoxanthum aristatum, Gagea bohemica, Paragymnopteris marantae, Saxifraga granulata, and Teesdalia coronopifolia, are found on acidic rocks. Species of the Italian Red List, such as Ruscus aculeatus, and species of Regional conservation interest, such as Centaurea aplolepa subsp. carueliana, Ervilia loiseleurii, and Vicia nigricans, were recorded. The chorological spectrum reveals a dominance of Mediterranean species indicating warm climate conditions and mild winters whereas the life-form spectrum shows a slight dominance of hemicryptophytes followed by therophytes. However, a clear dominance of one life-form type over the other is lacking, since the acidic and dry rocky substrate partially compensates for the humidity provided by the stream. This study highlights the relevant floristic value of the Miniera di Murlo area and supports the possible creation of a protected area or its inclusion in the adjacent one.

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Research Article Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:31:13 +0300
New combinations for two hybrids in Salvia subg. Rosmarinus (Lamiaceae) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/34379/ Italian Botanist 7: 31-34

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.7.34379

Authors: Francesco Roma-Marzio, Gabriele Galasso

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Short Communication Mon, 1 Apr 2019 23:49:01 +0300
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 6 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/30873/ Italian Botanist 6: 97-109

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.6.30873

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Annalena Cogoni, Alfredo Vizzini, Ilaria Bonini, Franco Cheli, Zuzana Fačkovcová, Gabriele Gheza, Anna Guttová, Petra Mair, Helmut Mayrhofer, Luca Miserere, Giulio Pandeli, Luca Paoli, Filippo Prosser, Domenico Puntillo, Michele Puntillo, Alberto Selvaggi, Daniel Spitale, Wilhelm Tratter

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi, and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the bryophyte genera Barbula, Fissidens, Gymnostomum, Jungermannia, Riccia, and Scapania, the fungal genera Hyalopsora and Urocystis and the lichen genera Arthothelium, Chaenotheca, Lepraria, Lobaria, Miriquidica, Parmelia, Rinodina, Solenopsora, Thelopsis and Xanthoparmelia.

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Research Article Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:17:01 +0200
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 6 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/30560/ Italian Botanist 6: 65-90

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.6.30560

Authors: Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Alessandro Alessandrini, Nicola M.G. Ardenghi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Sandro Ballelli, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Giuseppe Brundu, Sergio Buono, Giuseppe Busnardo, Giacomo Calvia, Paolo Capece, Marco D’Antraccoli, Luca Di Nuzzo, Emanuele Fanfarillo, Giulio Ferretti, Riccardo Guarino, Duilio Iamonico, Mauro Iberite, Marta Latini, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Michele Lonati, Vanessa Lozano, Sara Magrini, Giacomo Mei, Giuliano Mereu, Andrea Moro, Michele Mugnai, Gianluca Nicolella, Pier Luigi Nimis, Nicola Olivieri, Riccardo Pennesi, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Lina Podda, Massimiliano Probo, Filippo Prosser, Simone Ravetto Enri, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Alessandro Ruggero, Filippo Scafidi, Adriano Stinca, Chiara Nepi

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 Acalypha, Acer, Canna, Cardamine, Cedrus, Chlorophytum, Citrus, Cyperus, Epilobium, Eucalyptus, Euphorbia, Gamochaeta, Hesperocyparis, Heteranthera, Lemna, Ligustrum, Lycium, Nassella, Nothoscordum, Oenothera, Osteospermum, Paspalum, Pontederia, Romulea, Rudbeckia, Salvia, Sesbania, Setaria, Sicyos, Styphnolobium, Symphyotrichum, and Tradescantia. Nomenclature and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as supplementary material.

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Research Article Mon, 12 Nov 2018 14:03:08 +0200
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 6 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/30575/ Italian Botanist 6: 45-64

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.6.30575

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Nicola M.G. Ardenghi, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Liliana Bernardo, Giovanni Buccomino, Sergio Buono, Franco Caldararo, Giacomo Calvia, Francesca Carruggio, Alessandro Cavagna, Francesco S. D’Amico, Francesco Di Carlo, Francesco Festi, Luigi Forte, Gabriele Galasso, Domenico Gargano, Günter Gottschlich, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Sara Magrini, Giovanni Maiorca, Pietro Medagli, Giacomo Mei, Flavio Mennini, Giuliano Mereu, Danio Miserocchi, Nicola Olivieri, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Gaetano Pazienza, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Filippo Prosser, Massimiliano Rempicci, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Alessandro Ruggero, Alessandra Sani, Domenico Saulle, Chiara Steffanini, Adriano Stinca, Massimo Terzi, Giancarlo Tondi, Maurizio Trenchi, Daniele Viciani, Robert P. Wagensommer, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations and status changes to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Alchemilla, Arundo, Bupleurum, Clematis, Clinopodium, Cota, Crassula, Cytisus, Euphorbia, Hieracium, Isoëtes, Lamium, Leontodon, Linaria, Lychnis, Middendorfia, Ophrys, Philadelphus, Pinus, Sagina, Sedum, Taeniatherum, Tofieldia, Triticum, Veronica, and Vicia. Nomenclature and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as supplementary material.

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Research Article Fri, 9 Nov 2018 17:44:05 +0200
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 5 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/25910/ Italian Botanist 5: 45-56

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.5.25910

Authors: Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Nicola M.G. Ardenghi, Gianmaria Bonari, Sergio Buono, Laura Cancellieri, Giuseppina Chianese, Giulio Ferretti, Tiberio Fiaschi, Luigi Forte, Riccardo Guarino, Rocco Labadessa, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Sara Magrini, Luigi Minuto, Sara Mossini, Nicola Olivieri, Anna Scoppola, Adriano Stinca, Claudia Turcato, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, and confirmations for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Albizia, Anredera, Bougainvillea, Cardamine, Cenchrus, Cephalaria, Ceratochloa, Cytisus, Datura, Delosperma, Euonymus, Freesia, Hylotelephium, Lantana, Musa, Physalis, Rotala, Styphnolobium, Trachycarpus, and Tradescantia. Nomenclature and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrections are provided as supplementary material.

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Research Article Mon, 14 May 2018 18:34:42 +0300
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 5 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/24852/ Italian Botanist 5: 31-43

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.5.24852

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Alfredo Vizzini, Annalena Cogoni, Michele Aleffi, Renato Benesperi, Elisabetta Bianchi, Wolfgang von Brackel, Daniela Cataldo, Costantino D'Antonio, Luca Di Nuzzo, Sergio Enrico Favero Longo, Gabriele Gheza, Deborah Isocrono, Enrica Matteucci, Stefano Martellos, Lorenzo Morosini, Pier Luigi Nimis, Silvia Ongaro, Silvia Poponessi, Domenico Puntillo, Francesco Sguazzin, Mauro Tretiach

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi, and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the bryophyte genera Diplophyllum and Ptychostomum, the fungal genera Arrhenia, Gymnosporangium, and Sporidesmium and the lichen genera Arthonia, Coenogonium, Flavoplaca, Gyalolechia, Parmotrema, Peltigera, Pterygiopsis, Squamarina, Tornabea, and Waynea.

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Research Article Wed, 21 Mar 2018 18:42:36 +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
The traditional food use of wild vegetables in Apulia (Italy) in the light of Italian ethnobotanical literature https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/22297/ Italian Botanist 5: 1-24

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.5.22297

Authors: Nello Biscotti, Daniele Bonsanto, Gennaro Del Viscio

Abstract: In this work, we present a summary of an ethnobotanical research carried out in the whole Administrative Region of Apulia (southern Italy). The main topic of the investigation is the traditional knowledge about wild plants, focusing on their common names, on which parts were used in cooking and how they were used. The main aim was to establish a botanical knowledge about these culinary uses through a systematic identification of the species involved, directly in the field. In addition to this, we focused on the ecological aspects of these species and on their biological and chorological forms. Results suggest the existence of very strong ties between the local communities and this particular flora, without substantial differences between rural and urban areas or among different zones of the Apulia Region. On the other hand, in each area we found peculiar food uses, species, parts used, and recipes. The analysed wild plants still have a fundamental role in the local diet, which can predominantly be ascribed to the Mediterranean model. Moreover, we documented an increasing interest in the culinary uses of these species: in the Gargano area, for instance, more and more cultivations of Salicornia perennans Willd. subsp. perennans are underway thanks to the demand coming from restaurants. In total, we documented 214 taxa (58 families) and at least 19 of them are enduring components of the local diet. Nineteen species represent a high number, considering that the tertiary sector is nowadays predominant in Apulia (73.5 % of the local GDP, compared to 73.2 % in Italy as a whole). Furthermore, the total amount of wild species used as food is the highest in Italy, according to the Italian ethnobotanical literature. On the same basis, we were able to draft a national checklist of 539 taxa documenting the taxonomy of the wild plants involved in traditional food use in Italy, categorized by regions. In conclusion, this work shows that the available literature regarding the Italian territory provides only a partial representation of traditional food uses, even though they are widespread throughout the country. Consequently, this tradition remains to be thoroughly investigated.

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Research Article Fri, 9 Feb 2018 04:15:52 +0200
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 4 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/21671/ Italian Botanist 4: 76-86

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.4.21671

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Alfredo Vizzini, Annalena Cogoni, Michele Aleffi, Silvia Assini, Giovanni Bergamo Decarli, Ilaria Bonini, Wolfgang von Brackel, Francesco Cheli, Valeriy Darmostuk, Zuzana Fačkovcová, Lyubov Gavrylenko, Gabriele Gheza, Anna Guttová, Helmut Mayrhofer, Juri Nascimbene, Luca Paoli, Silvia Poponnessi, Giovanna Potenza, Filippo Prosser, Davide Puddu, Domenico Puntillo, Diego Rigotti, Francesco Sguazzin, Alessia Tatti, Roberto Venanzoni

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the bryophyte genera Campylopus, Paludella, Tortula, and Conocephalum, the fungal genera Agonimia, Buelliella, Entorrhiza, Filicupula, Poronia, and Sporisorium, the lichen genera Cladonia, Dibaeis, Lasallia, and Rhizocarpon.

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Research Article Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:52:08 +0200
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 4 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/21693/ Italian Botanist 4: 43-51

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.4.21693

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Lorenzo Cecchi, Giuseppina Chianese, Fabio Conti, Marco D'Antraccoli, Gabriele Galasso, Luigi Ghillani, Marco Giardini, Laura Guglielmone, Villiam Morelli, Nicola Olivieri, Javier López Tirado, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Anna Scoppola, Federico Selvi, Adriano Stinca, Stefano Sturloni, Valeria Tomaselli, Giuseppe Veronico, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, exclusion, extinction and confirmations to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Androsace, Artemisia, Fragaria, Melampyrum, Myosotis, Petrorhagia, Phillyrea, Rosa, Rumex, Spiranthes, Trifolium, and Vicia. Furthermore, a new combination in the genus Omalotheca is proposed.

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Research Article Tue, 7 Nov 2017 15:19:26 +0200
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 4 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/21666/ Italian Botanist 4: 33-41

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.4.21666

Authors: Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Gianmaria Bonari, Sergio Buono, Giuseppina Chianese, Gloria Cortesi, Giuliano Frangini, Duilio Iamonico, Nicola Olivieri, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Brunello Pierini, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Anna Scoppola, Adriano Soldano, Adriano Stinca, Valeria Tomaselli, Giuseppe Veronico, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of alien vascular flora are presented. It includes new records and exclusions for Italy or for Italian administrative regions of taxa in the genera Cedrus, Cenchrus, Citrus, Cyrtomium, Diospyros, Elaeagnus, Erigeron, Iris, Oenothera, Pavonia, Phytolacca, Styphnolobium, and Verbena. Furthermore, a new combination in the genus Amaranthus is proposed.

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Research Article Fri, 3 Nov 2017 13:22:58 +0200
An atlas of orchids distribution in the Campania region (Italy), a citizen science project for the most charming plant family https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/14916/ Italian Botanist 4: 15-32

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.4.14916

Authors: Antonio Croce, Roberto Nazzaro

Abstract: A database of the orchids of Campania has been built up since 2000 with data collected for academic purposes, research projects and, more recently, with the contributions of enthusiastic amateurs and scholars, thus becoming a real citizen science project leading to the realization of an online Atlas (http://www.floracampana.unina.it/Orchidee/index.html). In this paper, the collection and storage of the data and the synthesis of them are presented. On 31 December 2016, the database accounted for 14680 records from more than 30 contributors relating to 126 taxonomic entities (species, subspecies, hybrids and a few “sensu lato”). The bibliographic records number 3663 (24.9%) and cover a time range of four centuries (from 1616 to 2016). Amongst the 11017 field records (observations), more than 99% are geo-referred and are “punctual” type (precision less than 100 m). The spatial and temporal distribution of the data has been analysed and biases have been underlined. The observations show a clear difference in the study effort year by year but always with a significant contribution of the citizen scientists. The analysis of the spatial distribution shows that the observations are preferably collected in protected areas, around main roads and on the roadsides. Many cells of the grid still lack information and these should be the object of future research.

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Research Article Wed, 4 Oct 2017 18:38:42 +0300
Bryological flora of the regional historic Park of Monte Sole (Emilia-Romagna, Italy) https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/12663/ Italian Botanist 3: 99-108

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.3.12663

Authors: Riccardo Fariselli, Maria Speranza, Michele Aleffi

Abstract: This article presents the results of a study on the bryological flora of the historic Park of Monte Sole, in the Bologna Apennines (Emilia-Romagna region). A total of 129 taxa were identified, including 9 new findings for the region. The study makes use of the regional cartographic grid, a methodology already used in the description of the vascular flora of the region, applied here for the first time to the bryological flora. If used in future studies, this method will allow a standardization of our knowledge on the distribution of the bryological flora in the region.

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Research Article Wed, 7 Jun 2017 14:19:41 +0300
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 3 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/13200/ Italian Botanist 3: 29-48

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.3.13200

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Alessandro Alessandrini, Nicola M.G. Ardenghi, Enrico Banfi, Giovanni A. Baragliu, Liliana Bernardo, Alessio Bertolli, Edoardo Biondi, Luciana Carotenuto, Simona Casavecchia, Paolo Cauzzi, Fabio Conti, Maria A. Crisanti, Francesco S. D’Amico, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, Giorgio Faggi, Francesco Falcinelli, Luigi Forte, Gabriele Galasso, Roberta Gasparri, Luigi Ghillani, Günter Gottschlich, Filippo Guzzon, Doerte Harpke, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Edda Lattanzi, Giovanni Maiorca, Dino Marchetti, Pietro Medagli, Nicola Olivieri, Marziano Pascale, Nicodemo G. Passalacqua, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Sergio Picollo, Filippo Prosser, Massimo Ricciardi, Giovanni Salerno, Adriano Stinca, Massimo Terzi, Daniele Viciani, Robert P. Wagensommer, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Asplenium, Bolboschoenus, Botrychium, Chamaerops, Crocus, Galeopsis, Grafia, Helosciadium, Hieracium, Juniperus, Leucanthemum, Lolium, Medicago, Phalaris, Piptatherum, Potamogeton, Salicornia, Salvia, Seseli, Silene, Spiraea, Torilis and Vicia. Rhaponticoides calabrica is proposed as synonym novum of R. centaurium. Furthermore, new combinations in the genera Galatella and Lactuca are proposed.

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Research Article Fri, 5 May 2017 13:18:58 +0300
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 3 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/12432/ Italian Botanist 3: 17-27

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.3.12432

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Annalena Cogoni, Alfredo Vizzini, Michele Aleffi, Silvia Assini, Matteo Barcella, Wolfgang von Brackel, Stefania Caporale, Zuzana Fačkovcová, Gabriele Gheza, Daniela Gigante, Luca Paoli, Giovanna Potenza, Silvia Poponnessi, Filippo Prosser, Domenico Puntillo, Michele Puntillo, Roberto Venanzoni

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi and lichens and of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the bryophyte genera Dicranodontium, Fontinalis, Lophocoleaand Riccia, the fungal genus Diplolaeviopsis, the lichen genera Agonimia, Cladonia, Protoparmelia, Rhizocarpon, and Scytinium.

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Research Article Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:48:37 +0200
Personal private herbaria: a valuable but neglected source of floristic data. The case of Italian collections today https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/12097/ Italian Botanist 3: 7-15

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.3.12097

Authors: Francesco Roma-Marzio, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Gianni Bedini

Abstract: Today private collections still represent an important source of information as is evident from the available literature, where, in many cases, private collections are mentioned both in floristic and taxonomic/systematic researches. We present a summary of the main information about private herbaria in Italy, whose collections are currently increasing. Based on our survey, we retrieved information on 34 personal herbaria where 156,361 specimens are preserved at present. Piedmont and Tuscany resulted the two Italian regions with the highest number of collections, whereas for 9 regions we obtained no answer. The most represented families resulted Asteraceae and Poaceae, whereas the most represented genera resulted Carex, Trifolium, and Hieracium. Taken all together, these collections rank 16th among the 68 institutional public herbaria officially recognised in Italy.

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Research Article Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:36:35 +0200
Chromosome numbers for the Italian flora: 3 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/12257/ Italian Botanist 3: 1-6

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.3.12257

Authors: Lorenzo Peruzzi, Giovanni Astuti, Liliana Bernardo, Angelino Carta, Marco D'Antraccoli, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Monica Ruffini Castiglione

Abstract: In this contribution new chromosome data obtained from material collected in Italy are presented. It includes four chromosome counts for the following genera: Bellevalia (Asparagaceae), Genista (Fabaceae), Linaria (Plantaginaceae), and Teucrium (Lamiaceae).

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Research Article Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:21:20 +0200
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 2 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/11060/ Italian Botanist 2: 73-92

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.2.11060

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Carlo Argenti, Giovanni Astuti, Sergio Bangoni, Fabrizio Buldrini, Mirella Benedetta Campochiaro, Francesca Carruggio, Lorenzo Cecchi, Fabio Conti, Antonia Cristaudo, Francesco Saverio D’Amico, Giuseppe D'Auria, Emilio Di Gristina, Franz-Georg Dunkel, Luigi Forte, Carmen Gangale, Luigi Ghillani, Günter Gottschlich, Francesca Mantino, Mauro Mariotti, Carmen Novaro, Nicola Olivieri, Gino Palladino, Marziano Pascale, Alessandra Pepe, Enrico Vito Perrino, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Sergio Picollo, Domenico Puntillo, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Alessandro Rosiello, Giovanni Russo, Claudio Santini, Federico Selvi, Filippo Scafidi, Anna Scoppola, Adriano Stinca, Milena Villa, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution new data concerning the Italian distribution of native vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Arctostaphylos, Artemisia, Buglossoides, Convolvulus, Crocus, Damasonium, Epipogium, Ficaria, Filago, Genista, Heptaptera, Heracleum, Heteropogon, Hieracium, Myosotis, Ononis, Papaver, Pilosella, Polygonum, Pulmonaria, Scorzonera, Silene, Trifolium, Vicia and Viola.

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Research Article Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:40:58 +0200
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 2 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/11144/ Italian Botanist 2: 55-71

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.2.11144

Authors: Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Nicola Maria Giuseppe Ardenghi, Pierfranco Arrigoni, Enrico Banfi, Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianmaria Bonari, Giovanni Buccomino, Giampiero Ciaschetti, Fabio Conti, Andrea Coppi, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, Alessandro Guiggi, Lorenzo Lastrucci, Maria Lucia Leporatti, Javier López Tirado, Giovanni Maiorca, Sara Mossini, Nicola Olivieri, Riccardo Pennesi, Bruno Romiti, Anna Scoppola, Adriano Soldano, Adriano Stinca, Filip Verloove, Milena Villa, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of alien vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions and confirmations for Italy or for Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Ageratum, Aster, Buddleja, Cedrus, Centranthus, Cephalotaxus, Clerodendrum, Cotoneaster, Cyperus, Honorius, Lantana, Ligustrum, Morus, Muscari, Oenothera, Opuntia, Platycladus, Plumbago, Pseudotsuga, Sedum, Sporobolus, Stachys, Ulmus and Yucca. A nomen novum, Stachys talbotii, is proposed as a replacement name for Sideritis purpurea.

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Research Article Fri, 25 Nov 2016 13:34:32 +0200
Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 1 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/8647/ Italian Botanist 1: 61-85

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.1.8647

Authors: Simone Orsenigo, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Jacopo Calevo, Miris Castello, Donatella Cogoni, Matilde Gennai, Wolfang Licht, Chiara Montagnani, Enrico V. Perrino, Silvia M. Pinna, Giuseppe Silletti, Errol Vela, Daniele Viciani, Marisa Vidali, Robert Philipp Wagensommer, Elena Zappa, Giuseppe Fenu

Abstract: In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of six plant species according to IUCN categories and criteria are presented. It includes the assessment at global level of Linaria tonzigii Lona, Allium garganicum Brullo, Pavone, Salmeri & Terrasi, Ferula arrigonii Bocchieri, Orchis patens Desf. subsp. patens and Armeria saviana Selvi and the assessment at regional level (Italy) of Viola jordanii Hanry.

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Research Article Fri, 10 Jun 2016 12:35:40 +0300
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 1 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/8853/ Italian Botanist 1: 55-60

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.1.8853

Authors: Sonia Ravera, Annalena Cogoni, Wolfgang von Brackel, Giorgia Filippino, Deborah Isocrono, Enrica Matteucci, Mariagrazia Morando, Filippo Prosser, Domenico Puntillo

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning lichens and bryophytes of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the lichen genera Athallia, Ramonia, Thelotrema, Pertusaria, Bryoplaca and in the bryophyte genera Dicranella, Bryum, and Scorpiurium.

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Research Article Fri, 20 May 2016 10:59:44 +0300
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 1 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/8780/ Italian Botanist 1: 5-15

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.1.8780

Authors: Fabrizio Bartolucci, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Alessandro Alessandrini, Francesco Angiulli, Nicola Maria Giuseppe Ardenghi, Enrico Banfi, Giuseppina Barberis, Gianni Bedini, Gianmaria Bonari, Mario Calbi, Franco Fenaroli, Gabriele Galasso, Giovanni Gestri, Luigi Ghillani, Günter Gottschlich, Mauro Iberite, Marta Latini, Valerio Lazzeri, Gianluca Nicolella, Nicola Olivieri, Enrico Perrino, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Giuseppe Pisani, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Giovanni Russo, Francesco Scutellà, Giuseppe Silletti, Adriano Stinca, Robert Wagensommer, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of native vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations pertaining to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Arundo, Bromopsis, Cistus, Crocus, Festuca, Galeopsis, Genista, Lamium, Leucanthemum, Nerium, Orobanche, Peucedanum, Pilosella, Polycnemum, Stipa and Viola.

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Research Article Wed, 11 May 2016 15:00:25 +0300
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 1 https://italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/8777/ Italian Botanist 1: 17-37

DOI: 10.3897/italianbotanist.1.8777

Authors: Gabriele Galasso, Gianniantonio Domina, Michele Adorni, Nicola Maria Giuseppe Ardenghi, Enrico Banfi, Gianni Bedini, Alessio Bertolli, Giuseppe Brundu, Mario Calbi, Lorenzo Cecchi, Carlo Cibei, Marco D'Antraccoli, Aldo De Bastiani, Giorgio Faggi, Luigi Ghillani, Mauro Iberite, Marta Latini, Valerio Lazzeri, Paola Liguori, Karol Marhold, Roberto Masin, Silviana Mauri, Giuliano Mereu, Gianluca Nicolella, Nicola Olivieri, Simonetta Peccenini, Enrico Perrino, Lorenzo Peruzzi, Alessandro Petraglia, Brunello Pierini, Filippo Prosser, Francesco Roma-Marzio, Enrico Romani, Franco Sammartino, Alberto Selvaggi, Giovanni Signorile, Adriano Stinca, Filip Verloove, Chiara Nepi

Abstract: In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of alien vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations for Italy or for Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Agave, Arctotheca, Berberis, Bidens, Cardamine, Catalpa, Cordyline, Cotoneaster, Dichondra, Elaeagnus, Eragrostis, Impatiens, Iris, Koelreuteria, Lamiastrum, Lantana, Ligustrum, Limnophila, Lonicera, Lycianthes, Maclura, Mazus, Paspalum, Pelargonium, Phyllanthus, Pyracantha, Ruellia, Sorghum, Symphyotrichum, Triticum, Tulbaghia and Youngia.

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Research Article Wed, 11 May 2016 14:58:51 +0300
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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