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Limonium gorgonae IUCN Assessment: Endangered EN B1ab(iii) + B2ab(iii).
Si presenta qui un secondo contributo per la realizzazione di una Checklist della flora esotica dell’Arcipelago Toscano. Per ogni taxon sono riportati lo status di naturalizzazione, sia per ciascuna isola che per l’intero Arcipelago, e i dati relativi alla distribuzione locale. Delle 31 specie elencate, 18 risultano nuove per il territorio dell’Arc...
The grasslands dominated by Bromus erectus and/or Brachypodium rupestre cover large areas on sandstone and marl-clay-sandstone substrata (limestone is excluded), of the Apennines and pre-Apennines between Pistoia and Arezzo provinces (Tuscany, Central Italy). Our investigation was focused on to 71 unpublished relevés and 45 literature relevés from...
Alien invasive species are a topic widely discussed, since commercial exchanges and international trading are strongly influencing local fauna and flora. For plants, some concern regards those species imported for their ornamental value or for forestation purpose and progressively spreading into the wild (Fig.1).
In Tuscany (Italy), a dedicated pr...
Vengono segnalate nuove specie esotiche spontaneizzate in Arcipelago Toscano. Per ogni taxon sono riportati lo status di naturalizzazione, sia per ciascuna isola che per tutto l’Arcipelago, e i dati relativi alla distribuzione locale. Delle 40 specie elencate, 23 risultano nuove per il territorio dell’Arcipelago Toscano, tra le quali 10 nuove per l...
This paper aims to analyse the spatial patterns of sampling effort and species richness of pteridophyte in a well-investigated region as Tuscany, Italy, by using data stored from a geodatabase storing information on the specimens preserved in the main herbaria of the region. A total of 6,905 records about pteridophyte specimens were extracted from...
Results are given and discussed of karyological investigations on wild (19) and cultivated (2) populations of the invasive South African geophyte Oxalis pes-caprae L. from 21 different localities (Italy 16, Switzerland 1, Morocco 1 and South Africa 3). Plants from naturalized populations growing wild in Italy and Morocco proved to always be pentapl...
This paper selects lectotypes for several names proposed by Hackel and Wiesbaur belonging to Schedonorus aggr. "arundinaceus": Festuca elatior subvar. conferta, F. elatior subvar. orientalis Hack., F. elatior subvar. strictior, F. elatior subvar. subalpina, and F. uechtritziana. The holotype of F. elatior subvar. longiglumis and F. elatior subvar....
This study, based on inter-simple sequence repeats in 14 populations of Linaria capraria, shows that genetic diversity at the species level is 0.21 and represents 58% of total variance, whereas the level of intrapopulational genetic diversity is 0.07 and represents 42% of total variance. Gene flow is absent between populations from the same island....
The vegetation of the upper and middle course of the River Tiber (Tuscany and Umbria, Central Italy) was studied according to the phytosociological
method. 39 different associations/communities included in 10 classes were identified, one new aquatic association and two new subassociations
characterized by the occurrence of Potamogeton schweinfurthi...
The effects of black-locust invasion on plant forest diversity are still poorly investigated. Vascular plants are likely to be influenced by increasing nutrient availability associated with the nitrogen-fixing activity of black-locust, whereas it is not clear if, along with stand aging, black-locust formations regain forest species. The main aim of...
The Festuca alpina group includes several small fescues growing in rocky habitats across the European mountain chains. A taxonomic study of F. alpina and F. alfrediana, the two most common species of this group, is presented here. Morphological data collected from 298 specimens across 37 populations from all the major European mountain ranges, gene...
Foggi, B., C. Quercioli, M. Gennai, E. Nardi & M. A. Signorini (2012). Lectotypification of taxa belonging to the “Festuca circummediterranea” group. Candollea 67: 221–228. In English, English and French abstracts. This paper reports the lectotypifications of the names Festuca ovina var. laevis Hack., Festuca ovina subsp. laevis Hack., Festuca circ...
Species Distribution Models are key in modern ecological studies. They employ information about species locations and environmental factors to generate statistical functions that predict the potential distribution of species on the basis of landscape suitability. Although these models are powerful and useful tools, often the required information ab...
Germination requirements and suitability for ex situ conservation were investigated for seeds from the only population of Ranunculus peltatus Schrank subsp. baudotii (Godron) Meikle ex C.D.K. Cook (Ranunculaceae) from the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy). A 2 ×
2 × 3 factorial experiment investigated the interactive effects of light, alternating temperat...
Contribution to the knowledge of the alien flora of the Capraia Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Italy).
Distribution and status of four alien species and one alien hybrid from the Capraia Island (Tuscan Archipelago, Central Italy) are discussed. Three taxa are new for the island’s flora. This survey highlights the different behavior of some of these ta...
We conducted a phytosociological study of the halophile, chamaephytic, and hemicryptophytic communities found on coastal sand dunes and salt marshes in Tuscany, which mainly consist of Limonium spp. We describe the presence in Tuscany of communities referred to as Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia), although we emphasize that they cover only...
Forest communities dominated by noble broad-leaved trees (maple, lime and ash) in Europe are of elevated scientific and conservation interest for the European Union. In this paper, we first present a synthesis of the maple and ash forests in peninsular Italy. By classifying these forests, we distinguish seven main groups for the territory, which on...
Species Distribution Models are key in modern ecological studies. They employ information about species locations and environmental factors to generate statistical functions that predict the potential distribution of species on the basis of landscape suitability. Although these models are powerful and useful tools, often the required information ab...
This work describes the vegetation growing in the valley of the Verdiana Stream in the northern Apennines, near Pistoia, Tuscany. The plant communities are reviewed and analysed using a phytosociological methodology and referenced to the following classes: Montio-Cardaminetea, Asplenietea trichomanis, Galio-Urticetea, Mulgedio-Aconitetea, Nardetea...
Floristic records of Celosia argentea, Setaria pycnocoma and Cyperus involucratus, new for Tuscany (Italy).
A hybrid between Festuca rubra L. subsp. rubra and Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. (nothogenus xFestulpia) was found in N-Italy. This is the southernmost record of this nothogenus for Europe and the first for the Italian territory. The specimen is characterised by sterility and intermediate features between the parental species, both morphological an...
In ecological studies it is widely accepted that the biogeographical subdivision of continents and regions simplifies and integrates the complexity of natural ecosystems and species range by separating variation or distinctions into biogeographical subdivisions that could be used as appropriate units for the conservation of biodiversity. In this pa...
Invasions of Typha (cattail) and/or Phragmites (common reed) in wetland ecosystems result in changes in species richness, diversity and composition of vascular plants.
These invasions are particularly harmful in lakes where threatened species and/or communities are found. The spread of two
species of Typha (T. angustifolia and T. latifolia) and of...
The Tuscan Archipelago, composed by seven islands and about twenty islets, is one of the most interesting areas in the Tyrrhenian Sea from the naturalistic and anthropological point of view. The archipelago is geologically related to the evolution of the northern Apennine and of the Cyrno-Sardinian block. Currently the flora of the whole Tuscan Arc...
Dynamism of the vegetation in Pianosa island (Tuscan Archipelago) and interventions supporting arborescent matorral dominated by Juniperus turbinata Coastal Phoenicean juniper (Junuperus turbinata Guss.) formations are one of the emergencies concerning the vegetation of the Tuscan Archipelago. After about 10 years from the end of all agricultural a...
The Festuca violacea aggregate in the Alps and Apennines was the subject of full morphological, biosystematic, chorological, and ecological investigations carried out on herbarium specimens, living plants under cultivation, and wild populations. In the two mountain ranges, seven taxa were found to occur in the summit area: Festuca violacea Gaudin s...
The distribution and the population estimates of the rare endemic Limonium etruscum Arrigoni et Rizzotto are reported on the basis of analysis of herbarium specimens, bibliographic references and field data. This species currently occurs only in southern areas close to Livorno (recently discovered) and Grosseto. The population growing in the neighb...
L'ibrido intergenerico Festuca rubra x Vulpia myuros in Italia — Viene segnalata la presenza di un ibrido tra Festuca rubra L. e Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. (nothogenus xFestulpia) nell'Italia settentrionale. Si tratta della segnalazione più me-ridionale di questo ibrido e la prima per la Flora d'Italia. Il materiale raccolto è caratterizzato da...
The results of a vegetation survey carried out on Gorgona Island, the smallest and the northernmost island of the Tuscan Archipelago, are here presented. Vegetation has been described by over 80 phytosociological relevés, which allowed 19 vegetation types to be singled out at various syntaxonomical levels, and to build up the island vegetation map...
The phytosociological study of the vegetation of Giannutri is here presented. On the basis of relevés, 12 plant communities have been identified and illustrated. 4 new syntaxa are described: Centaureo melitensis-Asteriscetum aquatici, Ononido mitissimae-Galietum muralis, Erico multiflorae-Euphorbietum dendroidis, Limonio sommieriani-Senecetum ciner...
The genus Festuca and allied genera for a new critical flora of Italy. II. The genus Leucopoa and Drymochloa (Poaceae) - A review of the knowledge concerning the genera Leucopoa and Drymochloa in Italy is here presented. Nine species are treated. A new taxonomical combinations (Leucopoa spectabilis subsp. croatica) is published. For each species th...
A review of the knowledge concerning the genera Leucopoa and Drymochloa in Italy is here presented. Nine species are treated. A new taxonomical combinations (Leucopoa spectabilis subsp. croatica) is published. For each species the complete description, the material type, the full synonymies, the ploidy level, the distribution in the Italian provinc...
The IUCN criteria 2001 are considered one of the best methods to evaluate species extinction risk at the global and regional
levels. The aim of this work is to test the applicability of the IUCN criteria to peripheral isolated plant populations (PIPPs).
PIPPs have been a topic of scientific debate in Conservation Biology for about 15years and inter...
The Tuscan archipelago is formed by seven big is-lands: Elba, Giglio, Capraia, Montecristo, Pianosa, Gi-annutri and Gorgona; in addition there are various small islands, inferior to 10 ha in size. The first study concerning the flora of the Tuscan Archipelago is the one by Sommier (1902-1903). Start-ing from the mid-1900s, various revision works fo...
The taxonomic identity of Festuca pannonica Wulfen (1809) is analysed, and lectotypes are designated for F. valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin (1811) and F. pseudodalmatica Krajina ex Domin (1929). The nomenclatural and taxonomic histories of these taxa are briefly described, and the lectotypes of their names are analysed morphologically. As the lectoty...
The taxonomic identity of Festuca pannonica Wulfen (1809) is analysed, and lectotypes are designated for F. valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin (1811) and F. pseudodalmatica Krajina ex Domin (1929). The nomenclatural and taxonomic histories of these taxa are briefly described, and the lectotypes of their names are analysed morphologically. As the lectoty...
The aim of this study is to increase the naturalistic knowledge of the vegetation, the lichen flora and the fauna on ultramafic soils in the upper Tiber Valley (Arezzo, Tuscany). The vegetation was studied according to the phytosociological method; the survey has shown the presence of typical ultramafic vegetation types as garigues, xeric grassland...
The actual vegetation of Lo Stagnone (Capraia Island) is investigated by mean a map and a phytosociological survey of the vegetation. The lake appears actually occupied by coenoses dominated by great helophytes as Typha angustifolia, T. latifolia and Phragmites australis belonging to the Phragmition alliance; the rhizophytic vegetation, dominated b...
Plant evolution is well known to be frequently associated with remarkable changes in genome size and composition; however, the knowledge of long-term evolutionary dynamics of these processes still remains very limited. Here a study is made of the fine dynamics of quantitative genome evolution in Festuca (fescue), the largest genus in Poaceae (grass...
L'Isola del Giglio è collocata nel Mar Tirreno, è la seconda isola per estensione dell'Arcipelago Toscano ed è posizionata di fronte al Monte Argentario. Le indagini sulla vegetazione del Giglion sono state effettuate negli anni 2002–2005 e derivano da una tesi di dottorato; i 120 rilievi hanno portato alla identificazione di 16 tipi di vegetazione...
«Mediterranean Temporary Ponds» are very peculiar habitat for their ecology and for the species that live there. The first results of the conservation actions realized for a Life-Nat. project are here presented. The data, releved with a standardized procedure during spring 2008 (after treatment), shows a feeble increase in the «Mediterranean Tempor...
The shrublands growing on siliceous and/or calcium-poor substrata of the hilly and mountainous areas of north-western and central Italy were studied. This secondary vegetation is dominated by several acidophilous shrubs like Ulex europaeus, Cytisus scoparius, Erica arborea, E. scoparia and Calluna vulgaris. The synecology, synchorology and syntaxon...
Questa lista bibliografica contiene il secondo aggiornamento della bibliografia della Lisy e deriva dall’assemblaggio da parte della redazione (M. Serdoz ed E. Panfili) dei contributi parziali stilati dai gruppi regionali.
Gli Autori, sulla base di alcuni caratteri quantitativi, descrivono per i Monti Peloritani (nord-est della Sicilia) una nuova subspecie di Festuca morisiana. Questa subspecie, rinvenuta in seno a fitocenosi ascrivibili all’alleanza Plantaginion cupanii, può essere considerata la vicariante siciliana di F. morisiana subsp. morisiana della Sardegna.
A new species belonging to the genus Sesleria Scop., S. pichiana, was described as new for the Italian Flora. Hypotheses on its relationships with the Sesleria insularis aggr. from the Cyrno-Sardian Dominion and S. italica from the North-central Apennine were discussed.
A synthetic data set drawn from a Tuscan regional project (Repertorio Naturalistico Toscano) intended to individuate sites with habitats of European and regional importance in its territory, focused on coast and island habitat of conservation interest is reported and discussed. A synthetic method to assess habitat evaluation in terms of quality and...
A review of the knowledge on the genus Festuca sect. Eskia in Italy is presented. Eleven species are treated. Two new taxonomical combinations (F. luedii and F. winnebachensis) are published. For each species the complete description, the ploidy level, the distribution in the Italian provinces and the ecology are reported. New illustrations are pub...
The methodological bases for the review of the genus Festuca, and allied genera Schedonorus, Leucopoa and Drymochloa for the new "Flora critica d'Italia" are here illustred.
According to current systematics, Festuca inops and F. gracilior are two distinct species. However, they are hardly distinguishable from each other on the basis of their morphological characters. Festuca inops is considered a diploid species endemic to Italy, while F. gracilior has a discontinuous distribution area, apparently related to chromosoma...
Contribution to the knowledge of the vegetation of the Alto Serchio area (northern Tuscany). – A vegetation survey of the Alto Serchio Apennine area was carried out by mean of more than 200 phytosociological relevés and literature data analysis; the description of the main vegetation types is here reported. This study was focused on the zonal veget...
