This article presents a comprehensive inventory of the urban vascular flora of the town of Palermo. The data were gathered from extensive field collections, from specimens kept in different herbaria, ...and publications of the last 30 years. The floristic catalogue includes all the vascular plants that occur spontaneously within the urban area. Thirteen taxa are endemic to Sicily and one of these, Clinopodium raimondoi, is exclusive to Palermo's area. The inventory comprises 1052 taxa belonging to 119 families and 225 genera, and contains 170 taxa non-native to the Italian flora.
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records and confirmations to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in ...the genera
Allium
,
Arabis
,
Campanula
,
Centaurea
,
Chaerophyllum
,
Crocus
,
Dactylis
,
Dianthus
,
Festuca
,
Galanthus
,
Helianthemum
,
Lysimachia
,
Milium
,
Pteris
, and
Quercus
. Nomenclature and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrections are provided as supplementary material.
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 for taxa in the genera
Artemisia
,
Chaetonychia
,
Cirsium
,
Cynanchum
,
Genista
,
Hieracium
,
Iberis
,
Melica
,
Misopates
,
Myosotis
,
Thalictrum
,
Trifolium
,
Utricularia
,
Veronica
, and
Vicia
. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as supplementary material.
Abies nebrodensis, endemic to the Madonie mountains (central-north Sicily), was originally described by Lojacono Pojero as A. pectinata var. nebrodensis and later raised to the rank of species. The ...species is considered to be critically endangered and was thought to be extinct until an extant population was rediscovered in 1957. The name is here lectotypified on a specimen preserved at NAP.
The presence of Hieracium pollinense Zahn in Italy is confirmed here after 132 years since its first description based on a single collection made in 1877 in the Mt. Pollino. It is a calcicolous ...species, so far represented by one population, belongs to the H. sect. Villosa. In line with the IUCN criteria its conservation status assessment is “endangered”.
The presence of Hieracium pollinense Zahn in Italy is confirmed here after 132 years since its first description based on a single collection made in 1877 in the Mt. Pollino. It is a calcicolous ...species, so far represented by one population, belongs to the H. sect. Villosa. In line with the IUCN criteria its conservation status assessment is “endangered”.
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