FIRST RECORD IN EUROPE OF SEEDLINGS OF FICUS MACROPHYLLA F. COLUMNARIS (Moraceae) AND OF ITS POLLINATING WASP PLEISTODONTES CF. IMPERIALIS (Chalcidoidea Agaonidae)

Since the first half of the nineteenth century, several Ficus species have been introduced into Italy as ornamental trees throughout urban gardens and along urban roads. Because a relationship with an agaonid wasp is essential for the pollination and consequently for the production of fertile seeds of Ficus spp., the seedlings of other introduced fig species (Ficus microcarpa L. f., Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent. and Ficus watkinsiana F.M. Bailey) weren’t found in Europe in conjunction with their pollinating wasps until more than a century after the figs’ introduction. This study presents the first recorded observation of Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris (C. Moore) D. J. Dixon seedlings in …

Acclimatazione di Argania spinosa (Sapotaceae) nell’Orto botanico di Palermo

Le piante utili sperimentate nell’Orto botanico di Palermo: dal mandarino all’argania

THE PALERMO BOTANICAL GARDEN’S FICUS GENUS (MORACEAE) COLLECTION

Melasphaerula ramosa (Iridaceae) nell’Orto botanico di Palermo

Sistemi integrati di tecnologie GIS e GPS per la gestione delle collezioni vive di orti botanici e arboreti: l’esperienza dell’Orto botanico di Palermo

Il Parco “Duca di Cesarò” di Taormina

Determinazione sperimentale delle caratteristiche termiche di materiali a base biologica usati nell'edilizia tradizionale cinese

Effetti di eccezionali eventi climatici sulle piante nella città di Palermo

Indagini anatomiche e micromorfologiche fogliari su alcune specie della tribù Caryoteae (Arecoideae,Arecaceae) acclimatate nell’Orto Botanico di Palermo.

Sul deperimento di alcuni esemplari di palme nella città di Palermo

Osservazioni fitodermologiche ed anatomiche su alcuni taxa del genere Encephalartos Lehm. (Cycadopsida) acclimatati nell’Orto Botanico di Palermo

On the real identity of the Strelitzia cultivated in Sicily’s historic gardens

The authors, on the basis of field observations and literature search, conclude that all tree-like plants of Strelitzia grown in Sicily belong to Strelitzia nicolaii. Therefore Strelitzia alba (= Strelitzia augusta), which was generally considered to be commonly cultivated in Sicily since the nineteenth century, if it ever was cultivated on the island, is not currently found there. The Lectotypes of the names S. nicolaii and S. alba are here designated.

BAMBU': BOTANICA, DESIGN E ARCHITETTURA

THE PALMETUM, A NEW SECTOR IN THE PALERMO BOTANICAL GARDEN

Strelitzia nicolai (Strelitziaceae), new host plant for Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera Curculionidae) in Sicily.

The Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera Curculionidae), is con- sidered the main palm pest in the Mediterranean basin. This species is native to Southeastern Asia and is now widely spread throughout Oceania, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean (MURPHY & BRISCOE, 1999; EPPO, 2008, 2012; CHEBBI et al., 2011; RODA et al., 2011). Moreover, in North America the pest was found in California, where it is now considered eradicated (CDFA, 2010; IPPC, 2015). In Italy the first registered sightings were on nursery palms in Tuscany (SACCHETTI et al., 2005, 2006) and on ornamental palms in urban areas in Sicily (LONGO & TAMBURINO, 2005; LO VERDE & MASSA, 2007). Afterwards,…