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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Floristic survey of the former royal hunting reserve of Renda, near Palermo (Sicily, Italy)

G MarcoA TroiaIlardi

subject

Palermo Mountainhuman impactGeographyendemic specieSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataMediterranean floraGeneral MedicineArchaeologyAlien specieFloristicsrelic vegetation

description

A mountainous area in western Sicily, where relic wood vegetation is still preserved notwithstanding past and present human pressure, is here analysed in order to prepare a checklist of its vascular flora. Field investigations allowed to compile a floristic inventory including 601 infrageneric taxa belonging to 304 genera and 80 families. Some remarks on the biological and chorological spectra are presented, and some measures to protect flora and vegetation are suggested, too.

https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2021.12.2.403.433