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Principi di spontaneizzazione in Sicilia di Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae)

Vivienne SpadaroFrancesco Maria Raimondo

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ornamental plants naturalization Sicilian floraSettore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica

description

The first record of Aesculus hippocastanum naturalized in Sicily is presented from a locality near the Alcantara river (Floresta, Messina) in the montane belt where decidous Turkey oak and chestnut woods are found. This species is not frequently cultivated in Sicily. In that locality several mature individuals likely introduced several decades ago occur.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/46720