Search results for " Mediterranean vascular flora"

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A new species of Ferula (Apiaceae) from Malta

2018

Ferula melitensis, a new species from the Malta Archipelago, is described and illustrated. It belongs to the taxonomic group of F. communis, showing close relationships mainly with F. tunetana, F. arrigonii, F. communis s.str. and F. glauca, from which it differs in several features regarding the stem, leaves (mainly for shape and size of terminal segments), flowers and mericarps; other significant differences regard the ecology and phenology. The investigations, carried out on living plants, herbarium material and literature data, regard the morphological analysis of vegetative and reproductive structures, the anatomy of terminal leaf segments and mericarps, as well as the shape and size o…

Morphologygeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryApiaceaeMediterranean vascular floraFerulinae giant fennel Mediterranean vascular flora morphology new species taxonomyPhylogenetic treePhenologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaPlant ScienceGiant fennelBiologybiology.organism_classificationNew speciesHerbariumFerulinae; Giant fennel; Mediterranean vascular flora; Morphology; New species; TaxonomyArchipelagoMorphological analysisBotanyTaxonomy (biology)FerulinaeEudicotsEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTaxonomyPhytotaxa
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Propagation of Calendula maritima Guss. (Asteraceae) through Biotechnological Techniques for Possible Usage in Phytotherapy

2022

The genus Calendula (Asteraceae) includes several species that are renowned for their therapeutic properties and/or use as ingredients in the preparation of cosmetics. The rare and critically endangered sea marigold, Calendula maritima Guss., an endemic species from Western Sicily, has also been recognized as a potential “farm plant species” for several important compounds used in cosmetics. However, the few remnant populations of this species are currently threatened with extinction because of several factors, such as hybridization with the congeneric species Calendula suffruticosa subsp. fulgida (Raf.) Guadagno and anthropogenic disturbance of its habitat. Therefore, in order to preserve …

Agronomy and Crop ScienceAsteraceae in vitro propagation secondary metabolites massive plant production genetic resources' conservation Mediterranean vascular flora threatened plants root induction
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Floristic traits and biogeographic characterization of the Gennargentu massif (Sardinia)

2013

A study on the vascular flora of the Gennargentu Massif (Central-Eastern Sardinia) is presented. According to our results, the flora consists of 948 taxa: 686 species, 249 sub- species, 10 varieties and 3 hybrids, belonging to 97 families and 427 genera. Three taxa are new findings for the flora of Italy and eight for that of Sardinia. Life form analysis revealed, in particular, dominance of 35.65 % hemicryptophytes, 34.6 % therophytes, 12.13 % geophytes and 11.6 % (nano)-phanero- phytes. As concerns chorology, the Mediterranean element is largely prevailing (68.14%), mainly represented by circum- Medit. (29.1 %) and Euro-Medit. (23.07 %). Endemics are 14.87% of the whole flora (141 taxa), …

Mediterranean climategeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryMediterranean vascular floraEcologyBiogeographyChorologyBiodiversityPlant ScienceMassifBiologySubspeciesSardiniaSardinia; Gennargentu; Floristics; Biogeography; Endemics; Mediterranean vascular floraFloristicsFloristicEndemicTaxonBiogeographySettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataEndemismEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTaxonomyGennargentu
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