NEW DATA ON THE ALIEN VASCULAR FLORA OF CALABRIA (SOUTHERN ITALY)

Authors

  • C. M. Musarella AGRARIA Department, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Località Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0120-190X
  • A. Stinca Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8275-0184
  • A. Cano-Ortíz Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Section of Botany, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas s/n., 23071 Jaén, Spain.
  • V. L. A. Laface AGRARIA Department, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Località Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
  • R. Petrilli Vico primo C. Colombo 10, 88024 Girifalco (Catanzaro), Italy.
  • A. Esposito Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2937-7373
  • G. Spampinato AGRARIA Department, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Località Feo di Vito, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-841X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2239-3129/14838

Keywords:

biodiversity, exotic plant, herbarium speciments, invasiveness

Abstract

New data concerning the distribution of 21 non-native vascular species for Calabria (southern Italy) are presented. Agave filifera is reported for the first time in Europe (Canary Islands excluded), while Leucaena leucocephala subsp. glabrata and Senna corymbosa are indicated for the first time in continental Italy. Saccharum biflorum is confirmed in Italian Peninsula, while Physalis angulata is a new exotic plant for southern Italy. Moreover sixteen other species are reported for the first time, confirmed or indicated with an updated naturalization status in Calabria.

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Published

2020-02-11

How to Cite

Musarella, C. M., Stinca, A., Cano-Ortíz, A., Laface, V. L. A., Petrilli, R., Esposito, A., & Spampinato, G. (2020). NEW DATA ON THE ALIEN VASCULAR FLORA OF CALABRIA (SOUTHERN ITALY). Annali Di Botanica, 10, 55–66. https://doi.org/10.13133/2239-3129/14838

Issue

VOL 10 (2020)

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Research Articles

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