22
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Three New Alien Taxa for Europe and a Chorological Update on the Alien Vascular Flora of Calabria (Southern Italy)

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Knowledge on alien species is needed nowadays to protect natural habitats and prevent ecological damage. The presence of new alien plant species in Italy is increasing every day. Calabria, its southernmost region, is not yet well known with regard to this aspect. Thanks to fieldwork, sampling, and observing many exotic plants in Calabria, here, we report new data on 34 alien taxa. In particular, we found three new taxa for Europe ( Cascabela thevetia, Ipomoea setosa subsp. pavonii, and Tecoma stans), three new for Italy ( Brugmansia aurea, NarcissusCotinga’, and NarcissusErlicheer’), one new one for the Italian Peninsula ( Luffa aegyptiaca), and 21 new taxa for Calabria ( Allium cepa, Asparagus setaceus, Bassia scoparia, Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Bidens formosa, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cedrus atlantica, Chlorophytum comosum, Cucurbita maxima subsp. maxima, Dolichandra unguis-cati, Fagopyrum esculentum, Freesia alba, Juglans regia, Kalanchoë delagoënsis, Passiflora caerulea, Portulaca grandiflora, Prunus armeniaca, Prunus dulcis, Solanum tuberosum, Tradescantia sillamontana, and Washingtonia filifera). Furthermore, we provide the first geolocalized record of Araujia sericifera, the confirmation of Oxalis stricta, and propose a change of status for four taxa ( Cenchrus setaceus, Salpichroa origanifolia, Sesbania punicea, and Nothoscordum gracile) for Calabria. The updated knowledge on the presence of new alien species in Calabria, in Italy and in Europe could allow for the prevention of other new entries and to eliminate this potential ecological threat to natural habitats.

          Related collections

          Most cited references78

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Article: not found

          An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: not found
            • Article: not found

            Alien Plants in Checklists and Floras: Towards Better Communication between Taxonomists and Ecologists

              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: not found
              • Article: not found

              An updated checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy

                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                Plants (Basel)
                Plants (Basel)
                plants
                Plants
                MDPI
                2223-7747
                11 September 2020
                September 2020
                : 9
                : 9
                : 1181
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of AGRARIA, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Loc. Feo di Vito snc, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy; vla.laface@ 123456unirc.it (V.L.A.L.); serafino.cannavo@ 123456unirc.it (S.C.); gspampinato@ 123456unirc.it (G.S.)
                [2 ]Department of Animal and Plant Biology and Ecology, Section of Botany, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain; anacanor@ 123456hotmail.com
                [3 ]Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; rjcanas@ 123456ualg.pt
                [4 ]Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
                Author notes
                [†]

                These authors contributed equally to the work.

                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2395-3181
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0120-190X
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0228-6095
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6452-4618
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7700-841X
                Article
                plants-09-01181
                10.3390/plants9091181
                7569777
                32932847
                bdc6f993-b6a7-48b3-b445-4dd61c315905
                © 2020 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

                History
                : 27 June 2020
                : 08 September 2020
                Categories
                Article

                biodiversity,check-list,exotic plant,herbarium specimens,invasiveness,new floristic records,plant diversity

                Comments

                Comment on this article