Patrizia Campisi

Are Red Lists really useful for plant conservation? The New Red List of the Italian Flora in the perspective of national conservation policies

“The New Red List of the Italian Flora” includes all the Italian policy species and other species of known conservation concerns for a total of 400 taxa, 65% of which are threatened with extinction. The Red List is based on a huge georeferenced data-set useful for conservation purposes.

New national and regional bryophyte records, 43

1. Acaulon mediterraneum LimprContributor: R. NatchevaBulgaria: Blagoevgrad region, Belasitsa Nature Park, south of the road between the villages of Razdak and Drangovo, on soil in pasture, 41.3981...

Taxonomy and conservation of Pancratium maritimum (Amaryllidaceae) and relatives in the Central Mediterranean

Abstract Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae) is a geophyte occurring in the Mediterranean region, from the Black Sea to part of the Atlantic coast. This plant is receiving much attention from the international scientific community due to its value as a bioindicator, the potential industrial value of its chemical compounds, and its use as a commercial ornamental plant. Plant morphometry and sequences of three plastid DNA regions (rbcL, matK, trnH-psbA) were used to assess the phenotypic and genetic variability of this taxon and its closest congeneric species (in particular Pancratium linosae, from the volcanic island of Linosa) in the Central Mediterranean (Sicily, Tunisia and surrounding islands). Pancratium maritimum and P. linosae cannot be distinguished based on morphological and genetic data and should belong to the same taxon. Our results also highlight a diversified gene pool in P. maritimum that is worth preserving. The lectotypes of the names Halmira stellaris, Pancratium angustifolium and Pancratium foetidum are here designated.

Additional reports for Italian moss flora

As a result of the study of both recent collections and a review of herbarium specimens, the following taxa are reported for the first time from various Italian regions: Hedwigia stellata Hedenäs, Hedwigia ciliata var. leucophaea Bruch & Schimp., Pleurozium schreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt. and Ptychostomum compactum Hornsch. var. compactum. The last taxon is new for southern Italy, while the report of Pleurozium schreberi confirms the occurrence of this species in southern Italy after more than half a century. Moreover, Crossidium laxefilamentosum Frey & Kürschner represents the second report of this species from Italy.

New national and regional bryophyte records, 53

L. T. Ellis, O. M. Afonina, R. L. Andriamiarisoa, H. Bednarek-Ochyra, B. Cykowska-Marzencka, M. Stryjak-Bogacka, N. E. Bell, M. Boiko, D. A. Callaghan, P. Campisi, M. G. Dia, M. L. Marino, F. Provenzano, J. Eckstein, J. Enroth, P. Erzberger, T. Ezer, M. L. Gargano, E. Ginzburg, P. Górski, S. R. Gradstein, C. Reeb, C. Hannoire, M. Infante, I. Jukonienė, E. V. Kushnevskaya, M. Lebouvier, J. Nagy, A. Opmanis, V. Plášek, Z. Skoupá, M. S. Sabovljević, A. D. Sabovljević, J. R. Shevock, D. K. Singh, S. Majumdar, M. Skudnik, A. Uselienė, G. Venturella, M. Węgrzyn, P. Wietrzyk, Y.-J. Yoon, J. H. Kim, E. Yücel

Volatile Constituents of the Aerial Parts of Pulicaria sicula (L.) Moris Growing Wild in Sicily: Chemotaxonomic Volatile Markers of the Genus Pulicaria Gaertn.

The chemical composition of the essential oil isolated from the aerial parts of Pulicaria sicula (L.) Moris was characterized by GC‐FID and GC/MS analyses. The oil was particularly rich in oxygenated terpenoids. Among the oxygenated monoterpenes (content of 44.5%), the most abundant were borneol (23.7%), bornyl acetate (6.5%), and isothymol isobutyrate (6.2%). Caryophyllene oxide (10.2%), caryophylladienol I (4.3%), and caryophylla‐3,8(13)‐dien‐5β‐ol (4.4%) were identified as the main constituents among the oxygenated sesquiterpenes. Furthermore, a complete literature review on the composition of the essential oils of all the Pulicaria taxa studied so far was performed and a principal component analysis (PCA) was carried out.

Studies on the Sicilian populations of Anacolia webbii (Mont.) Schimp. (Bartramiaceae, Bryophyta), rare moss in Europe

New data on the distribution, biology, intra- and inter-population variability and conservation state of Sicilian populations of Anacolia webbii are provided. Two new localities are reported, so that total five fragmented populations occur in the island, all of them in a rather small area in the western part of the province of Palermo. They live on wet limestone or sandstone cliffs with base at 900–1200 m a.s.l. and N, N-NE aspect, within communities of Aceri campestris-Querco-ilicis sigmetum. The plants are particularly vigorous, but some data suggest a condition of vulnerability of the populations. In fact, in addition to specificity to a rare habitat on the island, a morphometric and allozyme analysis showed a very low genetic and morphological diversity. One population (Costa Lunga), showing small morphological differences with respect to the other populations, diverges from this pattern, showing the highest mean number of alleles per locus (1.5), the highest polymorphism (50%) and intra-population diversity (H = 0.249). In one of the larger populations (Mount Kumeta), moreover, a remarkable presence of sterile plants, a paucity of male plants as well as a low production of sporophytes and a high rate of aborted archegonia have been recorded.

New national and regional bryophyte records, 55

L. T. Ellis, O. M. Afonina, M. Aleffi, R. L. Andriamiarisoa, M. Bačkor, M. Goga, H. Bednarek-Ochyra, D. A. Callaghan, P. Campisi, M. G. Dia, M. L. Marino, J. Enroth, P. Erzberger, V. Hugonnot, E. A. Ignatova, T. Kiebacher, J. Kučera, M. Lebouvier, G. M. Maria, S. Ştefănuţ, J. Nagy, T. Pócs, S. Poponessi, R. Venanzoni, D. Gigante, F. Prosser, C. Reeb, M. S. Sabovljević, J. R. Shevock, S. Shirzadian, S. Akhoondi Darzikolaei, E. R. F. Souza, A. Silva Pinto, J. B. Silva, S. F. Lopes, K. Torzewski, A. Kazienko

Are Red List really useful for plant conservation? The New Red List of the Italian Flora as a study case in the perspective of national conservation policies

“The New Red List of the Italian Flora” includes all the Italian policy species and other species of known conservation concerns for a total of 400 taxa, 65% of which are threatened with extinction. The Red List is based on a huge georeferenced data-set useful for conservation purposes.