Published June 12, 2020 | Version v1
Journal article Open

A first checklist of the alien-dominated vegetation in Italy

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of Florence, Department of Biology, Florence, Italy
  • 2. University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • 3. University of Perugia, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Perugia, Italy
  • 4. Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
  • 5. Botanical Garden of Padua, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
  • 6. University of Rome 3, Department of Sciences, Rome, Italy
  • 7. Via degli Alpini 7, 43037 Lesignano de' Bagni (Parma), Italy
  • 8. University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
  • 9. Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
  • 10. University of Siena, Siena, Italy
  • 11. University of Pavia, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Pavia, Italy
  • 12. University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
  • 13. Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia
  • 14. Comitato Scientifico, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali "Efisio Noussan", Saint Pierre (AO), Italy
  • 15. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
  • 16. Università Ca' Foscari Dorsoduro 3246, 30123 Venezia, Venezia, Italy
  • 17. University of Milan, Department of Biosciences, Milano, Italy
  • 18. Affiliation, City, Italy
  • 19. Department of Sciences, University of Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
  • 20. Ufficio Botanico, Parco Nazionale della Majella, Via Badia 28, Sulmona (L'Aquila), Italy
  • 21. University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
  • 22. Via Napoli 50, Fara San Martino (Chieti), Italy
  • 23. Department of Biology, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
  • 24. University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
  • 25. Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, and Chair IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group, Italy, Rome, Italy
  • 26. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
  • 27. University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
  • 28. Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
  • 29. Università di Genova. DISTAV. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Genova, Italy
  • 30. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
  • 31. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Food Sciences, Campobasso, Italy
  • 32. Istituto Comprensivo "Bentivoglio", Poggio Renatico (FE), Italy
  • 33. CIHEAM, Valenzano, Italy|CIHEAM – Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari, Bari, Italy
  • 34. Department of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
  • 35. Scientific Research and Biodiversity Service, Gran Paradiso National Park, Cogne (AO), Italy
  • 36. University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
  • 37. Universita degli studi Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
  • 38. Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto, Largo Santa Caterina 41, 38068 Rovereto (Trento), Italy
  • 39. University of Catania , Catania, Italy
  • 40. University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
  • 41. IInstitute for Timber Plants and the Environment, Turin, Italy
  • 42. Ufficio Biodiversità e Rete Natura 2000, Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy
  • 43. Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
  • 44. Università degli studi del Molise, Termoli, Italy
  • 45. University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
  • 46. Sistema Museale di Ateneo , Firenze, Italy

Description

This study provides a first step toward the knowledge of the alien-dominated and co-dominated plant communities present in Italy. The first ever checklist of the alien phytocoenoses described or reported in literature for the Italian territory has been compiled, produced by data-mining in national and local thematic literature. The resulting vegetation-type draft-list has been checked in the light of the most recent syntaxonomic documentation and updated with regards to syntaxonomy and nomenclature, with special reference to the frame proposed in the Italian Vegetation Prodrome. The list includes 27 vascular and one bryophyte vegetation classes, hosting 194 low rank alien-dominated syntaxa. The different vegetation types detected for each syntaxonomic class and macro-vegetation group, defined by physiognomical and ecological attributes, are discussed.

Files

Plant_Sociology_article_50483.pdf

Files (1.2 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:6c9b4bc8f5148efa84bf1b7d0c57c565
1.2 MB Preview Download

System files (383.3 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:5420aeef44ab93e09ec139a05dfbbaa5
383.3 kB Download

Additional details

Related works

Has part
Figure: 10.3897/pls2020571/04.figure1 (DOI)
Figure: 10.3897/pls2020571/04.figure2 (DOI)