Edoardo Biondi

Marche Polytechnic University | Università degli Studi di Ancona · Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences

Caruso, G., Casavecchia, S. & Biondi, E..: The vascular flora of Uria basin (Catanzaro, S-Italy) and its conservation relevance.-Fl. Medit. 32: 99-116. 2022.-ISSN: 1120-4052 printed, 2240-4538 online. The inventory of the taxa collected during a survey held in 2011-2013 in Uria Basin, Catanzaro Province (Calabria, S-Italy) is here reported. The inv...

The present work is aimed at presenting the data, methods and criteria that are being used for the assessment of ecosystem collapse risk in Italy. ARTICLE HISTORY

Contributo alla conoscenza della flora vascolare del Gargano.

The present contribution was designed to deepen the knowledge of the Italian forest vegetation through its connection with the dynamic, pre-forest and mantle aspects relating to Oreoherzogia fallax (=Rhamnus alpina L. subsp. fallax (Boiss.) Maire et Petimg., = Rhamnus fallax Boiss.), a southeastern European orophyte of the southeastern Alps, the Ba...

We present the third report (2007-2012) on the conservation status of habitats in Italy, made according to Art. ex 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC. We describe, analyze and comment the data relating to the distribution and conservation status of terrestrial habitats on the Italian territory and for each biogeographic region. These data are affected by th...

The Worldwide Bioclimatic Classification System according to Rivas-Martínez (WBCS) is a bioclimatic classification that is widely used in vegetation science, geobotany, and landscape ecology. To date, only one complete WBCS map has been produced for Italy at the national scale. Here, we define two major updates to the WBCS map of Italy: improvement...

This article deals with new contributions to the class Charybdido pancratii-Asphodeletea ramosi, which was recently described in the classification of the edge vegetation of the Mediterranean area. The most important aspect is the description of the new order Bellido sylvestris-Arisaretalia vulgaris, which increases the importance of the class, as...

In this contribution new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Asplenium, Bolboschoenus, Botrychium, Chamaerops, Crocus, Galeopsis, Grafia, Helosciadium Hieracium, Juniperus, Leucanthemum,...

***free article at:**** http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3acWe5PRI6ChmjjEuPXW/full The Pinus halepensis Mill. forest vegetation of the central-eastern European Mediterranean basin (France, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Greece) is described here. This study was carried out considering published and unpublished phytosociological data, with the organisati...

It is here presented a phytosociological study aimed mainly to describe the dynamic processes of Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean perennial secondary grasslands, using the same concepts already tested in similar grasslands in temperate zones. The study was carried out in two different geographic areas: the Gargano peninsula and the central Apenn...

The methodological foundations of the recently published Manual for Annex I Habitats monitoring in Italy, edited by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) with the scientific support of the Italian Society for Vegetation Science (SISV), are here presented, discussed and related to the most consolidated and acknowled...

Il Manuale fornisce strumenti metodologici per l’implementazione di un programma di monitoraggio degli habitat di interesse comunitario in Italia. Il volume contiene 124 schede di monitoraggio, elaborate con il supporto di esperti nazionali e riviste dalle Regioni e Province Autonome italiane.

Salicornia patula Duval-Jouve is a diploid species that usually shows a small bushy growth form. It is an important component of the halophytic annual pioneer vegetation of salt marshes. This hyper-saline vegetation is rare and threatened by a wide variety of pressures (tourist and industrial practices, coast management, invasive species) in the Eu...

The 4th National Report ex Art. 17 of the 92/43/EEC Directive in Italy (period 2013-2018) will try to fill a number of gaps still affecting the former versions of the Italian Reports, where territorial data were still missing for large parts of the country and the assessment was mostly based on the use of the expert opinion. Similar inconsistencies...

This phytosociological study defines the heliophilous edges dominated by Brachypodium rupestre of different areas of central-southern Italy, from a lower Supratemperate thermotype to a lower Mesotemperate thermotype. This has allowed the description of four new syntaxa of the order Asphodeletalia macrocarpi that help to extend its biogeographic, bi...

A phytosociological study that was mainly aimed at describing the dynamic processes of Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean perennial secondary grasslands is presented here, using the concepts tested previously for similar grasslands in temperate zones. The study was carried out in two different geographic areas: the Gargano peninsula, and the centr...

Calicotome villosa (Poiret) Link. is a leguminous deciduous shrub that is often associated with disturbance processes, such as fires. This species is characterised by a primary dormancy imposed by its water-impermeable seed coat. In the present study, the germination rate of untreated seeds was low (10%), whereas high germination rates were achieve...

The Italian Vegetation Prodrome (IVP), implemented on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea (also known as MATTM) on the basis of two agreements entrusted to the Italian Botanical Society, has been drawn up to the lower level of suballiance. In the current paper, the syntaxonomical choices adopted in the descripti...

The present work deals with natural and subnatural forests of Pinus pinaster Aiton subsp. pinaster of Liguria and Tuscany regions. After a short introduction on the taxonomy and biogeography of Pinus pinaster subsp. pinaster, three new associations are described: Erico scopariae-Pinetum pinastri, Erico arboreae-Pinetum pinastri and Buxo semperviren...

The revision of the Paliurus spina-christi dominated vegetation of Europe is presented here. The study area includes the north-eastern part of Iberian Peninsula and Provence to the west, and spreads through the Apennine Peninsula to the Balkan Peninsula and up to Eastern Mediterranean areas. The phytosociological releves of Paliurus spina-christi d...

In the course of the project “Syntaxonomic checklist of the Italian classes, orders and alliances (Vegetation Prodrome of Italy)”, promoted in 2012 by the Italian “Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection” in collaboration with the “Italian Society of Botany”, it arises that some syntaxa are not validly published according to the Internatio...

This article begins with an extended presentation of the logical process that led to the definition of the order Asphodeletalia macrocarpi Biondi & Allegrezza 2014, highlighting the various aspects that justified this. The new analysis conducted in other areas of the central Apennines that were analysed with the present study allows the more precis...

Phleum hirsutum Honck. subsp. ambiguum (Ten.) Tzvelev is an important component of the vegetation of some semi-natural grassland habitats of central and southern Italy and especially of those referring to the 6210* habitat (Directive 92/43/EEC). Seeds of this species are required for the execution of restoration works concerning this habitat. There...

The vegetation dominated by perennial psammophilous grasses along the Mediterranean coasts is reviewed and updated according to the new concepts, with particular reference to the European grasses. First, the class of the dune psammophilous vegetation that is already indicated in the Vegetation Prodrome of Italy with the name of Ammophiletea is upda...

This is a detailed study of the Taxus baccata coenosis and other related woods of the calcareous ridge of Cingoli, as part of the lower peaks of the Umbria-Marche Apennines. This entire calcareous ridge has already undergone phytosociological studies. The aim of this study is to highlight the vegetation diversity of the biotope, as correlated with...

Researches carried out by the authors on the forest vegetation of the Gargano Peninsula, led to the discovery of 10 sites where the wild European grapevine (Vitis vinifera) occurs, for a total amount of 33 specimens that are to be added to the 811 specimens currently known in Italy. The assessment of the presence of the wild European grapevine was...

The vegetation with Daphne sericea Vahl occurring in the eastern sector of the Gargano Promontory (southern Italy) is presented here. Daphne sericea is an evergreen and nano-phanerophyte species occurring in the central and eastern part of the European Mediterranean basin. In Italy, it is present in some Tyrrhenian coastal areas, whereas along the...

The worldwide bioclimatic classification system (WBCS) of Rivas-Martínez was applied to the Italian territory and surrounding areas between latitudes 35°47′–46°60′ N and longitudes 5°92′–21°39′ E. The ‘WorldClim’ precipitation and temperature dataset was used as the source data. Application of the WBCS in a geographic information system allowed the...

Résumé Les auteurs apportent des précisions sur les exigences synécologiques et les caractéristiques phytosociologiques de 3 espèces cyrno-sardes remarquables: Evax rotundata, Spergularia macrorhiza, Artemisia densiflora. Ils insistent sur la nécessité de la protection de leurs biotopes et, en particulier, des falaises de la zone Bonifacio-Pertusat...

The aim of this study is to provide new syntaxa for the Italian vegetation checklist. For the class Rhamno–Prunetea which includes the class Paliuretea the new alliance Rhamno saxatilis–Paliurion spinae-christi is described, that is included in the order Paliuretalia spinae-christi with a central-western Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean distribu...

The Vegetation Prodrome of Italy was promoted in 2012 by the Italian “Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection”, in collaboration with the “Italian Society of Botany”, to provide a comprehensive and systematic catalogue and description of Italian plant communities. The Prodrome that is presented in this paper is the first full organic synth...

The main goal of the SIT-REM project is the design and the development of an interoperable web-GIS environment for the information retrieval and data editing/updating of the geobotanical and wildlife map of Marche Region. The vegetation, plant landscape and faunistic analysis allow the realization of a regional information system for wildlife-geobo...

The vegetation is presented here for the eastern, Adriatic, slopes of the Alpe della Luna mountain chain of the northern Apennines. For the lithological aspects, the mountain shows relative homogeny, as represented by the marly-arenaceous formation of the Umbro-Marche-Romagna series, along with the slope debris. The bioclimate of the area shows a t...

We drew up a checklist of the Italian vegetation (http://www.prodromo-vegetazione-italia.org/), up to the syntaxonomical rank of alliance. During the compilation of this checklist, we observed that some syntaxa were invalidly published. For this reason, in this article we validated some syntaxa names and, at the same time, described new syntaxa of...

This volume reports the data contained in the 3rd Report of the Habitat Directive, for the period 2007-2012, including all the assessments made on the conservation status of the species and habitats of community interest recorded in Italy. The report is freely accessible at the Central Data Repository (http://bd.eionet.europa.eu/activities/Reportin...

The aim of the article is the syntaxonomic interpretation of hyperhalophilous woody or semi-woody vegetation with Halocnemum M. Bieb. along the coasts of the Mediterranean Basin. For this area, the two species of Halocnemum, H. strobilaceum (Pall.) M. Bieb. and H. cruciatum (Forssk.) Tod. are identified; their morphological characteristics, synonym...

The aim of the present study is the restoration of an environment suitable to the particular ecological requirements of populations of amphibians of Community interest. Ponds, pools, marshes, small standing waters, are hot spots of biodiversity. They contribute significantly to increase the ecological value of agro-ecosystems. The study here presen...

Brachypodium genuense (DC.) Roem. & Schult. and B. rupestre (Host) R. et S. are important components of the vegetation of some widespread semi-natural grassland habitats. Both species play a very important role in the development of vegetation series that characterize these grasslands when they are no longer subjected to grazing or cutting regimes....

Brachypodium genuense (DC.) Roem. & Schult. and B. rupestre (Host) R. et S. are important components of the vegetation of some widespread secondary, semi-natural grassland habitats. Both species play a very important role in the development of vegetation series that characterize these grasslands when they are no longer subjected to grazing or cutti...

European Union Habitat Directive (92/43/EEC) encourages the preservation of biodiversity through measures that aim to ensure maintenance or restoration of habitats and wild vegetal and animal species in an acceptable state. Among the Community habitats that are seriously threatened in Italy at the present there are the habitats of semi-natural gras...

In this paper, we validated some syntaxa,the published names of which were regarded as invalid on the basis of the International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature (ICPN). The validations concern syntaxa of different hierarchical level, belonging to different phytosociological classes. Most validations regard syntaxa that are invalid with respe...

It is presented the vascular flora of Conero Regional Park. The paper starts with a brief presentation of the park territory (geography, geomorphology and bioclimate) that arises in the central Adriatic side of the Italian peninsula. The vegetation is briefly described thanks to the detailed phytosociological analysis carried out in the territory a...

Rural activities have led to profound changes over the centuries of natural environment in Italy as in the rest of Europe by helping to define landscape mosaics in some cases very rich in biodiversity and habitats. In recent decades, however, the biodiversity of these ecosystems has been seriously compromise because of many variables, such as the i...

Two years after its official start, the national vegetation database VegItaly, a collaborative project supported by the Italian scientific community and developed by a large group of scientists, is presented. The paper offers a concise overview of the content of the database, currently consisting of 31,100 vegetation-plot, including published and u...

Starting from the recently produced Italian Habitats interpretation Manual (http://vnr.unipg.it/habitat), a thorough diagnosis of the Annex I Habitats recorded in the Italian territory is reported, selecting the alliance level as the most suitable standard phytosociological rank for a detailed nationwide overview. In order to solve a number of well...

This article consists of two main parts. The first part presents a phytosociological study of the secondary grasslands of Montagna dei Fiori (1814 m a.s.l.), within the National Park of Gran Sasso and the Laga Mountains, in Abruzzo, central Italy. The second part provides a syntaxonomic review of the Apennine grassland communities belonging to the...

The aim of this study is to define a methodological framework that allows the Natura 2000 network to be integrated with the Pan-European Ecological Network (PEEN). The proposed methodology is based on phytosociological analyses, as these analyses led to the definition of the habitats of Directive 92/43/EEC and determined the choice of the Natura 20...

This study of the plant landscape of a sub-coastal hilly area in southern Marche, Italy, has allowed the proposal of two main models that are highly correlated with the geomorphological and bioclimate variations of the area. This study area is very complex from a geological point of view. The synphytosociological analysis reveals the changes that o...

The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the value of some nitrophilous plants as bioindicators related to global warming. As a case study, the space-time dynamics of the populations of some nitrophilous and ruderal species have been investigated along the southern-central Adriatic side of the Italian Peninsula. These have been examined accor...

The aim of the study was to establish the main types of oak-hornbeam (Carpinus betulus and Quercus sp. div) forests on the Apennines, Balkan peninsula and southern Alps and their correlations with the main ecological and phytogeographical gradients in the region. Furthermore, the comparison with the major types recognized in the traditional expert-...

The Germplasm Bank for ex situ conservation of anfiadriatic plant species (ASSB) - The Germplasm Bank for ex situ conservation of amphiadriatic plant species (ASSB) is part of the Botanical Garden of the Marche Polytechnic University (Central Italy) and was established in 2005. The main activities are related to the conservation of rare and threate...

A concise methodological and conceptual overview of the present state of phytosociology, 100 years after its foundation, is presented. The fullness of phytosociology as a synecological science is highlighted. This scientific approach, which was inherent in phytosociology from the very beginning, has made great strides forward thanks to the detailed...

A mapping methodology is presented here that allows the practical implementation of synphytosociological and geosynphytosociological surveys. The proposed methodology consists in carrying out synrelevés from vegetation maps produced through the use of geographic information system (GIS). Such mapping has the great advantage of allowing the overlayi...

Agriculture is a sector where current efforts for conservation of biodiversity at international and national levels are focussed, according to the requirements of the sustainable policies. Agricultural intensification and concomitant land abandonment in the less favoured areas have impacted strongly on the environment, and consequently, have had wo...

We present here a case study of the application of vegetational and geomorphological analyses as good methodology for the identification of habitats according to Directive 92/43/CEE. ThIS study relates to a biotope known as “Pian delle Melette”, which is included in SICIT5210066 “Media Val Casana (Monti Coscerno-Civitella)”, and it is realised thro...

A phytosociological study of the Arrhenatherum elatius grasslands of central Italy is here presented. These vegetation types can be found from subcoastal to montane areas, and they have an ecology that has aspects that are mesophilous to mesohygrophilous. These grasslands are characterised by high species diversity and they have been maintained by...