The lichens of the Majella National Park (Central Italy): an annotated checklist

By

Gheza, Gabriele
Di Nuzzo, Luca
Vallese, Chiara
Benesperi, Renato
Bianchi, Elisabetta
Di Cecco, Valter
Di Martino, Luciano
Giordani, Paolo
Hafellner, Josef 1951-
Mayrhofer, Helmut
Nimis, Pier Luigi
Tretiach, Mauro
Nascimbene, Juri

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

78

Pages

119--168

Subjects

Abruzzo , arctic-alpine species , Biodiversity hotspot , climate change , lichen biota , Mediterranean mountains , steppic species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.78.62362

 

Abstract

The botanical exploration of the Majella National Park has a long tradition dating back to the eighteenth century. However, the lichen biota of this area is still poorly investigated. To provide a baseline for future investigations, in this annotated checklist, we summarised all available information on the occurrence of lichens in the Majella National Park, retrieved from previous literature, herbarium material and original data produced by recent research.The checklist includes 342 infrageneric taxa. However, seven taxa are considered as dubious, thus setting the number of accepted taxa at 335, i.e. 45.8% of those currently known to occur in the Abruzzo Region. This checklist provides a baseline of the lichens known to occur in the Majella National Park, highlighting the potential of this area as a hotspot of lichen biodiversity, especially from a biogeographical point of view as indicated by the occurrence of several arctic-alpine species that form disjunct populations in the summit area of the massif.