An updated checklist of the vascular flora of Montagna di Torricchio State Nature Reserve (Marche, Italy)

By

Ballelli, Sandro
Pennesi, Riccardo
Campetella, Giandiego
Cervellini, Marco
Chelli, Stefano
Cianfaglione, Kevin
Lucarini, Domenico
Piermarteri, Karina
Tardella, Federico Maria
Catorci, Andrea
Canullo, Roberto

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-6-23

Original Publication

Italian botanist

Volume

9

Pages

87--100

Subjects

Central Apennines , endemic species , Floristic diversity , Herbarium CAME , Nature conservation

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft 2016-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.9.50032

 

Abstract

This study aims to increase floristic knowledge of Marche by means of a survey in the Montagna di Torricchio State Nature Reserve (central Italy). The Reserve, located in the central Apennines, covers about 3.2 km2 at altitudes ranging from 820 to 1,491 m a.s.l. It has been owned and managed as a strict reserve by the University of Camerino since 1970: all the anthropic activities ceased about 50 years ago, except for a minimal area where mowing and cattle grazing are still allowed.<br> The floristic list consists of 789 specific and subspecific taxa belonging to 81 families and 352 genera. Two species are new for Italy (Taraxacum calocarpum and T. pulchrifolium) and 14 for Marche regional flora. Compared to previous floristic studies, we found 127 more taxa but we showed a certain stability in the life-form spectrum, suggesting limited effects of dynamic processes related to climate and land-use changes. The negligible number of alien species (11) is probably related to the limitations to anthropic activities in the Reserve. The occurrence of taxa never recorded for Italy and Marche highlights the floristic value of the Reserve for species conservation in the central Apennines.