New records of monumental trees in the City of Bari (Apulia, Italy)

By

Pardi, Raimondo
Di Gristina, Emilio
Tarantino, Francesco
Elia, Mario
Venturella, Giuseppe
Gargano, Maria Letizia

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-5-8

Original Publication

Comparative cytogenetics : international journal of plant & animal cytogenetics, karyosystematics and molecular systematics

Volume

19

Pages

107--118

Subjects

Conservation , Criteria for awarding monumental characters , Cupressus cashmeriana , Populus nigra , urban biodiversity

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

St. Petersburg, Russia [Published] with technical support of Zoological Institute RAS [2007]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.19.151260

 

Abstract

Monumental trees are a unique component of biodiversity that should be protected, managed, and valued just like stone monuments, historic centers, and grand architectural structures. In this paper we documented the presence of three old trees of Cupressus cashmeriana and one tree of Populus nigra, whose morphological and dendrometric parameters meets the criteria established to attribute the character of monumentality. Considering also their ecological and cultural importance, we propose the inclusion of these monumental trees in the regional and national lists.