The urban vascular flora of Palermo (Sicily, Italy)

Abstract

This article presents a comprehensive inventory of the urban vascular flora of the town of Palermo. The data were gathered from extensive field collections, from specimens kept in different herbaria, and publications of the last 30 years. The floristic catalogue includes all the vascular plants that occur spontaneously within the urban area. Thirteen taxa are endemic to Sicily and one of these, Clinopodium raimondoi, is exclusive to Palermo’s area. The inventory comprises 1052 taxa belonging to 119 families and 225 genera, and contains 170 taxa non-native to the Italian flora.

Keywords:

• Mediterranean Basin
• nature conservation
• plant invasion
• species inventories
• urban biodiversity

Acknowledgement

We thank prof. Francesco M. Raimondo for his valuables suggestions and encouragements in study setting and development.

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Funding

Research performed thanks to the MIUR FFABR funding 2017 awarded to Prof. G. Domina and the support by the International Foundation pro Herbario Mediterraneo.