An updated inventory of the vascular flora alien to Italy, providing details on the occurrence
at regional level, is presented. The checklist includes 1597 species, subspecies, and …

Invasive alien plants are a major threat to biodiversity and they contribute to the
unfavourable conservation status of habitats of interest to the European Community. In order …

An updated inventory of the native vascular flora of Italy, providing details on the occurrence
at regional level, is presented. The checklist includes 8195 taxa (6417 species and 1778 …

Critical and updated alien species inventories are crucial to properly manage and contrast
biological invasions. After 6 years, a second update to the inventory of the vascular flora …

The tradition of floristic studies in Italy has made it possible to obtain a good knowledge of
plant diversity both on a national and regional scale. However, the lack of knowledge for …

An updated checklist of the Calabrian alien vascular flora is presented. By way of field,
bibliographic, and herbarium research, we recorded 382 alien taxa (representing almost …

Despite the wide amount of scientific contributions published on alien plant species, their
diffusion dynamics, and their interactions with native taxa, it is increasingly difficult to slow …

Social networks offer communication channels through which people share huge amounts
of primary data that can be used for scientific analyses, including biodiversity research. To …

Knowledge on alien species is needed nowadays to protect natural habitats and prevent
ecological damage. The presence of new alien plant species in Italy is increasing every day …

Levels of plant invasions in different habitat types were assessed in several regional studies,
but few of them were from the Mediterranean. Here we compare the levels of vascular plant …