Crop wild relatives (CWR) have contributed to crop domestication for millennia, but
nowadays due also to human over exploitation of plants and other environmental resources …

Taxa endemic to a country are key elements for setting national conservation priorities and
for driving conservation strategies, since their persistence is entirely dependent on national …

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 …

Italy has a rich natural heritage, which is dangerously under pressure. In recent years, there
is an increased awareness of the crucial role of plants in ecosystem functioning and in …

This study evaluated the effects of ecology (plant community, topography and pedology), as
well as of climate, on the composition of essential oils (EOs) from two officinal wild plant …

Rhamnus erythroxyloides subsp. sintenisii (Rech. f.) Mabb. is a relict species occurring on
the remnant mountains of Kyzylkum (in Uzbekistan). Up until recently, its population status …

Understanding how changes of any origin interact with the structure and survival of entire
populations is very important for the protection and conservation of threatened, rare and/or …

Helianthemum lippii is a perennial shrubby plant growing in the sandy environments of Italy,
Mediterranean countries of North Africa and Middle East. H. lippii is used in traditional …

We conducted a phytosociological study of the particular coenoses with presence of Cirsium
alpis-lunae, a strictly endemic species living in marly-arenaceous montane screes of the …

An attempt is made to summarize decades of activities by many national and international
actors and institutions that created ideal research conditions for the conservation of plant …