CARTA , Angelino

Pollination ecology and breeding system of Lilium pomponium L. were studied, and their effect on the reproductive outcome was assessed. This species has high conservation interest in Europe, because it is included in Annex V of the EU Habitat Directive and it is one out of the five Lilium species listed in IUCN Global Red List. To achieve our...

Evolutionary changes in karyotype provide genetic support to organisms' differentiation and adaptation; however, the association between karyotype diversity and species diversification in flowering plants (angiosperms) remains to be fully elucidated. We sought evidence for this association within a phylogenetic framework using a dataset...

IDPlanT is the Italian Database of Plant Translocation, an initiative of the Nature Conservation Working Group of the Italian Botanical Society. IDPlanT currently includes 185 plant translocations. The establishment of a national database on plant translocation is a key step forward in data sharing and techniques improvement in this field of...