Systematic botany, floristic research and conservation of vascular plants
Conservation of plant biodiversity is a central theme and a crucial global challenge. To evaluate and describe the conservation status of the plant heritage of a given territory it is essential to know, in the first instance, what are the species that grow there and their distribution. These informations are derived from the floristic research and checklists and from taxonomic and systematic studies, essential tools for the conservation and protection of biodiversity. Our research concerns taxonomic and systematic studies on vascular plants in Italy and Mediterranean area, with a special focus on Italian endemics. Specific studies concerning some genera as Adonis, Centaurea, Corydalis, Galium, Gagea, Genista, Leontodon, Mcneillia, Minuartia, Onobrychis, Pinguicula, Knautia, Ranunculus and Thymus are carried out. We coordinate the updating of the checklists of the vascular flora native and alien to Italy. These updates inventories serve as a taxonomic and nomenclatural platform for further research in floristic, taxonomic, geobotanical or environmental studies. Furthermore, we proposed an online database, continuously updated, of Italian vascular flora (PORTAL TO THE FLORA OF ITALY). We collaborate on two international projects that aim to survey and map the vascular plants of Europe and the Mediterranean region (Euro+Med project and Atlas Florae Europaeae). We collaborate to the new Red List of the Italian vascular Flora, providing a nomenclatural support and throught the assessment of plants taxa of conservation interest. We coordinate the V Report ex art. 17 of Habitat Directive for vascular plants.
Keywords - ENGLISH
Endemism, Flora, Nomenclature, Plant diversity, Taxonomy, Vascular plants
Active participants in the research line (PI last author or *)
Fabrizio Bartolucci; Jamila Da Valle; Giulio Zangari; Fabio Conti
External Collaborations
University of Pisa, Pavia, Regensburg, Beograd, Natural History Museum of Milano
Pillar
Environmental Sustainability
Macroareas in Environmental Sustainability
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
Relevant research grants (national/international) funding specifically this Research Line
PRIN 2019-2021: PRIN “PLAN.T.S. 2.0 – towards a renaissance of PLANt Taxonomy and Systematics; LIFE Flora NET 2016-2020; • PRIN 2023-2025– “Xerothermic deciduous oaks, a still-unsolved genetic, taxonomic and coenological issue of a valuable forest resource in Mediterranean countries. From the safeguard of landscape identity to the planning of Urban forests; Convenzione ISPRA, V Report ex art. 17 della Direttiva Habitat per le piante vascolari; Convenzione Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga per la gestione del Centro Ricerche Floristiche dell'Appennino.
Email Address
fabio.conti@unicam.it
Link to Relevant Publications