A common approach to the conservation of threatened island vascular plants: First results in the Mediterranean Basin

G Fenu, G Bacchetta, CS Christodoulou, D Cogoni… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean islands represent a center of vascular plant diversity featuring a high rate
of endemic richness. Such richness is highly threatened, however, with many plants facing …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Conservación ex situ de plantas silvestres

G Bacchetta, A Bueno Sánchez, G Fenu… - 2008 - academia.edu
Los orígenes de la conservación de la biodiversidad vegetal contemporánea están en gran
parte vinculados a la práctica de la recolección, almacenamiento y uso de las semillas en …

Morpho-colorimetric characterization by image analysis to identify diaspores of wild plant species

G Bacchetta, O Grillo, E Mattana, G Venora - Flora-Morphology, Distribution …, 2008 - Elsevier
Digital images of ex situ germplasm stored in the Sardinian Germplasm Bank (BG-SAR)
were used for the application of image analysis techniques at the Stazione Sperimentale di …

Seed Morphology in Species from the Silene mollissima Aggregate (Caryophyllaceae) by Comparison with Geometric Models

JJ Martín-Gómez, M Porceddu, G Bacchetta… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The description of seed shape by comparison with geometric models allows shape
quantification, providing the means for an accurate comparison between different species or …

Calabrian native project: Botanical education applied to conservation and valorization of autochthonous Woody plants

G Caruso - Research Journal of Ecology and Environmental …, 2022 - scipublications.com
Calabria is a floristic hotspot just at the center of Mediterranean Sea. Unfortunately, an
increasing number of alien plant species threats this natural heritage, exactly while the …

Seed Germination Ecophysiology of Acacia dealbata Link and Acacia mearnsii De Wild.: Two Invasive Species in the Mediterranean Basin

L Dessì, L Podda, G Brundu, V Lozano, A Carrouée… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acacia dealbata and A. mearnsii are two invasive species found in coastal, mountain, and
riparian Mediterranean habitats. Seed biology and germination traits are important drivers of …

Intrapopulation germinability may help the Mediterranean plant species Poterium spinosum L. to cope with climate changes and landscape fragmentation

G Bonanno, V Veneziano - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Poterium spinosum L. is a key plant species forming typical shrub communities, distributed
across the Mediterranean eastern coasts. The conservation of P. spinosum is thus of the …

Seed dormancy, climate changes, desertification and soil use transformation threaten the Mediterranean endemic monospecific plant Petagnaea gussonei

G Bonanno, V Veneziano - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study investigated the germination capacity (endogenous factor) of Petagnaea
gussonei (Spreng.) Rauschert, an endemic monospecific plant considered as a relict …