Distribution, ecology, vegetation and conservation survey on the relictual population of<i>Carex panormitana</i>Guss. (Cyperaceae) in Sicily (Italy)

Gianguzzi, Lorenzo; Cusimano, Dario; Ilardi, Vincenzo; Romano, Salvatore

doi:10.1080/00837792.2013.853364

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“…Information on the geographic distribution of C. reuteriana – C. panormitana and their putative fossil ancestor ( C. panormitana ‐type; Table ) was used to assess the present ecological niche and its evolution from the Pliocene to present times. The current distribution range of the complex was collected mainly from GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/) and corrected and complemented with our own field sampling (Appendix ), bibliographic references (Gianguzzi, Cusimano, Ilardi, & Salvatore, ; Jiménez‐Mejías, Escudero, Chaparro, & Luceño, ; Urbani, Calvia, & Pisanu, ) and herbarium specimens (COFC, SEV, and SS herbaria; Thiers, ). Unreliable points due to incorrect georeferencing (e.g., populations falling in the sea or outside the known distribution range) or taxonomic issues (e.g., known misidentifications) were removed.…”

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Pliocene–Pleistocene ecological niche evolution shapes the phylogeography of a Mediterranean plant group

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Estimating species ability to adapt to environmental changes is crucial to understand their past and future response to climate change. The Mediterranean Basin has experienced remarkable climatic changes since the Miocene, which have greatly influenced the evolution of the Mediterranean flora. Here, we examine the evolutionary history and biogeographic patterns of two sedge sister species (Carex, Cyperaceae) restricted to the western Mediterranean Basin, but with Pliocene fossil record in central Europe. In particular, we estimated the evolution of climatic niches through time and its influence in lineage differentiation. We carried out a dated phylogenetic-phylogeographic study based on seven DNA regions (nDNA and ptDNA) and fingerprinting data (AFLPs), and modelled ecological niches and species distributions for the Pliocene, Pleistocene and present. Phylogenetic and divergence time analyses revealed that both species form a monophyletic lineage originated in the late Pliocene-early Pleistocene. We detected clear genetic differentiation between both species with distinct genetic clusters in disjunct areas, indicating the predominant role of geographic barriers limiting gene flow. We found a remarkable shift in the climatic requirements between Pliocene and extant populations, although the niche seems to have been relatively conserved since the Pleistocene split of both species. This study highlights how an integrative approach combining different data sources and analyses, including fossils, allows solid and robust inferences about the evolutionary history of a plant group since the Pliocene.

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Pliocene–Pleistocene ecological niche evolution shapes the phylogeography of a Mediterranean plant group

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“…The present data greatly broaden the floristic-phytosociological knowledge of the aquatic communities of the largest Mediterranean island, as well as their syntaxonomic, synecological, and distributive features. Our survey allowed almost punctual evaluation of scattered, isolated aquatic habitats that have a relevant conservation value considering the huge pressures exerted by climate change and human activities in the Mediterranean region (Gianguzzi et al 2013(Gianguzzi et al , 2017Benavent-González et al 2014;Angiolini et al 2017;Tomaselli et al 2020). Thus, the described vegetation includes very peculiar phytocoenoses, although the floristic originality of the aquatic communities monitored is generally low.…”

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Contribution to the knowledge of Mediterranean wetland vegetation: Lemnetea and Potamogetonetea classes in Western Sicily

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Lastrucci²,

Bolpagni³

et al. 2021

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The freshwater aquatic vegetation of the Lemnetea and Potamogetonetea classes in Western Sicily was surveyed and analyzed. 85 lakes and small pools were investigated collecting 147 phytosociological unpublished relevés to integrate the very scarce available data (only 3 relevés). By applying statistical analyses on abundances data and on the bases of physiognomy and dominant species, two alliances (Lemnion minoris and Stratiotion) and four different coenoses have been identify for the Lemnetea class; while 11 associations, assigned to two orders (Potamogetonetalia pectinati and Callitricho hamulatae-Ranunculetalia aquatilis) and four alliances (Potamogetonion, Nymphaeion albae, Ranunculion aquatilis and Ranunculion omiophyllo-hederacei) have been recognized for the Potamogetonetea class. A new association (Junco bufonii-Ranunculetum omiophylli ass. nov.) and a new subassociation (Ranunculetum peltati ranunculetosum rionii subass. nov.) have been proposed, whereas other six vegetation units were found to be new for the study area (Potamogetono-Ceratophylletum submersi, Potamogetonetum pusilli, Ranunculetum aquatilis, Ranunculetum peltati and Ranunculetum rionii, Lemno-Callitrichetum obtusangulae). For all the coenoses recognized, new insights on the floristic composition, syntaxonomy, synphiognomy, synecology and synchorology are reported, offering a reasoned overview of the aquatic vegetation of the western sector of the main Mediterranean island.

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“…2012;Lazzaro et al 2020). As a consequence, many plant and animal species have become very rare at regional, national or european scale by now (Corbetta and Pirone 1989;Pedrotti 1990Pedrotti , 1995Venanzoni and Gigante 2000;Pirone et al 2003;Venanzoni et al 2003;Bacchetta and Mossa 2004;Prosser and Sarzo 2004;Presti et al 2005;Ceschin and Salerno 2008;Tomaselli et al 2006;Tasinazzo 2009;Mereu et al 2012;Gianguzzi et al 2013;Angiolini et al 2017;Venanzoni et al 2021). Some of these phytocoenoses, as tall sedge communities, reach their maximum level of diversity in the mountain karst plains where they represent a relict vegetation with noteworthy phytogeographic disjunctions (Pirone 1987;Biondi and Baldoni 1994;Pedrotti 2015Pedrotti , 2016Landucci et al 2013Landucci et al , 2020Venanzoni et al 2018;Tardella and Di Agostino 2020;Ciaschetti et al 2021).…”

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Proposals for improvement of Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC: Central Italy

Casavecchia¹,

Allegrezza²,

Angiolini³

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The main purpose of the 92/43/EEC Habitats Directive is to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, understood as habitat types and species of the flora and fauna of the European Union. To achieve this goal, natural and semi-natural biodiversity as a whole must be recognized and included in its annexes. As for the conservation of biotopes, named habitat types, Italy is unfortunately lacking as it the Annex I does not include important ecosystems that are typical of its territory, rare for biogeographical reasons or threatened. Therefore, the opportunity to identify a first list of significant habitats for central Italy is discussed here. For each of the new proposed types (new habitats or new subtypes) a sheet has been prepared to highlight their salient characteristics. The new proposals concern seven habitat types and one subtype: sedge and reeds formations (Freshwater large sedge and reed beds), willow shrublands (Shrubby willow formations of river banks and fens), Apennine garrigues (Apennine hilly and montane garrigues), a new subtype of Annex I Habitat 6130 (Communities of herbaceous and dwarf shrub-suffrutescent plants of Italian ultramafic substrates), ancient olive groves ("Centuries-old olive groves" with evergreen Quercus spp. and arborescent matorral), secondary meadows (Italian submontane and montane pastured meadows dominated by Cynosurus cristatus), badlands (Pioneer halophilous and sub-halophilous communities of “calanchi” and “biancane” badlands) and hop-hornbeam woods (Italian-Balkan hop-hornbeam woods).

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Distribution, ecology, vegetation and conservation survey on the relictual population ofCarex panormitanaGuss. (Cyperaceae) in Sicily (Italy)

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Pliocene–Pleistocene ecological niche evolution shapes the phylogeography of a Mediterranean plant group

Pliocene–Pleistocene ecological niche evolution shapes the phylogeography of a Mediterranean plant group

Contribution to the knowledge of Mediterranean wetland vegetation: Lemnetea and Potamogetonetea classes in Western Sicily

Proposals for improvement of Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC: Central Italy

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