Aegilops (Poaceae) in Italy: taxonomy,geographical distribution,ecology, vulnerability and conservation |
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| Authors: | Enrico V. Perrino Robert P. Wagensommer Pietro Medagli |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Botanical Garden Museum, University of Bari, via E. Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy;2. Agronomic Mediterranean Institute, via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano (Bari), Italyenricoperrino@yahoo.it perrino@iamb.it;4. Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, Italy |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTAegilops L. includes wild species from which, over millennia, man has cultivated forms of Triticum L. Ten species of Aegilops occur in Italy. Three species are allochthonous and eight out of ten species are recorded in the Apulia region. Five out of the ten species have been included in Red Lists. Each taxon is presented and discussed, citing old and new sites of occurrence, by examining specimens from many different herbaria, and describing their ecology and habitats, according to the Directive 92/43 EEC. A new taxonomic key, for the identification of all Aegilops species growing in Italy, is provided. The occurrence of Aegilops caudata L., A. peregrina (Hack. in J. Fraser) Maire & Weiller and A. speltoides Tausch in Italy is doubtful. |
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| Keywords: | Aegilops ecology identification key Italy Red List |
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