Valentina Lucia Astrid Laface, Carmelo Maria Musarella, Ana Cano Ortiz, Ricardo Quinto Canas, Serafino Cannavò, Giovanni Spampinato
Knowledge on alien species is needed nowadays to protect natural habitats and prevent ecological damage. The presence of new alien plant species in Italy is increasing every day. Calabria, its southernmost region, is not yet well known with regard to this aspect. Thanks to fieldwork, sampling, and observing many exotic plants in Calabria, here, we report new data on 34 alien taxa. In particular, we found three new taxa for Europe ( Cascabela thevetia , Ipomoea setosa subsp. pavonii , and Tecoma stans ), three new for Italy ( Brugmansia aurea , Narcissus ' Cotinga ', and Narcissus ' Erlicheer '), one new one for the Italian Peninsula ( Luffa aegyptiaca ), and 21 new taxa for Calabria ( Allium cepa , Asparagus setaceus , Bassia scoparia , Beta vulgaris subsp...
September 11, 2020: Plants (Basel, Switzerland)