Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 8

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes to the Italian administrative regions for taxa in the genera Ajuga, Chamaemelum, Clematis, Convolvulus, Cytisus, Deschampsia, Eleocharis, Epipactis, Euphorbia, Groenlandia, Hedera, Hieracium, Hydrocharis, Jacobaea, Juncus, Klasea, Lagurus, Leersia, Linum, Nerium, Onopordum, Persicaria, Phlomis, Polypogon, Potamogeton, Securigera, Sedum, Soleirolia, Stachys, Umbilicus, Valerianella, and Vinca. Nomenclatural and distribution updates, published elsewhere, and corrigenda are provided as Suppl. material 1

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 12

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1

Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 11

In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes for Italy or for Italian administrative regions. Nomenclatural and distribution updates published elsewhere are provided as Suppl. material 1

Invertebrates in the diet of foxes (<em>Vulpes vulpes</em>) in central Italy / Invertebrati nella dieta della Volpe (<em>Vulpes vulpes</em>) in Italia centrale

<strong>Abstract</strong> The percentage of frequency (F%) of Invertebrates was recorded by the analisys of 90 stomach contents randomly selected from 609 stomachs collected in the northern Marches throughout the 1979-85. Insects were the staple food and were represented by Coleoptera (F%=81.1) followed by Orthoptera (F%=16.4), Hymenoptera (F%=0.9) and Lepidoptera (F%=0.9). For the Coleoptera <em>Carabus</em> sp.pl., <em>Lucanus tetraodon</em> and <em>Pentodon punctatus</em> were the most preyed, for the Orthoptera, Gryllidae. The fox preyed mainly middle- or large-sized insects (20-42 mm in length) while patrolling its territory. Several insects would be excluded from the diet because ingested accidentally or from carrion. <strong>Riassunto</strong> I dati, espressi come frequenza percentuale (F%), sono stati ottenuti dall'analisi di 90 contenuti stomacali, raccolti nel 1979-85 nelle Marche settentrionali. Gli insetti sono la categoria più utilizzata e sono rappresentati, in ordine di importanza relativa, dai Coleotteri (F%=81,1), Ortotteri (F%=16,4), Imenotteri (F%=0,9) e Lepidotteri (F%=0,9); tra i Coleotteri i più predati sono i <em>Carabus</em> sp.pl., <em>Lucanus tetraodon</em> e <em>Pentodon punctatus</em>, tra gli Ortotteri i Gryllidae. La Volpe preda principalmente insetti di dimensioni medio-grandi (lunghezza 20-42 mm) mentre perlustra il suo territorio. Diverse specie di insetti andrebbero però escluse dalla dieta in quanto sono ingerite accidentalmente o attraverso il consumo di carogne

Re-evaluation of Senecio apenninus (Asteraceae, Senecioneae)

A morphometric study on Senecio apenninus and S. doronicum subsp. orientalis belonging to S. sect. Crociseris was carried out with univariate and multivariate analyses. In order to correctly classify these taxa and clarify the taxonomic value of S. apenninus, we studied 38 qualitative and quantitative morphometric characters from 85 herbarium specimens. The results of our analyses allow the recognition of two clearly distinct and separate taxa, distinguished by number and diameter of their capitula, the ratio of involucral bracts and supplementary bracts and length of supplementary bracts. Furthermore, a neotype for the name S. apenninus is selected