Updated checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy
An updated inventory of the vascular flora for Italy has been published which details the occurrence of 1 597 species, subspecies and hybrids at a regional level. These entries are distributed within 725 genera and 152 families. Two taxa are lycophytes, 11 ferns, 33 gymnosperms and 1551 angiosperms. In total, 157 taxa are archaeophytes and 1440 are neophytes. At present there are 791 alien taxa currently established in Italy. Of these, 570 are naturalised and 221 are invasive. There are 705 taxa classified as casual aliens.
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Galasso G, Conti F, Peruzzi L, Ardenghi NMG, Banfi E, Celesti-Grapow L, Albano A, Alessandrini A, Bacchetta G, Ballelli S, Bandini Mazzanti M, Barberis G, Bernardo L, Blasi C, Bouvet D, Bovio M, Cecchi L, Del Guacchio E, Domina G, Fascetti S, Gallo L, Gubellini L, Guiggi A, Iamonico D, Iberite M, Jiménez-Mejías P, Lattanzi E, Marchetti D, Martinetto E, Masin RR, Medagli P, Passalacqua NG, Peccenini S, Pennesi R, Pierini B, Podda L, Poldini L, Prosser F, Raimondo FM, Roma-Marzio F, Rosati L, Santangelo A, Scoppola A, Scortegagna S, Selvaggi A, Selvi F, Soldano A, Stinca A, Wagensommer RP, Wilhalm T, Bartolucci F (2018) An updated checklist of the vascular flora alien to Italy. Plant Biosystems, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2018.1441197