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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🌿 A detailed examination of a plant specimen preserved in a historic herbarium has clarified the scientific identity of Achillea impatiens, establishing which original material should officially represent this plant species for future research: doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.22.212772

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 31/07/2026

👋 It was a pleasure to welcome Sonia Ravera to the @pensoft.net stand at #IAL10 yesterday! 👉 Professor Ravera is a subject editor, reviewer and author in our journal, her most recent article of which can be accessed here: italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/1962... #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026

➡️ Another of our authors, Valerii Darmostuk, also came to visit. His paper can be accessed here: italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/82155/ #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste #IALichenology

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 29/07/2026

🙌 Today we welcomed more of our journal's contributors to the @pensoft.net stand at #IAL10! 👋 Juri Nascimbene, an author at our journal, dropped by to say hello. ➡️ You can also check out one of his recent papers published in our journal here: italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/1775...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 28/07/2026

🎉 Luana Francesconi, who has also authored a paper in our journal, additionally stopped by to say hello. ⬇️ Access the study she co-authored here: italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/1232... #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste #IALichenology

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 28/07/2026

🎉 We were delighted to welcome Pier Luigi Nimis to the @pensoft.net stand at #IAL10! ⬇️ Professor Nimis has authored several papers in our journal, which can be accessed below: italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/1962... italianbotanist.pensoft.net/article/1775...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 24/06/2026

We're at #IAVS2026 and look who showed up at @pensoft.net's stand - the former President of the Italian Botanical Society - Prof. Alessandro Chiarucci from Alma Mater Studiorum @unibo.it 🌿 Always a pleasure to cross paths at #vegetationscience gatherings!

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 02/06/2026

New #karyological records have been published for two native Italian species: Common Suffren's Hawk's-Beard (Crepis suffreniana) and Forked Pink (Dianthus furcatus). ➡️Find out more in our #open-access article: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 29/05/2026

New study maps the #vegetation along the entire Ofanto River (southern Italy). Key finding: #riparian #forests of #poplars & #willows dominate (65% of the area), with naturalness increasing upstream. 👉Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 18/05/2026

A new #floristic survey of a protected Italian #wetland catalogued 481 plant taxa and uncovered two species new to Italy and six new to the Marche region. But it also found that 17 conservation-relevant species have disappeared, most likely due to human alterations: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 14/05/2026

🌳A study of #reforestation projects across Apulia, Italy finds that ecologically grounded urban reforestation can tackle urban expansion and #climatechange in the Mediterranean: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 20/03/2026

🌲New study documents the first case of localised naturalisation of Serbian #spruce (Picea omorika) outside its native range - adding this #endangered endemic to Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the alien #vascular flora of Italy: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 05/03/2026

The lattice-mosses 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 and 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 are recorded for the first time in Liguria. 👇See all the details in the study: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 13/02/2026

A new survey of Tarsia documents 618 #vascular #taxa, including 64 #alien and 35 cultivated #plant #species. Most notably, the study provides the first records of 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 and 𝘖𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘶𝘢 for the region: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 21/01/2026

New study established an effective lectotypification for P𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 var. 𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 (basionym of 𝘗. 𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴). This work corrects a 1975 typification attempt by Wilhelm Sauer. 👀 Check it out: doi.org/10.3897/ital... @univie.ac.at #nomenclature #taxonomy

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 13/01/2026

🌿A new study reports the #phytochemical characterization of 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘦𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢 (Malvaceae), a medicinal #plant from the mallow family. The findings show its potential as a source of #bioactive compounds for #pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and industrial applications: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 29/12/2025

🍄A revision study offers updated insights into the #taxonomy, #habitat, #ecology, and distribution of "magic" #mushrooms (genus 𝘗𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦) found in Italy. 🌀See more here: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 29/12/2025

This new reassessment examines the #conservation status of three #endemic #vascular #plants - 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘮, 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘮, and B𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘢 from Uzbekistan and Italy - using #IUCN categories and criteria. Check out the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 29/12/2025

Counting chromosomes: 1, 2, 3! 🧬 Scientists performed the first #chromosome count for Jaffa Scabious (𝘊𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴), a cryptogenic #species, and two hawkweeds: 𝘏𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 (endemic to Central and Southern Italy) and 𝘏. 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮. See the study here: doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 19/12/2025

The combination of #floristic and #palynological data provides the first evidence of the past presence of Twinflower (𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴) in the Palù Basin, which had not been recorded previously and is no longer found in this area: doi.org/10.3897/ital... #biogeography #biodiversity #Caprifoliaceae

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 20/10/2025

Researchers present a taxonomic revision of the genus 𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠 in Kazakhstan based on herbarium specimens and field observations collected between 2021 and 2025. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 07/10/2025

A lectotype is designated for Linnaeus’ 𝐻𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚 to clarify and preserve consistent usage of this historic plant name. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 25/07/2025

Researchers present a case study involving field surveys and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology in a limestone cave in Tuscany, identifying the species and the plant communities of the site for a historical reconstruction of the natural plant landscape. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 25/07/2025

The name Allium cirrhosum is lectotypified based on an unpublished illustration preserved at University of Pavia Library. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 16/07/2025

Researchers asses the conservation status of four vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria: Phlomis nubilans and Phlomoides anisochila (global level); Alyssum wulfenianum subsp. wulfenianum and Noccaea cepaeifolia (regional level). 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/ital...

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Italian Botanist @italianbotanist.pensoft.net · 14/07/2025

We have moved from X to Bluesky! To keep up to date with our latest studies, follow us here. 🔵

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