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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Diachronic Analysis of the Floristic Diversity of the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) "Bosco di Santo Pietro" (South-Eastern Sicily): A Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot.

Dario Azzaro, Salvatore Cambria, Manuela Porrovecchio, Pietro Minissale

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Dario AzzaroDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2071-8952
Salvatore CambriaDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3828-1552
Manuela PorrovecchioDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-2349-4975
Pietro MinissaleDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4047-4169

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Ministry of University and Research with funds from the European Union E53D23019090001
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Abstract

This study presents a complete and updated checklist of the vascular flora of the SAC "Bosco di Santo Pietro", an important natural area located in south-eastern Sicily. Through an integrated approach combining field research, analysis of historical herbariums and a literature review, 583 taxa belonging to 78 families and 339 genera were identified. A comparison with an older floristic list of the Santo Pietro Forest dating back to 1889 highlights some significant changes, such as a decrease in several hygrophilous and nemoral species probably due to climate change and habitat degradation. In particular, our diachronic analysis reveals the disappearance of 178 taxa and the persistence of 199 taxa representing 47% and 53% of the 377 taxa listed in the first inventory, respectively. From the study of the Ellenberg indicator of the two lists, lower values of L and T and higher values of M and N emerge in the older flora, testifying to the significant environmental modifications for more than a century of this Sicilian and Mediterranean hotspot.

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