Matilde Gennai

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive extinction assessment for endemic vascular plants under the full responsibility of a single country is presented, which would provide an important step towards the prioritization and conservation of threatened endemic flora at Italian, European, and Mediterranean level.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that the replacement of native forests by pure black-Locust stands causes both plant richness loss and shifts in species composition, and some efforts in reducing the negative impacts of black-locust invasion on plant forest biota should be focused at least in those areas where conservation is among management priorities.

TL;DR: The conservation status of Italian policy species is assessed, based on the IUCN categories and criteria, to evaluate the effectiveness of existing protection measures at the national level, indicating that the protection measures for policy species are inadequate.

TL;DR: In recent years, there is an increased awareness of the crucial role of plants in ecosystem functioning and in providing ecos... as mentioned in this paper, which is the case in many parts of the world.