Macroalgal diversity of Santa Cesarea-Castro (Salento Peninsula, southeastern Italy)

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid

Giuseppina Alongi²  Antonella Bottalico¹  Cesira Perrone¹ 

[1] Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Bari “A. Moro”;Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania

关键词: Apulia;    biodiversity;    Liagora ceranoides;    macroalgae;    marine caves;    tropicalisation;   

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学科分类：植物学

来源: Jardin Botanico de Madrid. Anales

【 摘 要 】

The benthic macroalgal flora from the eastern Ionian coastal area of the Peninsula Salentina is scarcely studied. This study gives a contribution to the knowledge on its biodiversity in this area, which also includes marine caves, and the geographical distribution of some interesting species. A total of 174 macroalgae (119 Rhodophyta, 27 Ochrophyta, and 28 Chlorophyta) were identified. Six species are first records for the region, one of which,Liagora ceranoides , represents a new record for the Italian flora. The vegetation of most of the wave-exposed rocky substrata, as well as of the two sulphureous caves at Santa Cesarea Terme is characterised by extensive populations of Corallinales. The chorological spectrum of the flora shows a high occurrence of Indo-Pacific and Circumtropical elements, thus resulting more similar to that of floras of the Greek Ionian Sea.

【 授权许可】

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