Lamyropsis microcephala (Moris) Dittrich & Greuter (1972:47)

Gennargentu thistle, Cardo del Gennargentu

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonyms: Cirsium microcephalum Moris in Fl. Sardoa 2: 466 (1843); Cnicus microcephalus (Moris) Bertol. in Fl. Ital. 9: 36 (1853); Lamyra microcephala (Moris) Soják in Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1962: 47 (1962); Cirsium strictum Moris in Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 27 (1827)

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 1992 (Montmollin & Strahm, 2005a:81, 2006b:81)

Distribution

Gennargentu massif, Sardinia, Italy

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Fenu, Giuseppe, Gentili, R., Mattana, Efisio and Sgorbati, S. (2013). Preliminary assessment of the genetic diversity in Lamyropsis microcephala (Asteraceae). Plant Biosystems, 147(2): 550-557.

Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Fenu, Giuseppe, Mattana, Efisio and Ulian, Tiziana. (2007). Preliminary results on the conservation of Lamyropsis microcephala (Moris) Dittrich & Greuter (Asteraceae), a threatened endemic species of the Gennargentu massif, Sardinia (Italy). Flora Montiberica 36: 6-15.

Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Fenu, Giuseppe, Mattana, Efisio and Ulian, Tiziana. (2008). Lamyropsis microcephala (Moris) Dittrich & Greuter. In: Rossi, G., Gentili, R., Abeli, T., Gargano, D., Foggi, B., Raimondo, F. M. and Blasi, C. (eds.). Flora da Conservare. Iniziativa per l'implementazione in Italia delle categorie e dei criteri IUCN (2001) per la redazione di nuove Liste Rosse. Informatore Botanico Italiano, 40 (Suppl. 1): 84-86.

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Conti, Fabio, Abbate, Giovanna, Alessandrini, Alessandro and Blasi, Carlo. (eds). (2005). An annotated checklist of the Italian Vascular Flora. Rome: Palombi Editori. 420 pp.

Diana Corrias, S. (1977). Le piante endemiche della Sardegna: 6-7.Bollettino Società Sarda di Scienze Naturali 16: 287-294.

Fenu, Giuseppe, Cogoni, D., Pinna, M. S. and Bacchetta, Gianluigi. (2015). Threatened Sardinian vascular flora: a synthesis of ten years of monitoring activities. Plant Biosystems, 149(3): 473-482.

Fenu, Giuseppe, Mattana, Efisio and Bacchetta, Gianluigi. (2011). Distribution, status and conservation of a Critically Endangered, extremely narrow endemic: Lamyropsis microcephala (Asteraceae) in Sardinia. Oryx 42(2): 180-186.

Gentili, R., Fenu, Giuseppe, Labra M., Bruni I., Mattana, Efisio and Bacchetta, Gianluigi. (2015). Lamyropsis genus in the Mediterranean area: phylogenetic position of L. microcephala (Asteraceae: Cardueae). Plant Biosystems 149(6): 944-948. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.983204

Mattana, E., Daws, M. I. and Bacchetta, Gianluigi. (2009). Seed dormancy and germination ecology of Lamyropsis microcephala: a mountain endemic species of Sardinia (Italy). Seed Science and Technology, 37(2): 491-497.

Mattana E., Fenu, Giuseppe, Bacchetta, Gianluigi. (2012). Seed production and in situ germination of Lamyropsis microcephala (Asteraceae), a threatened Mediterranean mountain species. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 44(3): 343-349.

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Rossi, G., Orsenigo, S., Montagnani, C., Fenu, Giuseppe, Gargano, D., Peruzzi, L., Wagensommer, R. P., Foggi, B., Bacchetta, Gianluigi, Domina, G., Conti, F., Bartolucci, F., Gennai, M., Ravera, S., Cogoni, A., Magrini, S., Gentili, R., Castello, M., Blasi, C. and Abeli, Thomas. (2016). Is legal protection sufficient to ensure plant conservation? The Italian Red List of policy species as a case study. Oryx 50(3): 431-436.

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