Principi di spontaneizzazione in Sicilia di Aesculus hippocastanum (Hippocastanaceae)
- Authors: Spadaro, V; Raimondo, FM
- Publication year: 2009
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Key words: ornamental plants, naturalization, Sicilian flora
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/46720
Abstract
The first record of Aesculus hippocastanum naturalized in Sicily is presented from a locality near the Alcantara river (Floresta, Messina) in the montane belt where decidous Turkey oak and chestnut woods are found. This species is not frequently cultivated in Sicily. In that locality several mature individuals likely introduced several decades ago occur.