Thirty years of editorial activity of the International Foundation pro Herbario Mediterraneo in 30 issues of Flora Mediterranea and Bocconea

Abstract

The results of the first 30 years of editorial activity of the International Foundation pro Herbario Mediterraneo through the publication and distribution of the journals Flora Mediterranea and Bocconea are reviewed. They consist of 683 articles and scientific notes on Flora Mediterranea, 664 articles plus 12 monographs on Bocconea. In particular, 125 new spe- cies, 22 subspecies, 4 varieties and 9 nothospecies of vascular plants are reported, mainly from Sicily, Greece, Spain, Turkey, peninsular Italy and Algeria. Furthermore, the indices of the 30 issues of both periodicals and the lists of all the new taxa and nothotaxa published in them are reported: among these a genus of Fungi. The lists of the numerous taxonomic and nomenclatu- ral variations proposed are also presented. Although marginal, a few new syntaxa described are listed. In the review, special attention was given to the karyologycal data published in Flora Mediterranea since the first issue. It concerns 1194 taxa related to the native vascular flora of many Mediterranean countries. Among the most investigated floras, those of Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Spain and the Italian Peninsula stand out. The review also examines the data of the first contributions of a second column devoted to plant germination started with volume no. 29 (2019) of Flora Mediterranea. Specific quantitative data by themes, taxonomic groups and geographical areas are reported for the two journals respectively.