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This is the second issue of the series of germination reports from Mediterranean areas (sensu MedChecklist). It comprises germination protocols for 23 taxa: Neotinea from Greece by S. Oikonomidis & al. (No. 23); Berardia, Potentilla, Silene, and Tephroseris from North Italy by V. Carasso & al. (Nos. 24-27); Aethionema, Arenaria, Iberis, and Odontarrhena from Sicily by F. Carruggio & al. (Nos. 28-31); Astragalus, Erysimum, Senecio, Silene, and Tanacetum from Sicily by C. Salmeri & M. Castrogiovanni (Nos. 32-36); Onopordum from central Italy by S. Zitti & al. (No. 37); Viola from central Italy and Sicily by S. Magrini & L. Zucconi (Nos. 38-41); Hieracium and Pilosella from Sicily and South Italy by E. Di Gristina & al. (Nos. 42-45)