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Mediterranean plant germination reports – 7
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This seventh issue of the germination report series from Mediterranean areas includes germination protocols for 17 taxa, all conserved within four seed banks belonging to the RIBES and/or GENMEDA networks. Eight of the investigated species are endemic: five restricted to the Iberian Peninsula, and three endemic to Central–Southern Italy and Sicily. Seven of the germination reports focus on Sideritis species from Spain, while four protocols address species typical of the highly specialised habitats of Mediterranean temporary ponds. The taxa and populations investigated in this issue are: Glacium flavum Crantz from Alicante (Spain) by García-Martínez (No. 159), Sideritis chamaedryfolia Cav., S. glauca Cav., S. hirsuta L., S. incana L., S. pungens Benth., S. spinulosa Barnadez ex Asso, S. tragoriganum Lag. from Valencian Community (Spain) by Estrelles-Perpiñá (Nos. 151-157), Verbascum niveum subsp. garganicum (Ten.) Murb. from Abruzzo (Italy) by Tantalo & Di Martino (No. 158), Antinoria insularis Parl., Lythrum hyssopifolia L., Middendorfia borysthenica (Schrank) Trautv., Myosotis sicula Guss. from Sicily (Italy) by Di Stefano & Cristaudo (Nos. 159-162), Centaurea virescens (Guss.) Domina & Raimondo, Dianthus graminifolius C. Presl, Iberis semperflorens L. and Rhaponticum coniferum (L.) Greuter subsp. coniferum from Sicily (Italy) by Scafidi, Mazzara Curcurù & Pipitone (Nos. 163-166).
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