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Gianmarco Tavilla

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#Botanist 🌿 I am a botanist with a primary research focus on the vascular flora of the Mediterranean area. In particular, I am interested in taxonomy, conservation, plant ecology, invasive alien species, and GIS mapping.

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A new plant association of the alliance Saxifragion australis described by drone-based phytosociology in northeastern Sicily (Peloritani Mountains) Although the chasmophytic vegetation of Sicily has been examined previously, it remains insufficiently explored due to the formidable challenges associated with accessing vertical cliff habitats. This...

🌿Using drones, we described a new plant association for science, on the inaccessible cliffs in Sicily. The paper is now published in @vegecoldiv.bsky.social, the official journal of the Italian Society of Vegetation Science (SISV)! doi.org/10.3897/ved....
#drones #plantecology #botany

05.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Typification of Salvia smyrnaea Boiss. and Salvia eriophora Boiss. & Kotschy ex Boiss. (Lamiaceae) described by Pierre Edmond Boissier from TΓΌrkiye A contribution to the typification of two endemic species of Salvia from TΓΌrkiye is presented. The names of S. smyrnaea Boiss. and S. eriophora Boiss. & Kotschy ex Boiss. are inadve...

I am pleased to share another contribution regarding the nomenclature of the genus Salvia in TΓΌrkiye, just published in Adansonia.

sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiqu...
#salvia #botany #nomenclature

23.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m pleased to share that I've been recognized for my contribution to the Editorial Board of Vegetos: An International Journal of Plant Research & Biotechnology. Grateful for the opportunity to support academic excellence.
@springer.springernature.com @unibz.bsky.social

22.12.2025 07:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nomenclatural notes on Centaurea reichenbachii DC. (Asteraceae) - Kew Bulletin A contribution to the nomenclature of Centaurea reichenbachii DC. and its synonyms is presented. The lectotype selected for the name C. reichenbachii is kept at G (G-DC). The synonyms C. calvescens Pa...

Thrilled to share that my latest nomenclatural research on Centaurea reichenbachii is now published in Kew Bulletin

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

28.11.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kew Bulletin Kew Bulletin is an international journal specializing in the taxonomy, systematics, and conservation ofΒ  plants and fungi. Flagship journal of the Royal ...

I'm honored and delighted to share that I've been appointed as an Associate Editor of the Kew Bulletin, the flagship journal of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew).

link.springer.com/journal/12225

11.09.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Lectotypification of Salvia sikkimensis and S. sikkimensis var. chaenocalyx (Lamiaceae) | Novon, A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature

Just published!
Lectotypification of #Salvia sikkimensis and S. sikkimensis var. chaenocalyx (Lamiaceae)
#nomenclature
novon.mobot.org/index.php/no...

16.07.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oenothera L. a new genus of alien plant first reported in the Maltese Islands | Phytotaxa

Just published! πŸš€
#Oenothera L. a new genus of alien plant first reported in the Maltese Islands
#alienspecies #malta #biologicalinvasions #speciealiene #botany

phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/v...

13.06.2025 06:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just published! πŸ˜ƒπŸš€πŸ“„
Challenges in #Typification Within Taxonomically Complex Groups: The Case of the Linnaean Name #Centaurea phrygia (Asteraceae)
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...

29.04.2025 06:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frontiers | Assessing plant species diversity in Maltese rocky cliffs using Hill numbers and its implications for conservation

Our latest research is now available in Frontiers in Conservation Sciences
www.frontiersin.org/journals/con...

21.03.2025 06:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Exciting news! Our manuscript, "Assessing plant species diversity in Maltese rocky cliffs using Hill numbers and its implications for conservation," has just been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Conservation Science
Stay tuned! πŸš€πŸŒΏ
www.frontiersin.org/.../fcosc.20...

13.03.2025 10:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Invasive plants: new study indicates how to prioritise species for management Invasive plants pose a multi-faceted threat in Europe, but deciding which species to eradicate, control or monitor remains a challenge. New work by Italian scientists highlights a potential way forwar...

πŸ“’ Exciting news! The European Commission has shared our study "Prioritizing management actions for invasive non-native plants through expert-based knowledge and species distribution models" πŸŒΏπŸš€
πŸ”— EU Commission summary: bit.ly/3EPwb2d
#InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity

22.02.2025 10:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Revisiting the typification of the Linnaean name Allium fistulosum (Amaryllidaceae) | Request PDF Request PDF | Revisiting the typification of the Linnaean name Allium fistulosum (Amaryllidaceae) | The typification of the Linnaean name Allium fistulosum (Amaryllidaceae) is revised by superseding t...

I’m pleased to share my last paper, "Revisiting the typification of the Linnaean name Allium fistulosum (Amaryllidaceae)" published in the Annales Botanici Fennici journal.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

10.02.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gianmarco Tavilla joins PhytoKeys as a Subject Editor Dr. Gianmarco Tavilla is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research of the CNR in Bari (Italy). He recently joined the editorial team of PhytoKeys as a subject editor. Dr. Ta...

Dr Gianmarco Tavilla (@gianmarcotavilla.bsky.social) joins PhytoKeys as a subject editor!

phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/764

17.01.2025 11:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PhytoKeys PhytoKeys is a peer-reviewed, open access, rapidly published journal, launched to accelerate research and free information exchange in taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and evolution of plants. The jo...

I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed as Subject Editor by the @phytokeys.pensoft.net journal

phytokeys.pensoft.net

14.01.2025 14:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vegetos Editorial Board (w.e.f. January 1, 2025)Β Β  Editor in Chief: Prof (Dr) Subodh Kumar Bhatnagar College of Biotechnology, S V P University of Agriculture & ...

I am pleased to announce that I was recently appointed as Subject Editor for Vegetos - An International Journal of Plant Research and Biotechnology

link.springer.com/journal/4253...

02.01.2025 09:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Typification of two names in the genus Salvia (Lamiaceae) - Kew Bulletin The typification of Salvia kurdica Boiss. & Hohen. ex Benth. and Salvia macrochlamys Boiss. & Kotschy ex Boiss. is discussed. Herbarium research was carried out at A, B, G, GH, GOET, HAL, JE, K, M, ME...

I’m pleased to share my last paper of the year, "Typification of two names in the genus Salvia (Lamiaceae)," published in the Kew Bulletin journal.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
#nomenclature #Salvia #lectotype
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

24.12.2024 07:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enlighten the Marvels: a new journal dedicated to natural history museums, collections and their role in interpreting a changing world This editorial celebrates the launch of the journal Natural History Collections and Museomics and outlines its primary goals: to serve as a platform for exploring the roles and functions of natural hi...

Hello Bluesky πŸ‘‹

Natural History Collections and Museomics has launched with its inaugural editorial!

Read it here: doi.org/10.3897/nhcm...

Learn more about the launch on the @pensoft.bsky.social blog: blog.pensoft.net/2024/11/29/n...

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