Broad-ranged, highly disjunct, locally rare and severely endangered: the challenging risk assessment and a global conservation strategy for Erica sicula Guss. sensu lato (Ericaceae)

• Published in: PhytoKeys Vol. 253; no. 3; pp. 295 - 329
• Main Authors: Pasta, Salvatore, El Zein, Hicham, Şentürk, Ozan, Gücel, Salih, de Simone, Leopoldo, de Montmollin, Bertrand
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 17.03.2025
• Subjects: Analysis; Biogeography; Conservation biology; Conservation status; Cyprus; ecology; Endangered species; Erica; Ericaceae; Field study; Genetic analysis; habitat destruction; herbaria; Identification and classification; infraspecific; Italy; Lebanon; Libya; Mediterranean region; Methods; occupations; Protection and preservation; Risk assessment; Sicily; species; Taxonomy; Turkey (country); Mediterranean region; Lebanon; Italy; Turkey; Cyprus; Libya; Sicily

The distribution range of Erica sicula Guss. sensu lato spans the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin, but shows a significantly fragmented pattern, and its populations are locally subject to multiple threats inducing continuous regression. The species is distributed across five countries, Italy...