First updated checklist of the vascular flora of Andalusia (S of Spain), one of the main biodiversity centres in the Mediterranean Basin

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 339 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIGUEL CUETO ◽  
MANUEL MELENDO ◽  
ESTHER GIMÉNEZ ◽  
JULIÁN FUENTES ◽  
ENRIQUE LÓPEZ CARRIQUE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Vascular Flora ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Synthetic Work ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Andalusia, together with Morocco, is considered part of one of the two main biodiversity centres existing in the Mediterranean Basin; the other one is in the east and includes part of Turkey and Greece. The Andalusian flora has a fundamental role in this recognition, having been studied since the 1st century A.D. Despite Andalusia having been visited by a myriad of Iberian and foreign botanists, there is still no synthetic work on this subject. In this contribution, we present the first checklist of the Andalusian vascular flora, listing 4437 taxa distributed in 171 families, 1107 genera, 4091 species, and 346 subspecies, of which 3958 are native and 479 alien. Therophytes predominate (1516, 34.2%), followed by hemicryptophytes (1219, 27.5%) and chamaephytes (628, 14.1%). In addition, 462 (10.4%) are endemic or sub-endemic to the territory, and 595 (13.4%) are subject to some degree of threat (135 critically endangered, 137 endangered, and 323 vulnerable).

scholarly journals Decapod assemblage from the late Miocene (early-middle Messinian) of the Romagna Apennines nearby Brisighella, Emilia-Romagna (N Italy)

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Pasini ◽  
Alessandro Garassino ◽  
Marco Sami
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
The Other ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
Ne Italy ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Stratigraphic Range

An assemblage of axiidean and brachyuran decapods is reported from the late Miocene pre-evaporitic (early-middle Messinian) limestone of Cò di Sasso, nearby Brisighella (Ravenna, Emilia- Romagna), located in Romagna Apennines (NE Italy). Except Monodaeus bortolottii Delle Cave, 1988 (Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838), which is reported here for the first time in Miocene, all the other specimens have been assigned to species previously known in the Italian Miocene (Messinian s.l.), but never reported in this area. The report of Galathea cf. G. weinfurteri Bachmayer, 1950 (Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819) and Medorippe ampla Garassino, De Angeli, Gallo and Pasini, 2004 (Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838) enlarges the stratigraphic range of these Miocene species. This report enlarges our limited knowledge on the composition and distribution of the axiidean, anomuran, and brachyuran decapods during the early-middle Messinian before the evaporitic event in the Mediterranean Basin.

Palaikastro Shells and Bronze Age Purple-Dye Production in the Mediterranean Basin

1987 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Reese
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The 1963 excavation at Palaikastro-Kastri in eastern Crete produced about 150 marine shells. The species preserved are listed in Table 1, and their date and context in Table 2. Significant shells from the collection are compared with other Minoan examples in Part I. The shell evidence for purple-dye production at Palaikastro is studied along with the other evidence from the Bronze Age Mediterranean in Part II.

Diversity and ecological characteristics of the vascular flora in the Western Mediterranean (Eastern Andalusia, Spain). Diversidad y características ecológicas de la flora vascular en el Mediterráneo Occidental (Andalucía Oriental, España)

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 81-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Cueto ◽  
Gabriel Blanca ◽  
Carlos Salazar ◽  
Baltasar Cabezudo
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
North African ◽  
Vascular Flora ◽  
Threatened Taxa ◽  
Endemic Genera ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This work highlights the importance of the vascular flora of eastern Andalusia within the hotspot of the Mediterranean Basin, analysing 3726 taxa, which represent 42.0% of the Iberian Peninsula and 29.9% of European floras. Notably, 10.3% of the flora is endemic (350 taxa), constituting 34.3% of the endemism of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands, and 2.6% of those of the Mediterranean Basin, which include 6 of the 17 endemic genera of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands, 3 of these being exclusive of the territory analysed. Chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes make up 45.5% of the flora, with decreasing values for the therophytes as altitudes rise (41.1-8.1%) and increasing values for hemicryptophytes (22.4%-63.2%). Mediterranean taxa comprise 39.2%, followed by Ibero-North African taxa (15.3%), Iberian (13.9%), European (11.3%) and local endemism (9.4%). Of these taxa, 12.5% are threatened, according to the criteria of the UICN. Tanacetum funkii, exclusive of this area, is considered extinct. Only 6 families account for 43.5% of the threatened taxa. The Mesomediterranean thermotype (600-1400 m a.s.l.) harbours 82.8% of the species, with a maximum of between 700-800 m a.s.l. and with two zones of minimums: from -100 to 0 m a.s.l. and from 3300 to 3400 m a.s.l.

scholarly journals La flora vascolare della Peninsola del Sinis (Sardegna Occidentale)

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 91-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Fenu ◽  
Gianluigi Bacchetta
Keyword(s):  
Sono State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Sulla Base ◽  
Conservation Biogeography ◽  
Vascular Flora ◽  
Floristic Analysis ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Iucn Criteria

RIASSUNTO. La flora vascolare della Penisola del Sinis (Sardegna Occidentale). Viene presentatolo studio della flora vascolare della Penisola del Sinis; in totale sono state rinvenute 760 unitàtassonomiche e in particolare 615 specie, 134 sottospecie, 10 varietà e 1 ibrido, riferibili a 365 generie 87 famiglie. Le Eudicots sono risultate il gruppo sistematico dominante. Le famiglie più rappresentatesono: Poaceae (99 unità tassonomiche), Fabaceae e Asteraceae (85), Caryophyllaceae (33), Apiaceae(27) e Orchidaceae (24). I generi con maggior numero di taxa sono: Trifolium (19), Silene (14),Limonium e Medicago (13), Ophrys (12), Euphorbia e Vicia (10), Plantago (9), Allium (8) e infineLotus, Ranunculus e Vulpia (7). Il contingente delle endemiche (54 unità tassonomiche) è risultatopari al 8,97% della componente mediterranea e mostra una dominanza degli elementi sardo-corsi(33,33%) e secondariamente sardi (24,10%), i quali unitamente raggiungono il 57,43% del totale. Laflora endemica è costituita da 31 specie, 17 sottospecie e 6 varietà, inquadrati in 38 generi e 22famiglie. Le famiglie più rappresentate sono risultate le Plumbaginaceae (10), Asteraceae e Lamiaceae(5), Fabaceae (4), Alliaceae, Euphorbiaceae e Ranunculaceae (3); il genere più ricco è risultatoLimonium (10), seguito da Allium, Delphinium, Euphorbia, Scrophularia, Silene e Teucrium (2). E’statoelaborato un elenco dei taxa inseriti nelle liste rosse regionali d’Italia, al quale sono state aggiuntetutte le endemiche esclusive e le specie di importanza conservazionistica a livello regionale, per lequali vengono proposte le nuove categorie di protezione secondo i criteri della IUCN. Da tale analisiè emerso che sono presenti 12 unità tassonomiche gravemente minacciate, gruppo che include granparte delle endemiche esclusive del territorio. Sulla base dei dati morfologici, geologici e bioclimaticirelativi ai territori studiati, unitamente alle analisi di tipo floristico ed in particolare della componenteendemica e d’interesse fitogeografico, viene proposto un inquadramento biogeografico a livello disottosettore.Parole chiave. Flora, diversità vegetale, endemiche, conservazione, biogeografia, SardegnaABSTRACT. The vascular flora of Sinis Peninsula (W Sardinia).The vascular flora of Sinis Peninsula(W Sardinia) has been studied; 760 taxa, 615 of which were species, 134 subspecies, 10 varieties and1 hybrid were found. They were included in 365 genera and 87 families. The Eudicots were dominantover the other systematic groups. The most represented families were: Poaceae (99 taxonomic units),Fabaceae and Asteraceae (85), Caryophyllaceae (33), Apiaceae (27) and Orchidaceae (24). The mostrepresented genera were: Trifolium (19), Silene (14), Limonium and Medicago (13), Ophrys (12),Euphorbia and Vicia (10), Plantago (9), Allium (8) and, finally, Lotus, Ranunculus and Vulpia (7). The contingent of endemics (54 taxonomic units) was 8,97% of the Mediterranean component showingthe dominance of Sardinian-Corsican (33,33%) and in the second place Sardinian elements (24,10%),that together to reach 57,43% of the total. This flora consisted of 31 species, 17 subspecies and 6varieties; 38 genera and 22 families were recognized. The most represented families were:Plumbaginaceae (10), Asteraceae and Lamiaceae (5), Fabaceae (4), Alliaceae, Euphorbiaceae andRanunculaceae (3). The most represented genera were: Limonium (10) and Allium, Delphinium,Euphorbia, Scrophularia, Silene, Teucrium (2). Based on the taxa present in the regional Italian RedList, the species exclusive of Sardinia and important for the conservation has been included. Forthese species we proposed the news categories of preservation following the IUCN criteria. Ouranalysis, confirmed the presence of 12 taxa critically endangered as well as this group included themajority of exclusive endemism of the territory. According to the geomorphological, geological andbioclimatic data of the territories studied within the floristic analysis and in particular the endemicand phytogeographical component, we proposed the creation of new biogeographic subsector namedSinisico.Key words. Flora, plants diversity, endemics, conservation, biogeography, Sardinia

Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. White
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Legal Space ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eastern Half ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the shape and impact of piracy in the eastern half of the Mediterranean and the Ottoman Empire’s administrative, legal, and diplomatic response. In the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, piracy had a tremendous effect on the formation of international law, the conduct of diplomacy, the articulation of Ottoman imperial and Islamic law, and their application in Ottoman courts. Piracy and Law draws on research in archives and libraries in Istanbul, Venice, Crete, London, and Paris to bring the Ottoman state and Ottoman victims into the story for the first time. It explains why piracy exploded after the 1570s and why the Ottoman state was largely unable to marshal an effective military solution even as it responded dynamically in the spheres of law and diplomacy. By focusing on the Ottoman victims, jurists, and officials who had to contend most with the consequences of piracy, Piracy and Law reveals a broader range of piratical practitioners than the Muslim and Catholic corsairs who have typically been the focus of study and considers their consequences for the Ottoman state and those who traveled through Ottoman waters. This book argues that what made the eastern half of the Mediterranean basin the Ottoman Mediterranean, more than sovereignty or naval supremacy—which was ephemeral—was that it was a legal space. The challenge of piracy helped to define its contours.

Unfinished and Less Authored Texts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew D. C. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Jewish Writers

The concept of textual unfinishedness played a role in a wide variety of cultures and contexts across the Mediterranean basin in antiquity and late antiquity. Chapter 2 documents examples of Greek, Roman, and Jewish writers reflecting explicitly in their own words about unfinished texts. Many writers claimed to have written unfinished texts on purpose for specific cultural reasons, while others claimed to have written texts that slipped out of their hands somehow with their permission.

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