Surveying the vascular flora of the Iberian Central Rangea critical checklist of the Ávila province flora

  1. Modesto Luceño 1
  2. Rogelio Sánchez-Villegas 1
  3. Begoña Quirós de la Peña 2
  4. Manuel Sánchez-Villegas 1
  5. José Luis Robles Fernández
  6. Francisco J. de Sande Velicia
  7. Víctor Javier Marugán
  8. Alberto Arribas Martín
  9. José Antonio López Sáez 3
  10. Patricio Bariego 4
  11. Enrique Rico 5
  12. Enrique Maguilla 1
  1. 1 Botany area, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Pablo de Olavide University.
  2. 2 Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences. Průhonice, Czech Republic
  3. 3 Environmental Archaeology Research Group, Institute of History, CCHS, CSIC
  4. 4 Research group in Biodiversity, Systematics and Conservation of vascular plants and fungi, Universidad de Salamanca
  5. 5 Department of Botany and Plant Fisiology, Universidad de Salamanca
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Journal:
Mediterranean Botany

ISSN: 2603-9109

Year of publication: 2025

Volume: 46

Volume: 1

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/MBOT.92190 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Despite its proximity to cities with prestigious botanical institutions such as Madrid and Salamanca, and its location between important mountain ranges (Gredos and Malagón mountain ranges), the flora of the province of Ávila had not been studied comprehensively until now. In this article, we present the first checklist of the vascular flora of this province, which is the result of a thorough critical bibliographic review, numerous field trips, and the study of materials preserved in Iberian herbaria, mainly those that house most of the collections made in the province. The taxonomic and nomenclatural treatment considers the results of the latest monographic works and, particularly, the molecular phylogenetic studies carried out during the last few decades. These studies have substantially changed the classification, aligning it with the evolutionary processes that have contributed to the current plant biodiversity. We have accepted 1977 taxa (species and subspecies), with 1810 considered native and 165 introduced. Additionally, we present the floristic spectrum of the province and the state of conservation of its flora. All of this is discussed considering the data provided by the complete checklists available from neighbouring provinces. For each taxon, we highlight its presence or absence in the three ecological regions into which we have divided the province (La Moraña region, Sierra de Gredos, and Sierra de Malagón). Where necessary, we provide observations regarding its distribution, taxonomy, or nomenclature. Notably, we included the genus Exaculum in Schenkia, leading us to propose a new nomenclatural combination.

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