An ethnobiological field study on food plants and medicinal foods traditionally consumed in three Arbëresh (ethnic Albanian) communities in northern Lucania (southern Italy) document approximately 120 botanical taxa used for these purposes. Non-domesticated food vegetables (liakra), mostly gathered during the spring season, play a central role as traditional functional food. Quantitative ethnob...

In this study, the micromorphology of vegetative and reproductive structures endemic Centaurea glaberrima Tausch subsp. divergens (Vis.) Hayek (Asteraceae), using scanning electron microscope (SEM), is presented for first time. Uniseriate whip-like non-glandular biseriate glandular trichomes are found on surface all aboveground parts (stem, leaves, peduncles, involucral bract). On adaxial leaf ...

The content of biologically active substances and antioxidant activity in leaves inflorescences three species from the tribe Cynareae Asteraceae family: Centaurea cyanus,Centaurea macrocephala, Rhaponticum carthamoides, grown under conditions Central Siberian Botanical Garden introduction was studied. It determined that contain flavonols, catechins, tannins, carotenoids, pectin substances. high...

A taxonomic account of the Centaurea parlatoris complex (Asteraceae), endemic to Sicily, is presented. This includes six taxa, three described in 19th century (C. parlatoris, C. var. tomentosa and virescens) recently sicana, giardinae heywoodiana). Starting from designation types for oldest plant names that have not been typified yet, considerations are formulated virescens elevated rank specie...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The Mediterranean region is of prime importance to biodiversity at a global level, mainly due to the abundance of endemic plant species. However, information about these species is still scarce, especially at the genetic level. In this paper the first assessment is reported of the genetic structure of Centaurea horrida (Asteraceae), an endemic, sea-cliff-dwelling plant from ...

Five species of eriophyoid mites were identified during surveys of mite fauna associated with plant species of the family Compositae from Southwest of East Azerbaijan province during 2010 and 2011. Two of them, Aceria virgatae n. sp. from Centaurea virgata Lam. and Aceria xeranthenzis n. sp. from Xeranthemumn squarrosum Boiss., were found to be new to science. No damage symptoms were observed o...