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{"title":"A botanical crossroads between the Alps and the Mediterranean - the unique flora of the Maritime Alps and the Ligurian Apennines","authors":"Jacopo Calevo, Michael F. Fay","doi":"10.1111/curt.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Transition zones are areas of extraordinary richness, regions where different elements and species meet and fuse together in unique mosaics of biodiversity. The Ligurian region, embedded between the heights of the Maritime Alps and the spurs of the Apennines, with a constant sight of the Mediterranean Sea, perfectly fits that definition. It is not just a perception but a consolidated scientific reality: recent analyses on Italian plant diversity have confirmed Liguria as one of the most biodiverse regions of the country (with 3574 plant species in 5418 km<sup>2</sup>) and, consequently, it is a biodiversity hotspot in Europe (D'Antraccoli et al., <span>2024</span>). This extraordinary concentration of plant taxa is the result of a complex interaction between geographical, climatic and historical factors. In a relatively small region, we can experience a spectacular transaction from strictly Mediterranean ecosystems dominating the coastline, to alpine and subalpine environments that characterize high elevations. The co-presence of different climates and heterogeneous geological substrates has resulted in the presence and co-existence of an incredible number of plant taxa with completely different ecological requirements: on the one hand, plants from the Mediterranean maquis, thermophiles that are resistant to summer drought, and, on the other hand, alpine endemics, glacial relicts adapted to cold climates and a short growing season (Figures 1, 2).</p><p>The climate in the coastal parts of the region led to the development of many significant gardens, one of the most famous being in La Mortola (Hanbury Botanic Gardens). This was established by Thomas Hanbury and his brother Daniel as an acclimatisation garden in the late 19th Century, and it is now a world-renowned botanical garden.</p><p>The region is also the subject of much scientific research. For example, the flora of the French and Italian Maritime Alps was used in a study by Adamo et al. (<span>2021</span>). The authors hypothesised that research attention is skewed towards colourful, conspicuous and broadly distributed flowers, and in this study involving 113 species from the Maritime Alps, this was shown to be the case. For example, <i>Gentiana ligustica</i>, with showy, bright blue flowers, was the subject of much research, whereas some other species with less showy flowers, including <i>Berardia lanuginosa</i> (Guerrina et al., <span>2025</span>, this issue), were comparatively poorly studied.</p><p>The interest in the floristic heritage of the Ligurian region is, however, not only recent. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Maritime Alps became a prime destination for botanists and naturalists, especially from the UK. Attracted by the mild climate and by the promise of botanical discoveries, many of these visitors became passionately committed to the study of the local flora, leaving a heritage of knowledge that is still considered fundamental. Among these pioneers, Clare","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 3","pages":"349-354"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"1158. Silene cordifolia All.","authors":"Gabriele Casazza,&nbsp;Alessandro Infuso,&nbsp;Luigi Minuto,&nbsp;Maria Guerrina","doi":"10.1111/curt.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Silene cordifolia</i> is illustrated and discussed. It is a paleoendemic species growing in cliff cracks and boulders on granites and gneiss of the Maritime and Ligurian Alps (NW Italy). In this area the species is one of the main hosts of the Owlet Moth <i>Hadena clara</i> (Noctuide, Lepidoptera). A detailed description of <i>S. cordifolia</i> is provided, including notes on its cytology and habitat. Despite its narrow distribution and its occurrence in few habitats it has no particular threats, and its conservation status is Least Concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 3","pages":"397-403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"1156. Orchis patens Desf. subsp. brevicornis (Viv.) Asch. & Graeb.","authors":"Jacopo Calevo,&nbsp;Alessandro Infuso,&nbsp;Michael F. Fay","doi":"10.1111/curt.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Orchis patens</i> is described and illustrated. It is a species with a narrow disjunct distribution in the Mediterranean basin, and its populations have suffered declines over the past half-century. We summarise its nomenclature, detailed morphology, cytology, symbiotic mycorrhizal associations, pollination biology, seed micromorphology, evolution and conservation status. It is not known in cultivation, given its specificity with mycorrhizal fungi and conservation status (Endangered) in Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 3","pages":"379-388"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70024","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plantae Henryanae. Seamus O'BrienChina, Mother of Gardens, in the Twenty-First Century, Volume 8 (part 2): 43–619. Published in 2025 by China Forestry Publishing House. ISBN 9787521931198.","authors":"John Grimshaw","doi":"10.1111/curt.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70019","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;There can be no doubt of the importance of the Irish medico, botanist, dendrologist and forester Augustine Henry (1857–1930) in the exploration of China's flora. Employed from 1881–1900 in the service of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, he was posted to several different parts of China, notably Yichang in Hubei (1882–1889), Hainan (1889), Taiwan (1892–1895), Mengzi, Yunnan (1896–1898) and Simao, Yunnan 1898–1900, as well as shorter periods in Shanghai. One of his duties at Yichang was to impose customs duties on &lt;i&gt;materia medica&lt;/i&gt; being transported down the Yangtze: these included quantities of medicinal plants, known only by their indigenous names. Keen to know more, in March 1885 he wrote to Joseph Hooker at Kew, offering to collect specimens in exchange for determinations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was too good an offer to pass up, and Hooker wrote back advising Henry to collect in multiples of ten vouchers for each collection number. The result was extraordinary: 15,862 collection numbers, or 158,620 specimens, representing 5,364 taxa. Any field collector will recognise the immense amount of work this entailed, though Henry was assisted in both collection and management of the specimens by Chinese assistants. Sadly, they are seldom named, but an important member of the team in his second stint in Yunnan was ‘Old Ho.’&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is the result of this labour that is catalogued in &lt;i&gt;Plantae Henryanae&lt;/i&gt;, itself an amazing achievement by Seamus O'Brien, who started working on it in 1999 (pers. comm.), an expression of a life-long interest in Ireland's premier botanist. A previous publication by him is &lt;i&gt;In the Footsteps of Augustine Henry and his Chinese plant collectors&lt;/i&gt; (Garden Art Press, 2011). As Curator of the National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh, in County Wicklow, O'Brien also has an active interest in cultivating Chinese plants, and this is a strong feature of the present work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After an introductory essay, the bulk of &lt;i&gt;Plantae Henryanae&lt;/i&gt; is a catalogue listing (alphabetically by genus) all the plants known (from a literature review) to have been collected by Henry in China, using current POWO nomenclature. Names used in Henry's day are provided as synonyms, and literature citations of specimens/collections are given. Collections made under Henry numbers are listed by province, location and collection number. This is followed (or not, in the case of more obscure taxa) by an informative discursive paragraph (or several for important species, e.g. &lt;i&gt;Camellia sinensis&lt;/i&gt;, found as a wild plant by Ho; &lt;i&gt;Davidia involucrata&lt;/i&gt;; &lt;i&gt;Eucommia ulmoides&lt;/i&gt;, Henry's collections of which founded both a new genus and family; and the hugely popular garden plant &lt;i&gt;Lilium henryi&lt;/i&gt;. The famous hoax specimens, prepared by a collector, e.g. of a &lt;i&gt;Viburnum&lt;/i&gt; inflorescence inserted into an &lt;i&gt;Aesculus&lt;/i&gt; shoot, which became &lt;i&gt;Actinotinus sinensis&lt;/i&gt; Oliv., are covered in the entry for &lt;i&gt;Aesculus chinensis&lt;/i&gt; var. &lt;i&gt;wilso","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 3","pages":"439-440"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Renaissance in the Tropics: The Rise of Botanical Art in Singapore","authors":"Michele Rodda,&nbsp;Waiwai Hove,&nbsp;Carrie-Ann Lee,&nbsp;Timothy M. A. Utteridge","doi":"10.1111/curt.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article traces over two centuries of botanical illustration in Singapore, from early colonial documentation to institutional commissions by the Singapore Botanic Gardens, and a contemporary revival driven by local artists. It highlights the evolving role of botanical art in science and cultural heritage, culminating in its renewed recognition through the establishment of the Botanical Art Gallery and the Botanical Art Society (Singapore).</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 2","pages":"321-336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144935175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"1159. Viola valderia All.","authors":"Gabriele Casazza,&nbsp;Alessandro Infuso,&nbsp;Luigi Minuto,&nbsp;Maria Guerrina","doi":"10.1111/curt.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Viola valderia</i> is illustrated and discussed. It belongs to the polyploid complex of <i>V. calcarata</i>. It grows on mainly silicicolous gravel substrates. A detailed description is provided, with notes on its cytology and habitat. Despite its narrow distribution and the few habitats where it occurs, it has no particular threats and consequently it is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 3","pages":"405-411"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"1157. Potentilla valderia L.","authors":"Gabriele Casazza,&nbsp;Alessandro Infuso,&nbsp;Luigi Minuto,&nbsp;Maria Guerrina","doi":"10.1111/curt.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Potentilla valderia</i> is illustrated here. It is a silicicolous orophyte endemic to the Maritime and Ligurian Alps. A detailed description is provided, with notes on cytology and habitat. Despite its narrow distribution and the few habitats where it occurs, its conservation status is Least Concern.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 3","pages":"389-395"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70021","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145284974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"1153. Anisoptera megistocarpa Slooten","authors":"Elango Velautham,&nbsp;Hui Tong Chia,&nbsp;Masumi Yamanaka,&nbsp;Evonne Tay-Koh","doi":"10.1111/curt.70010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Anisoptera megistocarpa</i> Slooten, a large tree of the lowland undulating forests, and low hills of northern Sumatra, southeastern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, is described and illustrated. This species has a massive, buttressed trunk reaching a height of 50 m, 4 m girth and an emergent crown. The reddish-brown undersurface of the leaves forms the diagnostic dark crown, distinguishing it from surrounding canopies. As with many species of trees of the aseasonal Southeast Asian rain forests, <i>Anisoptera megistocarpa</i> flowers and fruits synchronously, during a remarkable event known as mast fruiting. Its large, spectacular 2-winged fruits are unmistakable. Rampant deforestation has led to the decline of this species while lack of horticultural know-how hampers ex situ conservation efforts. The challenges faced in its conservation (both in and ex situ) are discussed and a possible solution to produce sustainable supply of seedlings for planting is proposed.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 2","pages":"303-320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144935437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A brief history of Singapore Botanic Gardens","authors":"Timothy M. A. Utteridge,&nbsp;Thereis Choo","doi":"10.1111/curt.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The history of Singapore Botanic Gardens, founded in 1859, and its role in research into the flora of Southeast Asia is recounted.</p>","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 2","pages":"163-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/curt.70016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144934809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contributors","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/curt.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.70017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100348,"journal":{"name":"Curtis's Botanical Magazine","volume":"42 2","pages":"337-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144934810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}