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2020
Doctoral thesis
Molecular ecology and conservation of Mediterranean orchids and their mycorrhizal fungi.
The distribution and abundance of orchid mycorrhizal fungi (OMF) can influence the the establishment and resulting spatial pattern, as well as the population dynamics, of their host plants. Yet, our understanding of these mycorrhizal associations is currently limited by our restricted knowledge of the ecology and spatial distribution of OMF,...Calevo, Jacopo
Mycorrhizal fungi, Orchidaceae, Molecular ecology, Plant conservation, and Mediterranean
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2023
Journal article
Drivers of species knowledge across the tree of life.
Knowledge of biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the Tree of Life. In the long run, such disparity in awareness unbalances our understanding of life on Earth, influencing policy decisions and the allocation of research and conservation funding. We investigated how humans accumulate knowledge of biodiversity by searching for consistent relationships...Mammola, Stefano ; Adamo, Martino ; Antić, Dragan ; Calevo, Jacopo ; Cancellario, Tommaso …
Sociocultural factors, Tree of Life, IUCN Red List, and Biodiveristy
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2023
Journal article
Interactions among mycorrhizal fungi enhance the early development of a Mediterranean orchid.
Orchids depend on mycorrhizal fungi to germinate from seed. While multiple orchid mycorrhizal (OrM) taxa are often found associated with adult orchids, the relative contribution of particular OrM taxa to germination and early orchid development is poorly understood. We isolated 28 OrM fungi associated with the Mediterranean orchid and tested...Calevo, Jacopo ; Duffy, Karl J.
Priority effect, Anacamptis papilionacea, Rhizoctonias, Mycorrhiza, In vitro experiments, Fungal growth, and Mutualism
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2023
Journal article
A taxonomic overview of Orchis sect. Robustocalcare (Orchidaceae).
Orchis patens has previously been considered to consist of three widely disjunct populations in northern Italy, Algeria/Tunisia and the Canary Islands. The last is already commonly treated as O. canariensis, but because the type of O. patens is from the Algerian populations, the name of the Italian taxon has been...Calevo, Jacopo ; Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. ; Fay, Michael F.
Taxonomy, Conservation, Subspecies, Monocots, Endemisms, Orchis, and Orchids
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2023
Journal article
Traditional, Therapeutic Uses and Phytochemistry of Terrestrial European Orchids and Implications for Conservation.
The Orchidaceae family accounts for about 28,000 species, and most of them are mentioned in the folk medicine of nations around the world. The use of terrestrial orchids in European and Mediterranean regions has been reported since ancient times, but little information is available on their medicinal properties, as well...Bazzicalupo, Miriam ; Calevo, Jacopo ; Smeriglio, Antonella ; Cornara, Laura
Orchidaceae, Threatened species, Ethnobotany, Biological properties, Medicinal plants, Europe, and Conservation
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2021
Journal article
Microsatellites and petal morphology reveal new patterns of admixture in Orchis hybrid zones