Rubén Barone

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Anybody knows if Pluchea ovalis is an invasive species in Europe or other continents?

In the Canary Islands the presence of Pluchea ovalis has been confirmed on Tenerife, where it is an invasive species, mostly in the southern side of the island. This plant is spreading very fast...

24 May 2017 1,458 4 View

Is it correct to describe a new species without type material?

In the last years there are some examples of description of new species without having type material, mostly in birds (e.g. the owl Strix omanensis, at present not accepted as a valid taxon)....

20 August 2016 6,969 35 View

Are Manx Shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus) declining in all their breeding range in the North Atlantic?

In the Canary Islands (southernmost limit of its distribution) the species is in the verge of extinction, being necessary to adopt some urgent conservation measures and new surveys to know the...

16 July 2016 2,047 10 View

Is there any paper on white-flowered (albino flowers) plants of Himantoglossum robertianum (=Barlia robertiana)?

I am interested to know cases of albinism in flowers of orchids, especially of the genus Himantoglossum (partly included in the past in Barlia).

25 June 2015 5,129 9 View