Italian Botanist 9: 87–100 (2020)The flora of the “Montagna di Torricchio” reserve 87 doi: 10.3897/italianbotanist.9.50032 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://italianbotanist.pensoft.net An updated checklist of the vascular flora of Montagna di Torricchio State Nature Reserve (Marche, Italy) Sandro Ballelli1, Riccardo Pennesi1, Giandiego Campetella2, Marco Cervellini 2, 3, Stefano Chelli2, Kevin Cianfaglione2, Domenico Lucarini1, †, Karina Piermarteri2, Federico Maria Tardella1, Andrea Catorci2, Roberto Canullo2 1 Herbarium Universitatis Camerinensis (CAME), Unit of Plant Diversity and Ecosystems Management, School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy 2 Unit of Plant Di- versity and Ecosystems Management, School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy 3 Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Corresponding author: Stefano Chelli (
[email protected]) Academic editor: Fabrizio Bartolucci | Received 10 January 2020 | Accepted 21 May 2020 | Published 23 June 2020 Citation: Ballelli S, Pennesi R, Campetella G, Cervellini M, Chelli S, Cianfaglione K, Lucarini D, Piermarteri K, Tardella FM, Catorci A, Canullo R (2020) An updated checklist of the vascular flora of Montagna di Torricchio State Nature Reserve (Marche, Italy). Italian Botanist 9: 87–100. https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.9.50032 Abstract This study aims to increase floristic knowledge of Marche by means of a survey in the Montagna di Tor- ricchio State Nature Reserve (central Italy). The Reserve, located in the central Apennines, covers about 3.2 km2 at altitudes ranging from 820 to 1,491 m a.s.l. It has been owned and managed as a strict reserve by the University of Camerino since 1970: all the anthropic activities ceased about 50 years ago, except for a minimal area where mowing and cattle grazing are still allowed.