https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14826 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:01:42 GMT 2026-04-12T10:01:42Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14984 Title: New records for the Maltese flora : Centaurea acaulis L. (Family Asteraceae) Authors: Lanfranco, Edwin; Buttigieg, Rita Abstract: Centaurea acaulis L. is native to Tunisia and Algeria (Pottier-Alapetite, 1981) and is also known to occur in Lampedusa, one of the Pelagian Islands, 210km south of Sicily, 128 km from the Tunisian coast (Bartolo et al. 1988) and 150 km from Malta (Sommier, 1908), and in the north of Spain (Guinea Lopez & Ceballos Jimenez, 1974). In the February of2001, one of us (RB) encountered a population of this species in leaf on the Nuffara plateau in Gozo. Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14984 2001-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14982 Title: Polypores recorded in Malta : additions and updated checklist Authors: Briffa, Michael Abstract: Eight additional species of polypores occurring in Malta and deposited at the author's herbarium are recorded. These are Inonotus indicus, I. cuticularis, I. tamaricis, Phellinus torulosus (including an interesting variety), Coriolopsis aspera, Oligoporus balsameus, Ganoderma australe, and Boletopsis leucomelaena. Their detennination necessitates the cancellation of previous records of Phaeolus schweinitzii and Meripilus giganteus. Inonotus indicus and Coriolopsis aspera are new records for Europe. An updated classified checklist of polypores recorded in Malta is also included. Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14982 2001-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14976 Title: New records for the Maltese flora : Pancratium foetidum Pomel (family Amaryllidaceae) Authors: Lanfranco, Edwin; Spiteri, Hubert J. Abstract: The genus Pancratium is represented in the Maltese flora by P. maritimum L., typical of coastal sands. This was first recorded by Zerafa (1831). Brenner (1838) records P. illyricum L. from sandy beaches (presumably Ramla) in Gozo. In this he was followed by Grech Delicata (1853) who cites both species and giving the latter from Ram la in Gozo, and as flowering in August/September. But, as Sommier & Caruana Gatto (1915) correctly state, true P. illyricum flowers in spring and is not a sand-dwelling species. The record of P. illyricum can therefore be attributed to confusion with P. maritimum, a typical species of coastal sands which flowers in summer. Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14976 2001-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14971 Title: Additions to, and a review of, the Miocene shark and ray fauna of Malta Authors: Ward, David J.; Galea Bonavia, Charles Abstract: Bulk sampling sediments and surface picking have increased the number of fossil sharks and rays from the Miocene of the Maltese Islands by 10 species and confirmed another. These are: Sphyrna arambourgi, Rhizoprionodon taxandriae, Scyliorhinus sp, Chaenogaleus afjinis, Galeorhinus goncalvesi, Triakis angustidens, Squatina sp., Rhynchobatus pristinus, Raja gentili and Gymnura sp. Hexanchus griseus was confirmed. The species "Galeocerdo" aduncus is synonymised with "G" contortus, and referred to the genus Physogaleus. These new records, and a taxonomic revision of the species described previously, increased the Maltese fauna to 24 species, comparable with the Miocene of France and Portugal. This paper is not meant to be an exhaustive review of the fossil selachian and batid fauna of the Maltese Islands but rather for the present we have confined ourselves to revising Menesini (1974). Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/14971 2001-12-01T00:00:00Z