Abstract
Contribution to the vascular flora of the archaeological park of Selinunte and Cave of Cusa (South-Western Sicily, Italy): preliminary results
Highlights
IntroductionThe Archaeological Park of Selinunte and Cave of Cusa (Trapani Province) is, certainly, one of the largest and most extraordinary archaeological sites in the Western Mediterranean
Archaeological sites in the Mediterranean Basin are often of great artistic and historical value and play an important role in the tourist industry (Celesti-Grapow & Blasi 2004).Among these, the Archaeological Park of Selinunte and Cave of Cusa (Trapani Province) is, certainly, one of the largest and most extraordinary archaeological sites in the Western Mediterranean.This contribution is limited only to the part of the park around the ancient city of Selinunte
This study aims to present a complete inventory of the vascular flora of the Archaeological Park of Selinunte
Summary
The Archaeological Park of Selinunte and Cave of Cusa (Trapani Province) is, certainly, one of the largest and most extraordinary archaeological sites in the Western Mediterranean. This contribution is limited only to the part of the park around the ancient city of Selinunte. This area and its temples represented the western part of the Greek advance in Sicily. It was founded in 651-650 B.C. and built with calcarenites extracted from the quarries of the near locality Cusa, in Campobello di Mazzara territory (Trapani Province) The toponym “Selinunte” probably, is due to savage parsley, ‘selinon’ in ancient Greek, which in tern refers to Apium spp. growing wild in such moist habitats (Guarino & Pasta 2017) and was present on the local coins (Fabbrocino & al. 2001)
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