Annual Review of Pteridological Research - 2004
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Pteridium Esculentum
Pteridium esculentum COMMON NAME Bracken, rarauhe, bracken fern SYNONYMS Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum (G.Forst.) Kuhn FAMILY Dennstaedtiaceae AUTHORITY Pteridium esculentum (G. Forst.) Cockayne FLORA CATEGORY Vascular – Native ENDEMIC TAXON No ENDEMIC GENUS Wellington. Sep 1986. Photographer: Jeremy No Rolfe ENDEMIC FAMILY No STRUCTURAL CLASS Ferns NVS CODE PTEESC CHROMOSOME NUMBER 2n = 104 Wellington. Mar 1986. Photographer: Jeremy Rolfe CURRENT CONSERVATION STATUS 2012 | Not Threatened PREVIOUS CONSERVATION STATUSES 2009 | Not Threatened 2004 | Not Threatened DISTRIBUTION Indigenous: New Zealand: Kermadec (Raoul Island only), North, South, Stewart, Chatham and Antipodes Islands. Also South East Asia, Australia, Lord Howe, Norfolk Islands extending into western Oceania. HABITAT Common in mainly seral habitats from the coast to the low alpine zone. FEATURES Fern with deeply rooted, subterranean rhizomes. Stipes and rachis chestnut brown at base, yellow-brown to russet at apex, woody, grooved, smooth, bearing sparse non-glandular hairs or ± glabrous stipe 0.2-1.3(-2.0) m or more long, 3-8(-15) mm diameter, woody. Lamina broadly elliptic or broadly ovate, 0.25-1.5-1.8 × 0.2-1.0-1.4 m wide, 3-4-pinnate at base, dark green (often glaucescent) above, paler beneath, adaxially glabrous, abaxially with sparse red-brown hairs on midribs and dense colourless appressed non-glandular hairs along veins. Longest pinnae arising at narrow angles; longest 150-650 × 80-400 mm. Secondary pinnae arising at narrow angles; longest 50-260 × 15-130 mm; basal one often much-reduced; midribs of primary and secondary pinnae narrowly winged. Tertiary pinnae decreasing markedly in length along secondary pinnae; longest 7-70 × 2-20 mm, with winged midribs. -
Bush Foods and Fibres
Australian Plants Society NORTH SHORE GROUP Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden Bush foods and fibres • Plant-based bush foods, medicines and poisons can come from nectar, flowers, fruit, leaves, bark, stems, sap and roots. • Plants provide fibres and materials for making many items including clothes, cords, musical instruments, shelters, tools, toys and weapons. • A fruit is the seed-bearing structure of a plant. • Do not eat fruits that you do not know to be safe to eat. Allergic reactions or other adverse reactions could occur. • We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay our respects to the Elders both past, present and future for they hold the memories, traditions, culture and hope of their people. Plants as food: many native plants must be processed before they are safe to eat. Flowers, nectar, pollen, Sugars, vitamins, honey, lerps (psyllid tents) minerals, starches, manna (e.g. Ribbon Gum proteins & other nutrients Eucalyptus viminalis exudate), gum (e.g. Acacia lerp manna decurrens) Fruit & seeds Staple foods Carbohydrates (sugars, starches, fibre), proteins, fats, vitamins Leaves, stalks, roots, apical Staple foods Carbohydrates, protein, buds minerals Plants such as daisies, lilies, orchids and vines Tubers, rhyzomes were a source of starchy tubers known as Carbohydrate, fibre, yams. The yam daisy Microseris lanceolata protein, vitamins, (Asteraceae) was widespread in inland NSW minerals and other states. The native yam Dioscorea transversa grows north from Stanwell Tops into Qld and Northern Territory and can be eaten raw or roasted as can those of Trachymene incisa. 1 Plant Description of food Other notes Acacia Wattle seed is a rich source of iron, Saponins and tannins and other essential elements. -
Insects of Macquarie Island. Introduction1
Pacific Insects 4 (4) : 905-915 December, 15, 1962 INSECTS OF MACQUARIE ISLAND. INTRODUCTION1 By J. Linsley Gressitt BISHOP MUSEUM, HONOLULU Abstract: Collections of land arthropods were made on Macquarie Island by J. L. Gres sitt and J. H. Calaby, 4-10 December 1960, and by Keith Watson, December 1960-Decem- ber 1961. This paper is a brief discussion of the geography and environment of Macquarie, introductory to the systematic papers describing the fauna. Watson, of the Australian Na tional Antarctic Research Expeditions, will later publish his general ecological studies, when the species are all identified. INTRODUCTION This paper is a brief description of the geography and environment of Macquarie Is land, as related to land arthropods. It is presented by way of introduction to the series of reports by various specialists on the land arthropod fauna of the island. The bulk of these reports immediately follow this article. (One Macquarie mite is discussed in the third of the preceding articles by Wallwork on Antarctic mites, and another is mentioned in his second article.) Others will appear in later issues, when they are completed. After publication of the bulk of these taxonomic reports, Keith Watson will publish his general report on the land arthropod fauna of Macquarie, incorporating his ecological studies on the fauna. Through the kindness of Mr. P. G. Law, Director of the Antarctic Division, Australian Department of External Affairs, I was permitted to join the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition for the annual resupply trip to Macquarie Island in early December 1960. The operation, supported by the chartered Danish ice-breaker Magga Dan, was car ried on at Macquarie from 4th to lOth December. -
Подход К Сравнительно-Морфологическому Анализу Спор Представителей Семейства Pteridaceae E
Проблемы ботаники Южной Сибири и Монголии, 2020. – Т. 19, № 2 УДК 58.002+582.37/.39 DOI: 10.14258/pbssm.2020076 Подход к сравнительно-морфологическому анализу спор представителей семейства Pteridaceae E. D. M. Kirchn. (Pteridophyta) на основе данных филогенетического родства The approach to the comparative morphological analysis of spores of the Pteridaceae E. D. M. Kirchn family representatives (Pteridophyta) based on phylogenetic relationship data Ваганов А. В., Скапцов М. В., Когтев Д. И. Vaganov A. V., Skaptsov M. V., Kogtev D. I. Алтайский государственный университет, г. Барнаул, Россия. E-mail: [email protected]. Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia Реферат. В работе представлен результат применения сравнительно-морфологического анализа спор пред- ставителей трех подсемейств семейства Pteridaceae E. D. M. Kirchn. (Cryptogrammoideae S. Linds., Pteridoideae C. Chr. ex Crabbe, Jermy a. Mickel, Ceratopteridoideae (J. Sm.) R. M. Tryon) методом эволюционной биологии в мо- дульной программной среде Mesquite. Данный подход позволяет детально сопоставить стандартизованные каче- ственные признаки морфологии спор с данными о филогенетическом родстве представителей, что в итоге спо- собствует выявлению внутри- и межтаксономических групп родства, поиску эволюционных связей, получению новых знаний для решения проблем в таксономии папоротников. Полученные данные позволят дополнять есте- ственную классификацию семейства Pteridaceae. Ключевые слова. ДНК, морфология, молекулярная филогения, папоротники, систематика, сканирующая электронная микроскопия, -
Ferns of the National Forests in Alaska
Ferns of the National Forests in Alaska United States Forest Service R10-RG-182 Department of Alaska Region June 2010 Agriculture Ferns abound in Alaska’s two national forests, the Chugach and the Tongass, which are situated on the southcentral and southeastern coast respectively. These forests contain myriad habitats where ferns thrive. Most showy are the ferns occupying the forest floor of temperate rainforest habitats. However, ferns grow in nearly all non-forested habitats such as beach meadows, wet meadows, alpine meadows, high alpine, and talus slopes. The cool, wet climate highly influenced by the Pacific Ocean creates ideal growing conditions for ferns. In the past, ferns had been loosely grouped with other spore-bearing vascular plants, often called “fern allies.” Recent genetic studies reveal surprises about the relationships among ferns and fern allies. First, ferns appear to be closely related to horsetails; in fact these plants are now grouped as ferns. Second, plants commonly called fern allies (club-mosses, spike-mosses and quillworts) are not at all related to the ferns. General relationships among members of the plant kingdom are shown in the diagram below. Ferns & Horsetails Flowering Plants Conifers Club-mosses, Spike-mosses & Quillworts Mosses & Liverworts Thirty of the fifty-four ferns and horsetails known to grow in Alaska’s national forests are described and pictured in this brochure. They are arranged in the same order as listed in the fern checklist presented on pages 26 and 27. 2 Midrib Blade Pinnule(s) Frond (leaf) Pinna Petiole (leaf stalk) Parts of a fern frond, northern wood fern (p. -
Resupinate Fungi (Basidiomycetes, Aphyllophoraies) of Macquarie Island, Australia
Hikobia 13: 745-750, 2002 Resupinate fungi (Basidiomycetes, Aphyllophoraies) of Macquarie Island, Australia GARY A. LAURSEN, HAROLD H. BURDSALL AND RODNEY D. SEPPELT LAURSEN, G. A., BURDSALL, H. H. & SEPPELT, R. D. 2002. Resupinate fungi (Basidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales) of Macquarie Island, Australia. Hikobia 13: 745-750. Fourteen collections of resupinate higher fungi in the order Aphyllophorales (Basidiomycetes) were made on Subantarctic Macquarie Island (54°30'S, 158°57' E) in 1995. Of the 14, three proved to lack species-determining characteristic basidiospores and 12 were determined to belong to three species in two genera; Athelopsis lembospora (Bourdot) Oberwinkler, Athelopsis subinconspicua (Lirschauer) Julich, the first report of this species from the Southern Hemisphere, and Epithele galzinii Bres., the first reportr of E. galzinii from an Australian territory and also representing a southern range extension by several hundred kilometers. None are endemic and all are suspected to have reached the Island by long-distance transoceanic wind dispersal from other southern continental sources. Their habitats are restricted to old and clustered culms, frond bracts, and leaf petioles of the fern Polystichum vestitum (G. Forst.) C. Presl, the raised pedestals of old giant russock grass stem bases of Poa foliosa (Hook. f-) Hook. f., and the woody, but thin, stems of Acaena magellanica (Lam.) Vahl (Rosaceae) and Coprosma perpusilla Colenso ssp. subantarcrica Orchard (Rubiaceae). Gary A. Laursen. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6100, USA. Harold H. Burdrall, Jr.. retired Center for Forest Mycology Research, Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Service, USDA, Madison, WI 53705 USA. Rodney D. Seppelt, Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, 7050 Tasmania. -
Flora and Fauna of Phong Nha-Ke Bang and Hin Namno, a Compilation Page 2 of 151
Flora and fauna of Phong Nha-Ke Bang and Hin Namno A compilation ii Marianne Meijboom and Ho Thi Ngoc Lanh November 2002 WWF LINC Project: Linking Hin Namno and Phong Nha-Ke Bang through parallel conservation Flora and fauna of Phong Nha-Ke Bang and Hin Namno, a compilation Page 2 of 151 Acknowledgements This report was prepared by the WWF ‘Linking Hin Namno and Phong Nha through parallel conservation’ (LINC) project with financial support from WWF UK and the Department for International Development UK (DfID). The report is a compilation of the available data on the flora and fauna of Phong Nha-Ke Bang and Hin Namno areas, both inside and outside the protected area boundaries. We would like to thank the Management Board of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, especially Mr. Nguyen Tan Hiep, Mr. Luu Minh Thanh, Mr. Cao Xuan Chinh and Mr. Dinh Huy Tri, for sharing information about research carried out in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang area. This compilation also includes data from surveys carried out on the Lao side of the border, in the Hin Namno area. We would also like to thank Barney Long and Pham Nhat for their inputs on the mammal list, Ben Hayes for his comments on bats, Roland Eve for his comments on the bird list, and Brian Stuart and Doug Hendrie for their thorough review of the reptile list. We would like to thank Thomas Ziegler for sharing the latest scientific insights on Vietnamese reptiles. And we are grateful to Andrei Kouznetsov for reviewing the recorded plant species. -
Hybrids in the Fern Genus Osmunda (Osmundaceae)
Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. B, 35(2), pp. 63–69, June 22, 2009 Hybrids in the Fern Genus Osmunda (Osmundaceae) Masahiro Kato Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4–1–1, Tsukuba, 305–0005 Japan E-mail address: [email protected] Abstract Four described putative hybrids in genus Osmunda, O. intermedia from Japan, O. rug- gii from eastern U.S.A., O. nipponica from central Japan, and O. mildei from southern China, are enumerated with notes on their hybridity. It is suggested that Osmunda intermedia is an intrasub- generic hybrid (O. japonica of subgenus Osmunda ϫ O. lancea of subgenus Osmunda), O. ruggii is an intersubgeneric hybrid (O. regalis of subgenus Osmunda ϫ O. claytoniana of subgenus Clay- tosmunda), O. nipponica is an intersubgeneric hybrid (O. japonica ϫ O. claytoniana of subgenus Claytosmunda), and O. midlei is an intersubgeneric hybrid (O. japonica ϫ O. angustifolia or O. vachellii of subgenus Plenasium). Among the four, O. intermedia is the most widely distributed and can reproduce in culture, suggesting that it can reproduce to some extent in nature. Key words : Hybrid, Osmunda intermedia, Osmunda mildei, Osmunda nipponica, Osmunda rug- gii. three subgenera Claytosmunda, Osmunda, and Introduction Plenasium, genus Leptopteris, genus Todea, and The genus Osmunda has been classified in ei- genus Osmundastrum (see also Metzgar et al., ther the broad or narrow sense. In the previously 2008). most accepted and the most lumping classifica- Four putative hybrids are known in the genus tion, it was divided into three subgenera, Osmun- Osmunda s.l. in eastern U.S.A. -
Environmental Assessment in Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Other Relevant Federal and State Laws and Regulations
United States Department of Environmental Agriculture Forest Assessment Service June 2007 Buck Bald Ocoee/Hiwassee and Tellico Ranger Districts, Cherokee National Forest Polk and Monroe Counties, Tennessee For Information Contact: Janan Hay 250 Ranger Station Road Tellico Plains, TN 37385 423-253-8405 southernregion.fs.fed.us/cherokee The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 Document Structure .................................................................................................................... 1 Background ................................................................................................................................. 1 Purpose and Need -
Dicranopteris Linearis a Potential Medicinal Plant with Anticancer Properties
BOLETIN LATINOAMERICANO Y DEL CARIBE DE PLANTAS MEDICINALES Y AROMÁTICAS © / ISSN 0717 7917 / www.blacpma.ms-editions.cl Revisión / Review Dicranopteris linearis A potential medicinal plant with anticancer properties [Dicranopteris linearis. Una planta medicinal potencial con propiedades anticancerígenas] Aifaa Akmal Baharuddin1, Rushduddin Al Jufri Roosli2, Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria1,2 & Siti Farah Md Tohid1,2 1Halal Products Development, Halal Products Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor, Malaysia 2Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Abstract: Several investigations have demonstrated Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. (Gleicheniaceae) plant extracts possess numerous health-promoting properties. This review is aimed to summarize and highlight the potential possess by D. linearis to be developed into future pharmacological Reviewed by: entity especially as anticancer agent. This study used several electronic search engines to compile and Claudio Acuña integrate a number of scientific publications related with D. linearis. Scientifically, D. linearis has been Universidad de Santiago de Chile reported to have antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, chemopreventive and antioxidant Chile properties which can be linked to its potential to treat various kinds of ailments including inflammatory- related diseases and cancer. A number of scientific evidences related with anticancer studies suggested Abdul Qayyum The University of Haripur the ability of D. linearis-based phytochemicals to act as potent anticancer lead compounds. In conclusion, Pakistan D. linearis has the potential to be developed into potent anticancer agent as depicted by a number of isolated phytochemicals which can work synergistically to contribute to its anticancer properties. Keywords: Dicranopteris linearis; Anticancer; Medicinal plant. -
La Forêt Dense Sèche Tropophile Épineuse Du Domaine Du Sud Malgache
Geo-Eco-Trop, 2015, 39, 2: 151-168 La forêt dense sèche tropophile épineuse du domaine du Sud malgache The dense dry tropophilous prickly forest of the South Madagascan domain Sophie RUELLE1,2 & François MALAISSE3,4 Abstract : The existence, between 150 and 500 m above sea level, of a dense formation of small trees and tall deciduous shrubs, dominated with spaced baobabs in the South Madagascan domain, in particular in the Andohahela massif, has been quoted in diverse papers (HUMBERT, 1941 ; HUMBERT & COURS DARNE, 1965). These last authors insist on the two plant groups that characterized, from a physiognomic point of view, this vegetation, namely the Didieraceae and the arboreal euphorbias, with fleshy twigs, of the Tirucalli section. We have studied more in detail this vegetation unit in the Manarara basin (Hazoara valley). We consider this last as a dense dry tropophilous prickly forest. The floristic composition (> 120 spp.), the structure (vertical and horizontal profiles, structure diagram), density, basal area, family importance coefficients, biological spectrum (raw and weighed), raw spectum of leaf area and ecomorphosis of this forest are successively presented and discussed. Finally the relative importance of spine bearing and leaf succulence are shortly commented on. Key words: Madagascar, South domain, dense dry tropophilous prickly forest, endemism, diversity. Résumé : L’existence, entre 150 et 500 m d’altitude, d’une formation dense de petits arbres et d’arbustes de taille élevée à feuillage caduc, où dominent, espacés, des baobabs dans le domaine sud malgache, en particulier dans le massif de l’Andohahela, a été signalée dans divers travaux (HUMBERT, 1941 ; HUMBERT & COURS DARNE, 1965). -
Vascular Plant Inventory and Ecological Community Classification for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
VASCULAR PLANT INVENTORY AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY CLASSIFICATION FOR CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Report for the Vertebrate and Vascular Plant Inventories: Appalachian Highlands and Cumberland/Piedmont Networks Prepared by NatureServe for the National Park Service Southeast Regional Office March 2006 NatureServe is a non-profit organization providing the scientific knowledge that forms the basis for effective conservation action. Citation: Rickie D. White, Jr. 2006. Vascular Plant Inventory and Ecological Community Classification for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Durham, North Carolina: NatureServe. © 2006 NatureServe NatureServe 6114 Fayetteville Road, Suite 109 Durham, NC 27713 919-484-7857 International Headquarters 1101 Wilson Boulevard, 15th Floor Arlington, Virginia 22209 www.natureserve.org National Park Service Southeast Regional Office Atlanta Federal Center 1924 Building 100 Alabama Street, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30303 The view and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the U.S. Government. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government. This report consists of the main report along with a series of appendices with information about the plants and plant (ecological) communities found at the site. Electronic files have been provided to the National Park Service in addition to hard copies. Current information on all communities described here can be found on NatureServe Explorer at www.natureserveexplorer.org. Cover photo: Red cedar snag above White Rocks at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Photo by Rickie White. ii Acknowledgments I wish to thank all park employees, co-workers, volunteers, and academics who helped with aspects of the preparation, field work, specimen identification, and report writing for this project.