DOCSLIB.ORG

Plants with a Purpose

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Plants with a Purpose 2017 GREATPLANTS GARDENER NEBRASKA STATEWIDE ARBORETUM “Sustainable landscapes for healthy homes and communities” Plants with a Purpose Christina Hoyt, NSA Executive Director Bob Henrickson, Horticulture Director Over the last (almost) 40 years of work we have come to understand that landscapes have a dramatic impact on quality of life—they renew our environment, improve our health, increase social interactions, deepen our sense of place and provide opportunities for learning. Possibilities abound for Fireworks Restaurant in Lincoln, Nebraska purposeful beauty. And it is simply impos- was recognized as an accredited Arboretum sible to have a healthy landscape without in June 2016. NSA staff are shown with Reba a rich diversity of trees and plants. Our Schafer of Telesis, Inc. Horticulture Program continues to be a Meadow leader in the region, testing and introduc- As we go forward, we hope we will ing plants that will be useful and beauti- see you in the coming year. We encourage ful in themselves and also to the broader you to become a member, attend an event, Blazing Star environment. collect seed, organize a community plant- Winter is a time to pause and dream ing and find ways to make your yard more Perennial of the Year a bit about the coming season. What an ecologically friendly. incredibly hopeful cycle we get to experi- ence in the plains—knowing that, after Liatris ligulistylis months of cold, the ground will thaw and Height: 3-4 feet high new plant life will emerge. We hope you INSIDE Spread: 12-18 inches wide find the following pages inspiring, and Sun: full sun maybe you’ll find a new plant-friend to GOLDENRODS 5 add to your landscape. Soil: prefers well-drained soil PURPOSEFUL PLANTS 8 At the Nebraska Statewide Arbo- Late summer’s ultimate monarch retum, we use winter to plan a full year BRINGING THEM NEAR 9 of exciting programming. While you’re butterfly magnet. Hummingbirds TREES FOR THE GREAT PLAINS 12 thinking about your own landscapes, and other pollinators will also flock we’re thinking about all the projects PERENNIALS AT THE EDGES 15 to this dramatic vertical plant. that will beautify communities state- NATIVES AT LAURITZEN 19 Abundant seeds draw goldfinches wide. While you’re thinking about your and other birds later in fall. personal plant list, we’re trying to grow GREATPLANTS® 1999-2016 21 Blossoms may cover more than half and offer the plants you’ll be asking for. the long stems at one time and for Our work hinges on strong partners and plantnebraska.org/greatplants several weeks late summer. Also individuals like you who are committed to great in fresh and dried arrangements. a more beautiful world. 402-472-2971 Selecting and promoting ® Plants of the Year, Plant Releases GreatPlants Committee and Introductions since 1998 Bob Henrickson, Coordinator A joint program of Rod Ackerman, Heather Byers, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and Todd Faller, Sherilynn Hawkins, Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association Addie Kinghorn, Editor–Karma Larsen, Edward Rasmussen, Alan Weiss plantnebraska.org nnla.org Nebraska Statewide Arboretum JOIN TODAY! The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum has cultivated connections between people and plants for almost 40 years. Your tax-deductible membership supports the Arboretum’s efforts to protect and promote “sustainable landcapes for healthy homes and communities” for generations to come. MEMBER CATEGORIES c Basic Member ...... $45 c Sustainor ............$500 c Patron ................. $100 c Guarantor........$1,000 c Contributor......... $250 Name _______________________________ Address _____________________________ City_________________________________ State/zip____________________________ Telephone ____________________________ Email _______________________________ (print carefully) Join at plantnebraska.org/join-us or mail to: Nebraska Statewide Arboretum PO Box 830964 Lincoln, NE 68583-0964 Pawnee Buttes Big Bluestem Grass of the Year Western Sandcherry Shrub of the Year Andropogon gerardii Height: 4-8 feet high Prunus besseyi Spread: 2-3 feet wide Height: 12-18 inches high Sun: full sun Spread: 4-6 feet wide Soil: anything from sand to heavy clay Sun: full sun Once the iconic dominant grass of the tallgrass prairie Soil: prefers dry soil but now rare, big bluestem can offer a strong sense of This unique selection of sandcherry was discovered in place in planted landscapes. This important native grass Colorado’s beautiful Pawnee Buttes, a stark but beautiful emerges blue green in spring, matures to green with red place with extreme weather and growing conditions. One tinges in summer and turns coppery red with lavender of the hardiest deciduous shrubs, it offers a profusion of highlights after frost. Its extensive root system makes fragrant white flowers in late spring. The extremely glossy, it somewhat slow to establish, but once established it is silvery green foliage often turns a beautiful mahogany- drought-tolerant, very long-lived and easy to manage. It red in fall. It prefers full sun and can be used in hot, dry develops slowly in spring, giving other plants their “day areas. It adapts to almost any soil, and is rarely bothered by in the sun.” A good screen or hedge plant, its flowers are insects or diseases. The fruit is a sour cherry for pies and good additions to fresh and dried arrangements. jellies, or left on the bush it will attract birds and wildlife. Shumard Oak White Spruce Tree of the Year Evergreen of the Year Quercus shumardii Picea glauca Height: 50-60 feet high Spread: 40-50 feet wide Height: 40-60 feet high Sun: prefers shade to part shade Spread: 10-20 feet wide Soil: adaptable Sun: full sun Soil: adaptable to a wide range of soils This strong, long-lived tree is native to eastern Kansas. New foliage emerges a reddish-purple, turns dark green One of the northernmost tree species in North America, in summer, then yellow to red in fall. In winter, the white spruce has strong horizontal branches that open up blue-gray bark with long, sinewy ridges stands out in the with age. It prefers cold winters and cool summers but is landscape. Beautiful catkins are a host and nectar plant extremely hardy. It is useful as a windbreak, hedge, screen for many butterflies and provide food for songbirds. or even cut or living Christmas tree. It offers winter Chestnut brown, striped nutlets ripen in fall, a food shelter and foods for wildlife, including a wide variety of source for grouse, pheasants, bobwhite, turkey, foxes and woodpeckers, pheasants and other birds. squirrels. 4 Strengthen Your Garden with Goldenrod Bob Henrickson, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum rubber, which it exudes naturally. In Horticulture Director, plantnebraska.org/ the 1930s he managed to get 12 percent rubber from the plants he grew; and As Nebraska celebrates its 150th Henry Ford gave Edison a Model T with anniversary in 2017, a new logo was tires made from goldenrod rubber. Edison unveiled for the sesquicentennial (will eventually turned his research over to that word ever come easily?) featuring an the government, which carried it on until art deco-inspired ear of corn. The corn is synthetic rubber was discovered during in reference to the Cornhusker state and World War II. the goldenrod-yellow color pays homage After the Boston Tea Party of 1773, to our state flower. the colonists had a good alternative— goldenrod tea, and not just any goldenrod, but sweet goldenrod, Solidago odora. Golden Fleece (opposite) and Fireworks It became known as “Liberty tea” and Goldenrod. was even exported to China. Also called Blue Mountain Tea, it has been used by As far as complaints about it herbalists in the Appalachians to relieve being aggressive, that may be more in exhaustion and fatigue. Modern herbalists reference to more aggressive members say it’s easy to make a nourishing tonic of the Solidago genus like Canada tea with goldenrod. goldenrod (Solidago Canadensis), a But not everyone thinks goldenrod is common roadside “weed” that spreads by the best choice for our state flower. Some aggressive rhizomes. While this behavior see it as a thug, a weedy plant that spreads serves them well in the wild, it is not aggressively, causes hay fever and doesn’t Goldenrod was designated the appreciated in the average garden. Canada represent the beauty of our state as well official state flower of Nebraska in 1895 goldenrod does not want to play nice with as a prairie rose or sunflower might. But to “foster a feeling of pride in our state, other plants—total garden domination is what other wildflower better represents and stimulate an interest in the history its only goal. the landscapes all across Nebraska? and traditions of the commonwealth.” From a design perspective, the bright No one is, or even can be, allergic to The state flower, they wrote, “has a long yellow blooms pair nicely with purple goldenrod pollen. Why? It has virtually season, and nothing could better represent fall-blooming plants such as prairie none. What little pollen it makes is too the hardy endurance of Nebraska’s grasses, native asters, Joe-Pye plant and heavy to be airborne and it’s sticky, all the pioneers.” The original legislation referred gayfeathers. Fortunately, there are several better to attach itself to insects who will to it as Solidago serotina, a species now well-behaved species and selections that spread and pollinate it. known as giant goldenrod (Solidago make wonderful additions to gardens If you like pollinators and birds, gigantea). In fact there are 11 species of designed to support pollinators and goldenrod is one of the best plants to goldenrod native to Nebraska (goldenrod birds or to provide beautiful fall color. If have. Research shows that plants in the is also the state flower of Kentucky and you’re ready to consider using goldenrod, Solidago genus serve as a host plant for South Carolina).
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Asclepias Purpurascens L. Purple Milkweed
    Asclepias purpurascens L. purple milkweed State Distribution Photo by Michael R. Penskar Best Survey Period Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Legal status: State threatened one or two additional umbels are present in the upper leaf axils. The individual flowers, which are usually Global and state rank: G4G5/S3 from 13-17 mm long, bear reflexed, purplish corolla lobes that are glabrous (smooth), pale purple hoods Family: Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family) (forming the corona) 5-7 mm long, and incurved flat horns that are shorter than the hood. The reproductive Total range: Asclepias purpurascens is found parts (filaments, anthers, and style) are fused into a principally in eastern North America, occurring from structure called the gynostegium. The fruit is a smooth New Hampshire south to Virginia and ranging west to follicle (a pod) filled with seeds attached to downy hairs Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. (coma) that aid in wind dispersal. State distribution: Purple milkweed is known from Asclepias purpurascens is often difficult to distinguish more than 60 occurrences in southern Michigan; thirty- from the very similar looking common milkweed, four of these records are derived from collections made Asclepias syriaca, which despite its unfortunate prior to 1930. This species is concentrated primarily Latin epithet is also a native milkweed. Overall, the in southeastern and southwestern Lower Michigan, leaves of A. purpurascens are more acute and less where it is known from 19 counties, with most counties predominately pinnately–veined (i.e. more strongly tallying only a single occurrence. Counties with the net-veined) than A.
    [Show full text]
  • Apiaceae) - Beds, Old Cambs, Hunts, Northants and Peterborough
    CHECKLIST OF UMBELLIFERS (APIACEAE) - BEDS, OLD CAMBS, HUNTS, NORTHANTS AND PETERBOROUGH Scientific name Common Name Beds old Cambs Hunts Northants and P'boro Aegopodium podagraria Ground-elder common common common common Aethusa cynapium Fool's Parsley common common common common Ammi majus Bullwort very rare rare very rare very rare Ammi visnaga Toothpick-plant very rare very rare Anethum graveolens Dill very rare rare very rare Angelica archangelica Garden Angelica very rare very rare Angelica sylvestris Wild Angelica common frequent frequent common Anthriscus caucalis Bur Chervil occasional frequent occasional occasional Anthriscus cerefolium Garden Chervil extinct extinct extinct very rare Anthriscus sylvestris Cow Parsley common common common common Apium graveolens Wild Celery rare occasional very rare native ssp. Apium inundatum Lesser Marshwort very rare or extinct very rare extinct very rare Apium nodiflorum Fool's Water-cress common common common common Astrantia major Astrantia extinct very rare Berula erecta Lesser Water-parsnip occasional frequent occasional occasional x Beruladium procurrens Fool's Water-cress x Lesser very rare Water-parsnip Bunium bulbocastanum Great Pignut occasional very rare Bupleurum rotundifolium Thorow-wax extinct extinct extinct extinct Bupleurum subovatum False Thorow-wax very rare very rare very rare Bupleurum tenuissimum Slender Hare's-ear very rare extinct very rare or extinct Carum carvi Caraway very rare very rare very rare extinct Chaerophyllum temulum Rough Chervil common common common common Cicuta virosa Cowbane extinct extinct Conium maculatum Hemlock common common common common Conopodium majus Pignut frequent occasional occasional frequent Coriandrum sativum Coriander rare occasional very rare very rare Daucus carota Wild Carrot common common common common Eryngium campestre Field Eryngo very rare, prob.
    [Show full text]
  • Flowering Plants Eudicots Apiales, Gentianales (Except Rubiaceae)
    Edited by K. Kubitzki Volume XV Flowering Plants Eudicots Apiales, Gentianales (except Rubiaceae) Joachim W. Kadereit · Volker Bittrich (Eds.) THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF VASCULAR PLANTS Edited by K. Kubitzki For further volumes see list at the end of the book and: http://www.springer.com/series/1306 The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants Edited by K. Kubitzki Flowering Plants Á Eudicots XV Apiales, Gentianales (except Rubiaceae) Volume Editors: Joachim W. Kadereit • Volker Bittrich With 85 Figures Editors Joachim W. Kadereit Volker Bittrich Johannes Gutenberg Campinas Universita¨t Mainz Brazil Mainz Germany Series Editor Prof. Dr. Klaus Kubitzki Universita¨t Hamburg Biozentrum Klein-Flottbek und Botanischer Garten 22609 Hamburg Germany The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants ISBN 978-3-319-93604-8 ISBN 978-3-319-93605-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93605-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018961008 # Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
    [Show full text]
  • Grass-Leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia Graminifolia)
    BWSR Featured Plant Plant Name: Grass-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia) As a major component of a wide range of plant Wetland Indicator Plantcommunities Family: Legume in both northern and southern Status: Minnesota, grass-leaved goldenrod plays an NC&NW - FAC important ecological role. It has extensive rhizomes Great Plains - FAC that stabilize streambanks and lakeshores and it also Midwest - FACW provides good pollinator habitat. In communities where it has ideal soils and moisture conditions it forms dense stands several feet in diameter. In communities with drier soils it may be scattered, coexisting with a diversity of other species. With rapid growth from rhizomes the species can be too aggressive for small raingardens or urban plantings but is well suited to wet meadow, wet prairie, floodplain forest, roadside, and shoreline Dense leaves near the top restorations. of the plant Identification Plants are usually around two feet tall and may be in dense stands or scattered over large areas. The stems are greenish brown, relatively smooth, and have rows of small white hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately up the stem and are the most Individual leaves are narrow dense and bushy near the flowers at the top of the plant. The leaves are linear, lack and have three primary veins teeth, and attach directly to the stem. They also have three noticeable veins running the length of the leaf. Small, tubular, yellow flowers are in somewhat rounded clusters of 20-40 flowers. They bloom in late summer to early fall for about a month. The species was in the genus “Solidago” but was separated out due to due to its narrow leaves, arrangement of its flowers and genetic data.
    [Show full text]
  • Circumscription and Phylogeny of Apiaceae Subfamily Saniculoideae Based on Chloroplast DNA Sequences
    ARTICLE IN PRESS Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution xxx (2007) xxx–xxx www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev Circumscription and phylogeny of Apiaceae subfamily Saniculoideae based on chloroplast DNA sequences Carolina I. Calviño a,b,¤, Stephen R. Downie a a Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801-3707, USA b Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, Buenos Aires, Argentina Received 14 July 2006; revised 3 January 2007; accepted 4 January 2007 Abstract An estimate of phylogenetic relationships within Apiaceae subfamily Saniculoideae was inferred using data from the chloroplast DNA trnQ-trnK 5Ј-exon region to clarify the circumscription of the subfamily and to assess the monophyly of its constituent genera. Ninety- one accessions representing 14 genera and 82 species of Apiaceae were examined, including the genera Steganotaenia, Polemanniopsis, and Lichtensteinia which have been traditionally treated in subfamily Apioideae but determined in recent studies to be more closely related to or included within subfamily Saniculoideae. The trnQ-trnK 5Ј-exon region includes two intergenic spacers heretofore underutilized in molecular systematic studies and the rps16 intron. Analyses of these loci permitted an assessment of the relative utility of these noncoding regions (including the use of indel characters) for phylogenetic study at diVerent hierarchical levels. The use of indels in phylogenetic anal- yses of both combined and partitioned data sets improves resolution of relationships, increases bootstrap support values, and decreases levels of overall homoplasy. Intergeneric relationships derived from maximum parsimony, Bayesian, and maximum likelihood analyses, as well as from maximum parsimony analysis of indel data alone, are fully resolved and consistent with one another and generally very well supported.
    [Show full text]
  • Conserving Europe's Threatened Plants
    Conserving Europe’s threatened plants Progress towards Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Conserving Europe’s threatened plants Progress towards Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation By Suzanne Sharrock and Meirion Jones May 2009 Recommended citation: Sharrock, S. and Jones, M., 2009. Conserving Europe’s threatened plants: Progress towards Target 8 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, UK ISBN 978-1-905164-30-1 Published by Botanic Gardens Conservation International Descanso House, 199 Kew Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3BW, UK Design: John Morgan, [email protected] Acknowledgements The work of establishing a consolidated list of threatened Photo credits European plants was first initiated by Hugh Synge who developed the original database on which this report is based. All images are credited to BGCI with the exceptions of: We are most grateful to Hugh for providing this database to page 5, Nikos Krigas; page 8. Christophe Libert; page 10, BGCI and advising on further development of the list. The Pawel Kos; page 12 (upper), Nikos Krigas; page 14: James exacting task of inputting data from national Red Lists was Hitchmough; page 16 (lower), Jože Bavcon; page 17 (upper), carried out by Chris Cockel and without his dedicated work, the Nkos Krigas; page 20 (upper), Anca Sarbu; page 21, Nikos list would not have been completed. Thank you for your efforts Krigas; page 22 (upper) Simon Williams; page 22 (lower), RBG Chris. We are grateful to all the members of the European Kew; page 23 (upper), Jo Packet; page 23 (lower), Sandrine Botanic Gardens Consortium and other colleagues from Europe Godefroid; page 24 (upper) Jože Bavcon; page 24 (lower), Frank who provided essential advice, guidance and supplementary Scumacher; page 25 (upper) Michael Burkart; page 25, (lower) information on the species included in the database.
    [Show full text]
  • Verge D'or De Riddell (Solidago Riddellii)
    Loi sur les espèces en péril Série de Plans de gestion Plan de gestion de la verge d’or de Riddell (Solidago riddellii) au Canada Verge d’or de Riddell 2015 Référence recommandée : Environnement Canada. 2015. Plan de gestion de la verge d’or de Riddell (Solidago riddellii) au Canada, Série de Plans de gestion de la Loi sur les espèces en péril, Environnement Canada, Ottawa, iv + 20 p. Pour télécharger le présent plan de gestion ou pour obtenir un complément d'information sur les espèces en péril, incluant les rapports de situation du Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada (COSEPAC), les descriptions de la résidence, les plans d'action et d'autres documents connexes sur le rétablissement, veuillez consulter le Registre public des espèces en péril1. Illustration de la couverture : © Gary Allen Also available in English under the title “Management Plan for the Riddell’s Goldenrod (Solidago riddellii) in Canada” © Sa Majesté la Reine du chef du Canada, représentée par la ministre de l’Environnement, 2015. Tous droits réservés. ISBN 978-0-660-03356-3 No de catalogue En3-5/56-2015F-PDF Le contenu du présent document (à l’exception des illustrations) peut être utilisé sans permission, mais en prenant soin d’indiquer la source. 1 http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca Plan de gestion de la verge d’or de Riddell 2015 PRÉFACE En vertu de l’Accord pour la protection des espèces en péril (1996)2, les gouvernements fédéral, provinciaux et territoriaux signataires ont convenu d’établir une législation et des programmes complémentaires qui assureront la protection efficace des espèces en péril partout au Canada.
    [Show full text]
  • Michigan Native Plants for Bird-Friendly Landscapes What Are Native Plants? Why Go Native? Native Plants Are Those That Occur Naturally in an Area
    Michigan Native Plants for Bird-Friendly Landscapes What are native plants? Why go native? Native plants are those that occur naturally in an area. They are well-adapted to the climate and birds, insects, and Help baby birds Nearly all landbirds feed their chicks insect wildlife depend on native plants to survive. larva, but insects have a hard time eating and reproducing on non-native plants. Plant native plants and stay away from Invasive plants are those that are not native to an area and the pesticides—baby birds need those little pests to survive! aggressively outcompete native flora. These species degrade Michigan’s natural ecosystems and should be removed or Pollinators love natives, too Did you know that many avoided when planting new gardens. pollinators don’t or can’t use ornamental and non-native plants? Attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and honeybees by adding native flowering plants or better yet—select “host How to use this guide plants” that each species of butterfly and moth requires to reproduce. When thinking about bird habitat, it’s important to think in layers: from canopy trees to ground cover. Different bird Go local Michigan’s native plants are unique and beautiful, species rely on different layers to forage and nest. So, by but many are rare or threatened with extirpation. Keep providing a greater variety of layers in your yard, you can Michigan unique by planting a Michigan Garden! Bonus: attract a greater variety of birds. Many natives are drought tolerant and low maintenance. This guide separates each habitat layer and suggests several Healthy habitat for birds = Healthy yard for you Mowed native plants for each layer that are known to benefit birds.
    [Show full text]
  • Riddell's Goldenrod
    Manitoba’s Species At Risk Threatened Riddell’s goldenrod Solidago riddellii iddell’s goldenrod is a provincially Distribution Rthreatened plant found in Manitoba, Ontario and in 14 American states. It is a The native range of Riddell’s goldenrod herbaceous perennial that grows to a height extends from southeastern Manitoba and Any native Manitoba species of one metre (3.3 feet). The narrow leaves southwestern Ontario, southeast to Georgia likely to become endangered tend to curve downward and are folded in the United States. Riddell’s goldenrod is or at risk due to low or inward along the middle vein. They usually at the northern edge of its range in Manitoba, declining numbers in have several prominent veins near the leaf where small populations occur within an Manitoba if the factors base and have rough edges. The lower leaves approximately 30 kilometre-wide band that affecting it don’t improve. gradually taper towards the stem on long stretches from southeast of Winnipeg to the Threatened species are stalks and can reach 24 centimetres (9.5 inches) Tall Grass Prairie Preserve near the U.S. border. declared as such by in length. The upper leaves are smaller and regulation under the not stalked. The flat-topped to rounded Status flower cluster bears many small yellow Endangered Species Act flowering heads (50 to several hundred). Each Riddell’s goldenrod is considered provincially flowering head is less than one centimetre rare (S2) by the Manitoba Conservation Data (0.4 inches) in diameter. Of the 15 goldenrod Centre. Although it is considered vulnerable species confirmed to grow in Manitoba, (S3) in Ontario and rare in several American Riddell’s goldenrod is perhaps most easily states, NatureServe considers the species to confused with Ohio goldenrod (Solidago be secure (G5) overall.
    [Show full text]
  • New Tribal Delimitations for the Early Diverging Lineages of Apiaceae Subfamily Apioideae
    TAXON 59 (2) • April 2010: 567–580 Magee & al. • Tribal delimitations in early diverging Apioideae New tribal delimitations for the early diverging lineages of Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae Anthony R. Magee,1,2 Carolina I. Calviño,3 Mei (Rebecca) Liu,4 Stephen R. Downie,5 Patricia M. Tilney1 & Ben-Erik van Wyk1 1 Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa 2 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Private Bag X7, Claremont 7735, South Africa 3 INIBIOMA, CONICET – Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Río Negro 8400, Argentina 4 Department of Biology, Harbin Normal University, Hexing Road 50, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China 5 Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A. Author for correspondence: Ben-Erik van Wyk, [email protected] Abstract Phylogenetic analyses of the cpDNA trnQ-trnK 5′ exon region for 27 genera and 42 species of Saniculoideae and early diverging lineages of Apioideae were carried out to assess or confirm the tribal placements of the following anomalous genera: Annesorhiza, Astydamia, Chamarea, Choritaenia, Ezosciadium, Itasina, Lichtensteinia, Marlothiella, Molopospermum and Phlyctidocarpa. To accommodate these unique early diverging members of the Apiaceae and to reflect their relationships, a new tribal classification system has become necessary. Many of the early diverging genera (herein referred to as the pro- toapioids) can readily be distinguished from the euapioids (the remaining apioids) by the presence of scattered druse crystals in the mesocarp. The major morphological discontinuity within the family, however, lies between the combined protoapioids and euapioids (representing an expanded Apioideae s.l., including the Saniculoideae) and the subfamilies Azorelloideae and Mackinlayoideae.
    [Show full text]
  • Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information Francisco W
    Guidelines for the Capture and Management of Digital Zoological Names Information Francisco W. Welter-Schultes Version 1.1 March 2013 Suggested citation: Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). Guidelines for the capture and management of digital zoological names information. Version 1.1 released on March 2013. Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 126 pp, ISBN: 87-92020-44-5, accessible online at http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2784. ISBN: 87-92020-44-5 (10 digits), 978-87-92020-44-4 (13 digits). Persistent URI: http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=2784. Language: English. Copyright © F. W. Welter-Schultes & Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2012. Disclaimer: The information, ideas, and opinions presented in this publication are those of the author and do not represent those of GBIF. License: This document is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Document Control: Version Description Date of release Author(s) 0.1 First complete draft. January 2012 F. W. Welter- Schultes 0.2 Document re-structured to improve February 2012 F. W. Welter- usability. Available for public Schultes & A. review. González-Talaván 1.0 First public version of the June 2012 F. W. Welter- document. Schultes 1.1 Minor editions March 2013 F. W. Welter- Schultes Cover Credit: GBIF Secretariat, 2012. Image by Levi Szekeres (Romania), obtained by stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1389360). March 2013 ii Guidelines for the management of digital zoological names information Version 1.1 Table of Contents How to use this book ......................................................................... 1 SECTION I 1. Introduction ................................................................................ 2 1.1. Identifiers and the role of Linnean names ......................................... 2 1.1.1 Identifiers ..................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Taxonomy, Origin and Importance of the Apiaceae Family
    1 TAXONOMY, ORIGIN AND IMPORTANCE OF THE APIACEAE FAMILY JEAN-PIERRE REDURON* Mulhouse, France The Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae) is a plant family comprising at the present time 466 genera and about 3800 species (Plunkett et al., 2018). It is distributed nearly worldwide, but is most diverse in temperate climatic areas, such as Eurasia and North America. It is quite rare in tropical humid regions where it is limited to high mountains. Mediterranean and arid climatic conditions favour high species diversification. The Apiaceae are present in nearly all types of habi- tats, from sea-level to alpine zones: aquatic biotopes, grasslands, grazed pas- tures, forests including their clearings and margins, cliffs, screes, rocky hills, open sandy and gravelly soils, steppes, cultivated fields, fallows, road sides and waste grounds. The largest number of genera, 289, and the largest generic endemism, 177, is found in Asia. There are 126 genera in Europe, but only 17 are en- demic. Africa has about the same total with 121 genera, where North Africa encompasses the largest occurrence of 82 genera, 13 of which are endemic. North and Central America have a fairly high level of diversity with 80 genera and 44 endemics, where South America accommodates less generic diversity with 35 genera, 15 of which are endemic. Oceania is home to 27 genera and 18 endemics (Plunkett et al., 2018). The Apiaceae family appears to have originated in Australasia (region including Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia and several island groups), with this origin dated to the Late Cretaceous/ early Eocene, c.87 Ma (Nicolas and Plunkett, 2014).
    [Show full text]