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List of Vascular Plants Endemic to Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands 2020
British & Irish Botany 2(3): 169-189, 2020 List of vascular plants endemic to Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands 2020 Timothy C.G. Rich Cardiff, U.K. Corresponding author: Tim Rich: [email protected] This pdf constitutes the Version of Record published on 31st August 2020 Abstract A list of 804 plants endemic to Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands is broken down by country. There are 659 taxa endemic to Britain, 20 to Ireland and three to the Channel Islands. There are 25 endemic sexual species and 26 sexual subspecies, the remainder are mostly critical apomictic taxa. Fifteen endemics (2%) are certainly or probably extinct in the wild. Keywords: England; Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland; Scotland; Wales. Introduction This note provides a list of vascular plants endemic to Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands, updating the lists in Rich et al. (1999), Dines (2008), Stroh et al. (2014) and Wyse Jackson et al. (2016). The list includes endemics of subspecific rank or above, but excludes infraspecific taxa of lower rank and hybrids (for the latter, see Stace et al., 2015). There are, of course, different taxonomic views on some of the taxa included. Nomenclature, taxonomic rank and endemic status follows Stace (2019), except for Hieracium (Sell & Murrell, 2006; McCosh & Rich, 2018), Ranunculus auricomus group (A. C. Leslie in Sell & Murrell, 2018), Rubus (Edees & Newton, 1988; Newton & Randall, 2004; Kurtto & Weber, 2009; Kurtto et al. 2010, and recent papers), Taraxacum (Dudman & Richards, 1997; Kirschner & Štepànek, 1998 and recent papers) and Ulmus (Sell & Murrell, 2018). Ulmus is included with some reservations, as many taxa are largely vegetative clones which may occasionally reproduce sexually and hence may not merit species status (cf. -
LUNDY FUNGI: FURTHER SURVEYS 2004-2008 by JOHN N
Journal of the Lundy Field Society, 2, 2010 LUNDY FUNGI: FURTHER SURVEYS 2004-2008 by JOHN N. HEDGER1, J. DAVID GEORGE2, GARETH W. GRIFFITH3, DILUKA PEIRIS1 1School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, W1M 8JS 2Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD 3Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of Aberystwyth, SY23 3DD Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT The results of four five-day field surveys of fungi carried out yearly on Lundy from 2004-08 are reported and the results compared with the previous survey by ourselves in 2003 and to records made prior to 2003 by members of the LFS. 240 taxa were identified of which 159 appear to be new records for the island. Seasonal distribution, habitat and resource preferences are discussed. Keywords: Fungi, ecology, biodiversity, conservation, grassland INTRODUCTION Hedger & George (2004) published a list of 108 taxa of fungi found on Lundy during a five-day survey carried out in October 2003. They also included in this paper the records of 95 species of fungi made from 1970 onwards, mostly abstracted from the Annual Reports of the Lundy Field Society, and found that their own survey had added 70 additional records, giving a total of 156 taxa. They concluded that further surveys would undoubtedly add to the database, especially since the autumn of 2003 had been exceptionally dry, and as a consequence the fruiting of the larger fleshy fungi on Lundy, especially the grassland species, had been very poor, resulting in under-recording. Further five-day surveys were therefore carried out each year from 2004-08, three in the autumn, 8-12 November 2004, 4-9 November 2007, 3-11 November 2008, one in winter, 23-27 January 2006 and one in spring, 9-16 April 2005. -
State of New York City's Plants 2018
STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 Daniel Atha & Brian Boom © 2018 The New York Botanical Garden All rights reserved ISBN 978-0-89327-955-4 Center for Conservation Strategy The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 All photos NYBG staff Citation: Atha, D. and B. Boom. 2018. State of New York City’s Plants 2018. Center for Conservation Strategy. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY. 132 pp. STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 INTRODUCTION 10 DOCUMENTING THE CITY’S PLANTS 10 The Flora of New York City 11 Rare Species 14 Focus on Specific Area 16 Botanical Spectacle: Summer Snow 18 CITIZEN SCIENCE 20 THREATS TO THE CITY’S PLANTS 24 NEW YORK STATE PROHIBITED AND REGULATED INVASIVE SPECIES FOUND IN NEW YORK CITY 26 LOOKING AHEAD 27 CONTRIBUTORS AND ACKNOWLEGMENTS 30 LITERATURE CITED 31 APPENDIX Checklist of the Spontaneous Vascular Plants of New York City 32 Ferns and Fern Allies 35 Gymnosperms 36 Nymphaeales and Magnoliids 37 Monocots 67 Dicots 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report, State of New York City’s Plants 2018, is the first rankings of rare, threatened, endangered, and extinct species of what is envisioned by the Center for Conservation Strategy known from New York City, and based on this compilation of The New York Botanical Garden as annual updates thirteen percent of the City’s flora is imperiled or extinct in New summarizing the status of the spontaneous plant species of the York City. five boroughs of New York City. This year’s report deals with the City’s vascular plants (ferns and fern allies, gymnosperms, We have begun the process of assessing conservation status and flowering plants), but in the future it is planned to phase in at the local level for all species. -
Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an Assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde Biogeographic Marine Ecoregions
Zootaxa 4413 (3): 401–448 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2018 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2DF9255A-7C42-42DA-9F48-2BAA6DCEED7E Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions JOSÉ A. GONZÁLEZ University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, i-UNAT, Campus de Tafira, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]. ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8584-6731. Abstract The complete list of Canarian marine decapods (last update by González & Quiles 2003, popular book) currently com- prises 374 species/subspecies, grouped in 198 genera and 82 families; whereas the Cape Verdean marine decapods (now fully listed for the first time) are represented by 343 species/subspecies with 201 genera and 80 families. Due to changing environmental conditions, in the last decades many subtropical/tropical taxa have reached the coasts of the Canary Islands. Comparing the carcinofaunal composition and their biogeographic components between the Canary and Cape Verde ar- chipelagos would aid in: validating the appropriateness in separating both archipelagos into different ecoregions (Spalding et al. 2007), and understanding faunal movements between areas of benthic habitat. The consistency of both ecoregions is here compared and validated by assembling their decapod crustacean checklists, analysing their taxa composition, gath- ering their bathymetric data, and comparing their biogeographic patterns. Four main evidences (i.e. different taxa; diver- gent taxa composition; different composition of biogeographic patterns; different endemicity rates) support that separation, especially in coastal benthic decapods; and these parametres combined would be used as a valuable tool at comparing biotas from oceanic archipelagos. -
Genetic Resources Collections of Leafy Vegetables (Lettuce, Spinach, Chicory, Artichoke, Asparagus, Lamb's Lettuce, Rhubarb An
Genet Resour Crop Evol (2012) 59:981–997 DOI 10.1007/s10722-011-9738-x RESEARCH ARTICLE Genetic resources collections of leafy vegetables (lettuce, spinach, chicory, artichoke, asparagus, lamb’s lettuce, rhubarb and rocket salad): composition and gaps R. van Treuren • P. Coquin • U. Lohwasser Received: 11 January 2011 / Accepted: 21 July 2011 / Published online: 7 August 2011 Ó The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Lettuce, spinach and chicory are gener- nl/cgn/pgr/LVintro/. Based on a literature study, an ally considered the main leafy vegetables, while a analysis of the gene pool structure of the crops was fourth group denoted by ‘minor leafy vegetables’ performed and an inventory was made of the distri- includes, amongst others, rocket salad, lamb’s lettuce, bution areas of the species involved. The results of asparagus, artichoke and rhubarb. Except in the case these surveys were related to the contents of the of lettuce, central crop databases of leafy vegetables newly established databases in order to identify the were lacking until recently. Here we report on the main collection gaps. Priorities are presented for update of the international Lactuca database and the future germplasm acquisition aimed at improving the development of three new central crop databases for coverage of the crop gene pools in ex situ collections. each of the other leafy vegetable crop groups. Requests for passport data of accessions available Keywords Chicory Á Crop database Á Germplasm to the user community were addressed to all known availability Á Lettuce Á Minor leafy vegetables Á European collection holders and to the main collec- Spinach tion holders located outside Europe. -
Rainfall and Flooding in Coastal Tourist Areas of the Canary Islands (Spain)
atmosphere Article Rainfall and Flooding in Coastal Tourist Areas of the Canary Islands (Spain) Abel López Díez 1 , Pablo Máyer Suárez 2,*, Jaime Díaz Pacheco 1 and Pedro Dorta Antequera 1 1 University of La Laguna (ULL), 38320 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain; [email protected] (A.L.D.); [email protected] (J.D.P.); [email protected] (P.D.A.) 2 Physical Geography and Environment Group, Institute of Oceanography and Global Change (IOCAG), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), 35214 Telde, Gran Canaria, Spain * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 19 November 2019; Accepted: 11 December 2019; Published: 13 December 2019 Abstract: Coastal spaces exploited for tourism tend to be developed rapidly and with a desire to maximise profit, leading to diverse environmental problems, including flooding. As the origin of flood events is usually associated with intense precipitation episodes, this study considers the general rainfall characteristics of tourist resorts in two islands of the Canary Archipelago (Spain). Days of intense rainfall were determined using the 99th percentile (99p) of 8 daily precipitation data series. In addition, the weather types that generated these episodes were identified, the best-fitting distribution functions were determined to allow calculation of probable maximum daily precipitation for different return periods, and the territorial and economic consequences of flood events were analysed. The results show highly irregular rainfall, with 99p values ranging 50–80 mm. The weather types associated with 49 days of flooding events were predominantly cyclonic and hybrid cyclonic. The Log Pearson III distribution function best fitted the data series, with a strong likelihood in a 100-year return period of rainfall exceeding 100 mm in a 24 h period. -
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. -
Induced Polyploidization in Brassica Fruticulosa - a Wild Relative of Brassicas As Potential Source for Mustard Aphid Tolerance Arun Kumar* , Prashant Yadav
ISSN. 0972 - 8406 The NEHU Journal Vol. XVIII, No.2, July - December 2020, pp. 1-11 Induced polyploidization in Brassica fruticulosa - a wild relative of Brassicas as potential source for mustard aphid tolerance Arun Kumar* , Prashant Yadav Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur -321 303, Rajasthan *Corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] Abstract Polyploidy is an important source for acquiring new genetic recombination and creating genetic uniqueness in plants. Ploidy manipulation is generally associated with the obtainment of some increased enviable traits of the plants as well as also provides them greater adaptability to various biotic and abiotic stresses as compared to its diploids counterparts. In the present study, successful induction of autotetraploidy has been achieved through seedling treatment of colchicine in B. fruticulosa Cyr. subsp. fruticulosa (2n = 16 FF), a wild relative of cultivated brassicas. The diploid seedlings of B. fruticulosa were treated with different concentrations of aqueous colchicine using the cotton-swab method for 8 -12 hours for 2-3 days. The highest percentage of success was recorded in when the seedlings were treated with 0.2% cochicine for eight hours within two days. The synthesized plant showed remarkable enhancement in several morphological and floral characters making more robust. Induced tetraploid was cytologically distinguished from diploid by the occurrence of 32 chromosomes at diakinesis/metaphase-I with different combinations of univalent, bivalents and multivalent in the form of trivalents and quadrivalents. The anaphase I and II disjunction of bivalents/chromosomes was leading more or less regularly and equally to the formation of seeds from the synthesized plants. -
Nested Whole-Genome Duplications Coincide with Diversification And
ARTICLE https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17605-7 OPEN Nested whole-genome duplications coincide with diversification and high morphological disparity in Brassicaceae Nora Walden 1,7, Dmitry A. German 1,5,7, Eva M. Wolf 1,7, Markus Kiefer 1, Philippe Rigault 1,2, Xiao-Chen Huang 1,6, Christiane Kiefer 1, Roswitha Schmickl3, Andreas Franzke 1, Barbara Neuffer4, ✉ Klaus Mummenhoff4 & Marcus A. Koch 1 1234567890():,; Angiosperms have become the dominant terrestrial plant group by diversifying for ~145 million years into a broad range of environments. During the course of evolution, numerous morphological innovations arose, often preceded by whole genome duplications (WGD). The mustard family (Brassicaceae), a successful angiosperm clade with ~4000 species, has been diversifying into many evolutionary lineages for more than 30 million years. Here we develop a species inventory, analyze morphological variation, and present a maternal, plastome-based genus-level phylogeny. We show that increased morphological disparity, despite an apparent absence of clade-specific morphological innovations, is found in tribes with WGDs or diversification rate shifts. Both are important processes in Brassicaceae, resulting in an overall high net diversification rate. Character states show frequent and independent gain and loss, and form varying combinations. Therefore, Brassicaceae pave the way to concepts of phy- logenetic genome-wide association studies to analyze the evolution of morphological form and function. 1 Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. 2 GYDLE, 1135 Grande Allée Ouest, Québec, QC G1S 1E7, Canada. 3 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01, Prague, Czech Republic. -
The Genus Gventhera Andr. in Bess. (Brassicaceae, Brassiceae)
THE GENUS GVENTHERA ANDR. IN BESS. (BRASSICACEAE, BRASSICEAE) by CÉSAR GÓMEZ-CAMPO Departamento de Biología Vegetal, ETSIA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. E-28040-Madrid (España) Resumen GÓMEZ-CAMPO. C. (2003). El género Guenthera Andr, in Bess. (Brassicaceae, Brassiceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 60(2): 301-307 (en inglés). Un grupo de nueve especies actualmente incluidas en Brassica difiere de todas las demás por varios caracteres, sobre todo por la porción estilar de sus pistilos, que siempre carece de pri- mordios seminales. Además, por su tallo subterráneo ramificado, que forma un cáudex con varias rosetas; sus hojas de enteras hasta profundamente pinnatífidas, pero nunca pinnatisec- tas; sus cotiledones solo muy ligeramente escotados, y sus semillas, que tienden a ser elip- soidales o aplanadas. Se propone agruparlas todas bajo la denominación genérica Guenthera Andr, in Bess. Se detallan los nuevos nombres para las especies y Subespecies y se añade una clave para diferenciar las especies. Palabras clave: taxonomía, Guenthera, Brassicaceae, Brassica. Abstract GÓMEZ-CAMPO, C. (2003). The genus Guenthera Andr, in Bess. (Brassicaceae, Brassiceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 60(2): 301-307. A group of nine species -now included in Brassica— differ from all the other species in sever- al characters, mainly in the stylar portion of their pistils always without seed primordia. Also in their branched subterranean stem (caudex) with several leaf rosettes, their leaves entire to deeply pinnatifid but never pinnatisect, their shallowly notched cotyledons and their flattened, elliptic or ovoid seed contour. It is suggested to include these species under the generic de- nomination Guenthera Andr, in Bess. New ñames for the species and subspecies are provided, as well as a determination key for the species. -
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ПРИЛОЗИ, Одделение за природно-математички и биотехнички науки, МАНУ, том 40, бр. 2, стр. 273–276 (2019) CONTRIBUTIONS, Section of Natural, Mathematical and Biotechnical Sciences, MASA, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 273–276 (2019) Received: September 28, 2018 ISSN 1857–9027 Accepted: March 3, 2019 e-ISSN 1857–9949 UDC: 582.542.11-196(497.7) DOI: 10.20903/csnmbs.masa.2019.40.2.151 Original scientific paper ANISANTHA DIANDRA (ROTH) TUTIN AND OCHLOPOA INFIRMA (KUNTH) H. SCHOLZ - NEW SPECIES OF POACEAE FAMILY IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Mitko Kostadinovski1, Renata Ćušterevska1, Vlado Matevski1,2 1Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 2Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia e-mail: [email protected] The horological data for two new plant species of the flora of the Republic of Macedonia are presented - Ani- santha diandra (Roth) Tutin and Ochlopoa infirma (Kunth) H. Scholz (Poaceae). The species Anisantha diandra is registered in several localities in the Republic of Macedonia (Skopje, Ohrid, Tetovo), while the species Ochlopoa infir- ma was found only in the vicinity of Bogdanci. A short description is given of the differential morphological characteristics of both species, as well as the habitats to which they are registered. Both species can be considered as native autochthonous for the flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Key words: Anisantha diandra, Ochlopoa infirma, Poaceae, Flora, Distribution, Republic of Macedonia INTRODUCTION Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje (MKNH) were used, which provide basic The Poaceae family is not yet processed in the geographical and environmental data about the lo- edition "The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia". -
Honey and Pollen Flora of SE Australia Species
List of families - genus/species Page Acanthaceae ........................................................................................................................................................................34 Avicennia marina grey mangrove 34 Aizoaceae ............................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Mesembryanthemum crystallinum ice plant 35 Alliaceae ................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Allium cepa onions 36 Amaranthaceae ..................................................................................................................................................................37 Ptilotus species foxtails 37 Anacardiaceae ................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Schinus molle var areira pepper tree 38 Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper tree 39 Apiaceae .................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Daucus carota carrot 40 Foeniculum vulgare fennel 41 Araliaceae ................................................................................................................................................................................42