Cytotaxonomy of the Andropogoneae 1. Subtribes Dimeriinae and Saccharinae
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Improved Conservation Plant Materials Released by NRCS and Cooperators Through December 2014
Natural Resources Conservation Service Improved Conservation Plant Materials Released by Plant Materials Program NRCS and Cooperators through December 2014 Page intentionally left blank. Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Materials Program Improved Conservation Plant Materials Released by NRCS and Cooperators Through December 2014 Norman A. Berg Plant Materials Center 8791 Beaver Dam Road Building 509, BARC-East Beltsville, Maryland 20705 U.S.A. Phone: (301) 504-8175 prepared by: Julie A. DePue Data Manager/Secretary [email protected] John M. Englert Plant Materials Program Leader [email protected] January 2015 Visit our Website: http://Plant-Materials.nrcs.usda.gov TABLE OF CONTENTS Topics Page Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................1 Types of Plant Materials Releases ........................................................................................................................2 Sources of Plant Materials ....................................................................................................................................3 NRCS Conservation Plants Released in 2013 and 2014 .......................................................................................4 Complete Listing of Conservation Plants Released through December 2014 ......................................................6 Grasses ......................................................................................................................................................8 -
A Synopsis of Thai Apocopis Nees (Poaceae, Panicoideae)
THAI FOR. BULL. (BOT.) 38: 150–159. 2010. A synopsis of Thai Apocopis Nees (Poaceae, Panicoideae) ATCHARA TEERAWATANANON1, SARAWOOD SUNGKAEW2*, VEERAYA BOONTIA3 & TREVOR R. HODKINSON4 ABSTRACT. A synopsis of the genus Apocopis occurring in Thailand is presented, including a key to the species, correct nomencla- ture, descriptions and illustrations. Six species are recognised, of which four species are lectotypifi ed. KEY WORDS: Panicoideae, Apocopis, Thailand. INTRODUCTION 222. 1900; E.G.Camus & A.Camus in H.Lecomte, The genus Apocopis Nees (Poaceae, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 291. 1922; Bor, Kew Bull. 1: Panicoideae) consists of about 15 species, chiefl y 102. 1952; Schmid, Fl. Agrostologique de distributed in India, China, Southeast Asia to l’Indochine 13(1): 179. 1958; Bor, Grasses Burma, Polynesia (Clayton and Renvoize, 1986; Watson Ceyl., Ind. & Pakist.: 94. 1960; Roberty, Monogr. and Dallwitz, 1992; Clayton et al., 2006). Apocopis Syst. Andropog. du Globe. (Theses Fac. Sci. was originally described by Nees von Esenbeck Toulouse): 324. 1960; Lazarides, The Tropical (1841) to include A. royleanus (now Apocopis Grasses of Southeast Asia: 19. 1980; Clayton & paleacea (Trin.) Hochr.), using the specimen of Dr Renvoize, Kew Bull. Add. Ser. 13: 316. 1986; J. F. Royle, from India. It is characterised by an Gould in Dassanayake, Fosberg and Clayton, Rev. infl orescence which is composed of spike-like Handb. Fl. Ceylon 8: 37. 1994; S.L.Chen & racemes consisting of a fragile rhachis that bears S.M.Phillips, Fl. China 22: 598. 2006.— the imbricate fertile sessile spikelets with broadly Amblyachyrum Hochst., Flora 39: 25. 1856. truncate lower glumes and pedicelled spikelets Annual or perennial, tufted or shortly rhi- which are normally suppressed (Bor, 1952, Clayton zomatous. -
Sabai Grass Fibre: an Insight Into Thermal Stability, Chemical Constitution and Morphology
International Journal of Advanced Chemical Science and Applications (IJACSA) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Sabai Grass Fibre: An Insight into Thermal Stability, Chemical Constitution and Morphology 1Sanjay Sahu, 2AsimanandaKhandual & 3Lingaraj Behera 1Clearity Specialties LLP, Thane, Mumbai, India 2Fashion & Apparel Technology, College of Engineering & Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar, Odisha 3Dept. of Chemistry, North Orissa University, Baripada Email: [email protected] [Received: 20th Nov.2016; Revised:28th Nov.2016; century, natural fibres have been displaced in our Accepted:30th Nov.2016] clothing, house hold furnishings, industries and agriculture by man-made fibres with names like Abstract— Many natural materials and processes acrylic, nylon, polyester and polypropylene. The and the natural fibres are being explored to be added success of Synthetics is mainly due to cost and up in the main stream application as we are more customised applications. After World war II, the concerned today to ecology, sustainability, and building up of synthetic fibre significantly healthy social responsibility. Apart from eastern decreased the use of natural fibre. With continuous India, in regions of various asian countries, Sabai increase in petrochemical prices and environmental grass (Eulaliopsis binate), has a prominent role to considerations, there is a revival of natural fibre play. They have cellulose contents close to 45%; which is larger than sisal and palm and the uses in textile, building, plastics and automotive fundamental characteristic of this fiber is good industries. This interest is reinforced by the comparatively, and the lignin content is close to development of agro-industrial market and local 18.5%. Conventionally, the fundamental research on productions. this fibre and its processing route has not been developed completely as it is dominantly used to make I.1. -
Flora of China 22: 592. 2006. 193. EULALIOPSIS Honda, Bot. Mag
Flora of China 22: 592. 2006. 193. EULALIOPSIS Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 56. 1924. 拟金茅属 ni jin mao shu Chen Shouliang (陈守良); Sylvia M. Phillips Pollinidium Stapf ex Haines. Perennial. Leaf blades narrow; ligule a long-ciliate rim. Inflorescences terminal and axillary from upper leaf sheaths, composed of a few subdigitate racemes; racemes conspicuously hairy, fragile, sessile and pedicelled spikelets of a pair similar, both fertile; rachis internodes and pedicels flat, ciliate. Spikelets elliptic-oblong, lightly laterally compressed below middle, flat above; callus densely bearded; glumes villous below middle; lower glume papery, convex, 5–9-veined, veins prominent, apex shortly 2–3-toothed; upper glume 3–9-veined, apex acute or 2-toothed, with or without an awn-point; lower floret male or sterile, lemma and palea well developed, hyaline; upper lemma lanceolate-oblong, hyaline, entire or minutely 2-toothed, awned; awn weakly geniculate; upper pa- lea broadly ovate, glabrous or apex long ciliate. Stamens 3. Two species: Afghanistan and India to China and Philippines; one species in China. 1. Eulaliopsis binata (Retzius) C. E. Hubbard, Hooker’s Icon. with hairs to 2 mm. Racemes 2–4, 2–5 cm, softly golden- Pl. 33: t. 3262, p. 6. 1935. villous; rachis internodes 2–2.5 mm, golden-villous on one or both margins, sometimes thinly. Spikelets 3.8–6 mm, yellow- 拟金茅 ni jin mao ish; callus hairs up to 3/4 spikelet length; lower glume villous Andropogon binatus Retzius, Observ. Bot. 5: 21. 1789; A. along lower margins and in tufts on back; upper glume slightly involutus Steudel; A. -
Phylogeny and Subfamilial Classification of the Grasses (Poaceae) Author(S): Grass Phylogeny Working Group, Nigel P
Phylogeny and Subfamilial Classification of the Grasses (Poaceae) Author(s): Grass Phylogeny Working Group, Nigel P. Barker, Lynn G. Clark, Jerrold I. Davis, Melvin R. Duvall, Gerald F. Guala, Catherine Hsiao, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, H. Peter Linder Source: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 88, No. 3 (Summer, 2001), pp. 373-457 Published by: Missouri Botanical Garden Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3298585 Accessed: 06/10/2008 11:05 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=mobot. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1995 to build trusted digital archives for scholarship. We work with the scholarly community to preserve their work and the materials they rely upon, and to build a common research platform that promotes the discovery and use of these resources. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. -
Ornamental Grasses for Kentucky Landscapes Lenore J
HO-79 Ornamental Grasses for Kentucky Landscapes Lenore J. Nash, Mary L. Witt, Linda Tapp, and A. J. Powell Jr. any ornamental grasses are available for use in resi- Grasses can be purchased in containers or bare-root Mdential and commercial landscapes and gardens. This (without soil). If you purchase plants from a mail-order publication will help you select grasses that fit different nursery, they will be shipped bare-root. Some plants may landscape needs and grasses that are hardy in Kentucky not bloom until the second season, so buying a larger plant (USDA Zone 6). Grasses are selected for their attractive foli- with an established root system is a good idea if you want age, distinctive form, and/or showy flowers and seedheads. landscape value the first year. If you order from a mail- All but one of the grasses mentioned in this publication are order nursery, plants will be shipped in spring with limited perennial types (see Glossary). shipping in summer and fall. Grasses can be used as ground covers, specimen plants, in or near water, perennial borders, rock gardens, or natu- Planting ralized areas. Annual grasses and many perennial grasses When: The best time to plant grasses is spring, so they have attractive flowers and seedheads and are suitable for will be established by the time hot summer months arrive. fresh and dried arrangements. Container-grown grasses can be planted during the sum- mer as long as adequate moisture is supplied. Cool-season Selecting and Buying grasses can be planted in early fall, but plenty of mulch Select a grass that is right for your climate. -
Enumeration of Flowering Plants from Raje Ramrao Mahavidyalaya Campus, Jath (Maharashtra) India
Special Issue A 10: January 2018 UGC Approved Journal No 48951 Original Article Open Access Enumeration of flowering plants from Raje Ramrao Mahavidyalaya campus, Jath (Maharashtra) India Lavate Rajendra A1*, Khot Vasundhara V1, Sathe Sanjay S2 and Jagtap Mamata A1 1Department of Botany, Raje Ramrao Mahavidyalaya, Jath- 416 404, India, 2Shikshanmaharshi Dr. Bapuji Salunkhe Mahavidyalaya, Miraj- 416 410, India. *Corresponding Author E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript details: ABSTRACT Available online on Studies on the flora of Raje Ramrao Mahavidyalaya campus, Jath was http://www.ijlsci.in conducted from December, 2010 to December, 2017. A total of 318 species representing 232 genera belonging to 69 families were collected, identified ISSN: 2320-964X (Online) and enumerated. A total of 180 genera representing 248 species identified are ISSN: 2320-7817 (Print) dicotyledons and 70 species of 52 genera are monocotyledons. Considering Editor: Dr. Arvind Chavhan the rapidly changing land use in the campus for building and road construction, much attention should be paid towards the conservation of both flora and fauna, for which the present survey provide baseline data. Cite this article as: Lavate Rajendra A, Khot Key words: Enumeration, Flowering Plants, Raje Ramrao Mahavidyalaya, Vasundhara V, Sathe Sanjay S Campus, Conservation, Jath. and Jagtap Mamata A (2018) Enumeration of flowering plants from Raje Ramrao INTRODUCTION Mahavidyalaya campus, Jath (Maharashtra) India, Int. J. of. A very little attention has been paid to study the floristic diversity of Sangli Life Sciences, Special Issue, A10: District including Jath Tahsil. So till today no authentic Flora of Sangli District 29-42 and Jath Tahsil have been published. -
A Taxonomic Revision of Germainia (Andropogoneae: Poaceae) in Thailand
Blumea 57, 2013: 221–228 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea RESEARCH ARTICLE http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651913X663442 A taxonomic revision of Germainia (Andropogoneae: Poaceae) in Thailand A. Teerawatananon1,3, S. Sungkaew2,3*, V. Boontia4, T.R. Hodkinson5 Key words Abstract A taxonomic revision of the genus Germainia (Andropogoneae, Poaceae) in Thailand is presented based on herbarium and field studies, including evidence from morphology, habitats and geographical distribu- Andropogoneae tion. Six of the nine recognized Germainia species are found in Thailand. We include a key to the taxa that are Germainia currently known from Thailand or may be expected, lists of species synonymies, species descriptions and lists of Poaceae representative specimens. Thailand Published on 17 January 2013 INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS Germainia Balansa & Poitr. is a small genus in the tribe Andro There were two main sources of specimens used in this study: pogoneae (Poaceae) comprising nine species and distributed specimens collected from fieldwork in Thailand and herbarium in E India (Assam), S Myanmar (Tenasserim), Indo-China specimens, also from other areas, obtained from the following (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, S Vietnam), S China (Guangdong herbaria: AAU, ABD, BK, BKF, BM, C, E, GH, K, KKU, L, NY, (Canton), Yunnan), Indonesia (Aru Isl., Indonesian Papua), SING, TCD, US and the Herbarium of Natural History Museum, Papua New Guinea (Central, Sandaun (W Sepik), Western National Science Museum, Technopolis, Pathum Thani, Thai- Prov.), and Australia (Northern Territory, N Queensland) (Chai- land. Four field trips, totalling a period of five months were made Anan 1972, Chen & Phillips 2006, Chen et al. 2007). -
(Eulaliopsis Binata) Transcriptome
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Genomics 102 (2013) 57–62 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Genomics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ygeno Sequencing, de novo assembly, annotation and SSR and SNP detection of sabaigrass (Eulaliopsis binata) transcriptome Dian Zou a, Xinbo Chen a,b,⁎, Dongsheng Zou a,⁎⁎ a College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China b Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Hunan Province, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China article info abstract Article history: Eulaliopsis binata is one of the best fiber grass plants for its high fiber quality and production. Large scale Received 26 December 2012 trancriptome sequencing of E. binata was first performed using mixed leaf samples of 20 wild clusters. A Accepted 23 February 2013 total of 26,438,832 clean reads were generated and were assembled into 59,134 isogenes with an average Available online 15 April 2013 length of 845 bp. BLAST against the NCBI non-redundant protein, KEGG and GO databases has classified these isogenes into functional categories for understanding gene functions and regulation pathways. Only Keywords: 15.0% of the assembled isogenes were similar to known proteins and 24.4% has no hits in the nr protein data- Eulaliopsis binata Transcriptome sequencing base. The total isogenes and 5306 highly expressed isogenes were performed by BLASTx with the MAIZEWALL, Annotation the cell wall navigator and the PlantTFDB databases. A total of 6681 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and Fiber 147,177 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were detected in the isogenes and 5723 pairs of SSR primers Cell wall were designed. -
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OPEN ACCESS All articles published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa are registered under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Interna- tional License unless otherwise mentioned. JoTT allows unrestricted use of articles in any medium, reproduction and distribution by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publication. Journal of Threatened Taxa The international journal of conservation and taxonomy www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Data Paper Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune, India: monitoring changes over half a century Ashish N. Nerlekar, Sairandhri A. Lapalikar, Akshay A. Onkar, S.L. Laware & M.C. Mahajan 26 February 2016 | Vol. 8 | No. 2 | Pp. 8452–8487 10.11609/jott.1950.8.2.8452-8487 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies and Guidelines visit http://threatenedtaxa.org/About_JoTT.asp For Article Submission Guidelines visit http://threatenedtaxa.org/Submission_Guidelines.asp For Policies against Scientific Misconduct visit http://threatenedtaxa.org/JoTT_Policy_against_Scientific_Misconduct.asp For reprints contact <[email protected]> Publisher/Host Partner Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 February 2016 | 8(2): 8452–8487 Data Paper Data Flora of Fergusson College campus, Pune, India: monitoring changes over half a century ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Ashish N. Nerlekar 1, Sairandhri A. Lapalikar 2, Akshay A. Onkar 3, S.L. Laware 4 & ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) M.C. Mahajan 5 OPEN ACCESS 1,2,3,4,5 Department of Botany, Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India 1,2 Current address: Department of Biodiversity, M.E.S. Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected], 4 [email protected], 5 [email protected] Abstract: The present study was aimed at determining the vascular plant species richness of an urban green-space- the Fergusson College campus, Pune and comparing it with the results of the past flora which was documented in 1958 by Dr. -
The Journal of the American Bamboo Society Volume 18
The Journal of the American Bamboo Society Volume 18 BAMBOO SCIENCE & CULTURE The Journal of the American Bamboo Society is published by the American Bamboo Society Copyright 2004 ISSN 0197– 3789 Bamboo Science and Culture: The Journal of the American Bamboo Society is the continuation of The Journal of the American Bamboo Society President of the Society Board of Directors Gerald Morris Michael Bartholomew Kinder Chambers Vice President James Clever Dave Flanagan Ian Connor Dave Flanagan Treasurer Ned Jaquith Sue Turtle David King Lennart Lundstrom Secretary Gerald Morris David King Mary Ann Silverman Steve Stamper Membership Chris Stapleton Michael Bartholomew Mike Turner JoAnne Wyman Membership Information Membership in the American Bamboo Society and one ABS chapter is for the calendar year and includes a subscription to the bimonthly Magazine and annual Journal. See http://www.bamboo.org for current rates or contact Michael Bartholomew, 750 Krumkill Rd. Albany NY 12203-5976. On the Cover: Otatea glauca L. G. Clark & Cortés growing at the Quail Botanical Garden in Encinitas,CA (See: “A New Species of Otatea from Chiapas, Mexico” by L.G. Clark and G. Cortés R in this issue) Photo: L. G. Clark, 1995. Bamboo Science and Culture: The Journal of the American Bamboo Society 18(1): 1-6 © Copyright 2004 by the American Bamboo Society A New Species of Otatea from Chiapas, Mexico Lynn G. Clark Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1020 U. S. A and Gilberto Cortés R. Instituto Tecnológico de Chetumal, Apartado 267, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México Otatea glauca, a narrow endemic from Chiapas, Mexico, is described as new. -
Miscanthus Contents: Miscanthus
Miscanthus Contents: Miscanthus ................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1. Taxonomy......................................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Reproduction biology ....................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1. Apomixis in general.................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2. Apomixis in Miscanthus ........................................................................................................................... 9 3. Biosafety considerations for Miscanthus.......................................................................................................... 9 3.1. General remarks........................................................................................................................................ 9 3.2. Biosafety evaluation of the field release of transgenic poplars according to the Dutch-Swiss-Irish method ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 4. References .....................................................................................................................................................