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Nordic Journal of Botany
Wiley-Blackwell
Nordic Journal of Botany

Wiley-Blackwell

1756-1051

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    Borreria kelleri (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), a new species from Argentina and Paraguay

    Sandra V. SobradoJavier E. FlorentmLaila M. Miguel
    10页
    查看更多>>摘要:Borreria kelleri (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae), is described as a new species from northeastern Argentina and Paraguay. The new species is morphologically similar to B. quadrifaria due to the presence of densely and notable hairs in the angles of the stems and pantoporate pollen grains, but B. quadrifaria can be distinguished by its leaf blades narrowly elliptic or obovate up to 50 mm long, coriaceous, 1—5 glomerules per flowering branch and the bracts equal or barely longer than the diameter of the terminal glomerule. A complete description of the new species, including micromor-phological features of flowers, fruits, seeds and pollen grains, illustration, distribution map, conservation status assessment and comparisons with morphologically related species is provided.

    A reassessment of the genus Barclaya (Nymphaeaceae) including three new species

    Niels JacobsenHerman GanapathyIsa Ipor
    41页
    查看更多>>摘要:We present a reassessment of the genus Barclaya. This includes description, typification and distribution in tropical SE Asia of the eight species recognized. The two long time known and accepted species, B. longifolia and B. motleyi. The identity ofB. rotundi-folia has been clarified. Two species, B. hirta and B. kunstleri have been resurrected. Additionally, three new species, B. panchorensis, B. rugosa and B. wellyi are described. A chromosome number of 2n = 36 has been ascertained for all studied Barclaya species. The habitats are described, and their conservation status given. For each species, its habitat is described, and its conservation status given. Finally, six of the species have been found to be night-blooming.

    Sheathia yunnanensis, a new species of freshwater red alga (Rhodophyta: Batrachospermales) from Yunnan, China

    Kun-Peng FangFang-Ru NanJia Feng
    11页
    查看更多>>摘要:The freshwater red algal genus Sheathia is one of the most species-rich genera in the Batrachospermales, containing species with heterocortication (both bulbous and cylindrical cells covering the main axis) and homocortication (only cylindrical cells). The hidden diversity of homocorticated Sheathia species has gained research momentum. Recent studies have revised these taxa and described many new species. In this study, a new homocorticated Sheathia species is described and illustrated from Yunnan,China, based on phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data. Sheathia yunnanensis sp. nov is morphologically characterized by having homocortication, carpogonium with bent or slightly constricted lanceolate trichogyne, large carposporophyte and carposporan-gium. However, it is only distinguishable from other homocorticated species by DNA sequence data. Phylogenetic analyses based on rbcL, COI-5P, psbA and concatenated rbcL + COI-5P alignment indicated that Sheathia yunnanensis form an independent clade from other homocorticated Sheathia species with high interspecific divergence (rbcL: 3.9-4.9%/37-54 bp, COI-5P: 6.1-6.6%/36-39 bp and psbA: 2.2-3.9%/1832 bp). Sheathia yunnanensis, as the first gametophyte of Sheathia species reported in Yunnan, differs from other Sheathia species reported only as ‘Chantransia’ sporophyte stage. As a result of this study, the number of Sheathia species recognized in China increased to eight, including one heterocorticate and seven homocorticated including three only known from the ‘Chantransia’ sporophyte stage. The description of this new species expands the diversity of Sheathia in the world.

    Ayenia albiflora, (Malvaceae, Byttnerioideae) a new species from the Cerrado of Goias, Central-West Brazil

    Matheus Colli-SilvaIsa Lucia de Morais
    6页
    查看更多>>摘要:In this work, we describe a new species of Ayenia (Malvaceae, Byttnerioideae). Ayenia albiflora sp. nov. is known from the Cerrado areas of southern Goias, Central-West Brazil. It can be distinguished from its relatives by its outlying white bisexualflowers and leaves with irregular dentate margin with obovate to subelliptic shape. A distribution map with known occurrence records, as well as comments on the ecology, morphological features and phenology of the species are provided. Moreover, we present an updated identification key of Ayenia species from Central-West Brazil, distinguishing A. albiflora from its congeners.

    Can Rumex madaio (Polygonaceae) be threatened by natural hybridization with an invasive species in Japan

    Ryudo UemuraAkira AsakawaShinji Fujii
    11页
    查看更多>>摘要:Natural hybridization between the native species Rumex madaio endemic to Japan and the congeneric invasive species R obtusifolius, which frequently co-occurs with R madaio, was examined by molecular identification. At low frequencies, interspecific hybrids between the two species were confirmed using restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses of the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA. Whereas these two species can hybridize because their flowering periods overlapped to some extent, the extremely low fertility of R. madaio caused by unknown genetic factors seemed to prevent extensive hybridization between these species. Population genetic analyses based on single nucleotide polymorphisms showed that there was a distinct population genetic structure in R. madaio, suggesting that local populations should be treated separately for genetic conservation of the species.

    Shrirangia: a new genus of Apiaceae from lateritic plateaus of Konkan region of Maharashtra, India

    Kumar Vinod Chhotupuri GosaviNilesh Appaso MadhavDevidas Bhausaheb Borude
    9页
    查看更多>>摘要:Shrirangia, a new monotypic genus of the family Apiaceae from low elevated lateritic plateaus of south Konkan region of Maharashtra, India is described and illustrated with a new species, Shrirangia concanensis. The new genus is related to Himalayan genus Chamaesium H.Wolff by the characters of: many (ca 10) ribbed fruit, primary and secondary types of ribs present but very distinct from it by having tuberous habit, ternate to bi-ternate leaves, commissure plain undulate with 6—7 secondary ribs andvallecular and second types of vittae at dorsal face.

    Variation in soil seed bank and relationship with aboveground vegetation across microhabitats in a savanna-woodland of West Africa

    Lassina SanouPatrice SavadogoDidier Zida
    15页
    查看更多>>摘要:Soil seed bank (SSB) characteristics may vary with habitat heterogeneity. We investigated the SSB density in three microhabitats (under canopy, eroded soil and bare soil) in five vegetation types (abandoned farm, dense woodland, gallery forest, grassland and open woodland) at varying soil depths (0—5, 5—10 and 10—15 cm) in a savanna-woodland in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Total germinable SSB densities varied between 4 and 308 seeds per dm3 of soil. Herbaceous taxa were the major constituent of thegerminable SSB across the microhabitats, regardless of vegetation type. Seedlings of 30 species emerged from the SSB, of which 24 were annual species and only 4 woody species, indicating that natural regeneration of woody species via seed dispersal is limited. Both microhabitat and vegetation type contributed to the variation in taxa richness, and germinable seed density and diversity. There was a significant difference in SSB density and richness between microhabitats in the different vegetation types(p < 0.05). The SSB densities were higher under tree canopies than outside tree canopies (eroded soil and bare soil) and highest in the upper soil layers in all vegetation types. The aboveground vegetation (AGV) and flora within the SSB shared many herbaceous species but many woody species present in the AGV were absent in the SSB. Under tree canopies are the ecological niches that favor accumulation of a diversity of seeds, suggesting the preservation and conservation of adult trees in savanna-woodland ecosystems is critical to facilitating the restoration of these ecosystems.

    A taxonomic revision of Psephellus sect. Psephelloidei (Asteraceae, Cardueae-Centaureinae) from Iran

    Kazem NegareshHojjatollah SaeidiElham Rezaei
    15页
    查看更多>>摘要:A taxonomic revision of Psephellus Cass. sect. Psephelloidei (Boiss.) Wagenitz (Asteraceae) in Iran is preented. Four taxa are recognized and one of them from East Azerbaijan Province, NW Iran, is described as a new species: Psephellus sennikovianus Negaresh. Psephellus gilanicus (Bornm.) Wagenitz and P. leuzeoides (Jaub. & Spach) Wagenitz are lectotypified. Images of the type specimens of all species and photos of the species in their natural habitats are provided. In addition, the geographic distribution of all the four species recognized is presented and mapped. Finally, a taxonomic key to species of the section Psephelloidei in Iran is provided.

    One transfer to Primulina (Gesneriaceae) and amended descriptions for P. crassifolia and P. quanbaensis from northern Vietnam

    Tran Thi Phuong AnhLeonid V. AveryanovMichael Moller
    12页
    查看更多>>摘要:We transfer Chirita crassifolia to Primulina as P. crassifolia and provide detailed amended descriptions for this species and for P. quanbaensis, both species found in the karst habitats in the Bat Dai Son mountains in Ha Giang province, northern Vietnam.In 2011, the genus Chirita Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don (1825) was remodelled and dissected and its species were transferred to five different genera including Primulina Hance (1883) (Weber et al. 2011). Primulina was previously monotypic, but was now expanded to around 130 species mainly by the inclusion of taxa previously treated within Chirita sect. Gibbosaccus C.B. Clarke (1883), Chiritopsis WT.Wang (1981a), Wentsaiboea reni-folia D.Fang & D.H.Qin (2004) and W. luochengensis Yan Liu & WB.Xu (Liu et al. 2010, Wang et al. 2011, Weber et al. 2011, Xu et al. 2012). Recently, it has been further expanded to over 200 species (Li et al. 2019, Moller 2019, Wen et al. 2019, Xu et al. 2019). As now circumscribed, the genus is widely distributed, occurring from south-western, southern and eastern China southward to northern and central Vietnam (Wang et al. 1990, 1998, Moller et al. 2016, Vu 2017, Xu et al. 2017). In Vietnam, a total of 23 species have so far been recorded (Drake 1890, Merrill 1918, Pellegrin 1926, 1930, Burtt 1960, 2002, Wood 1972, Wang 1981b, 1983, Pham 1993, 2000, Nguyen and Kiew 2000, Vu 2005, 2017, Wang et al. 2011, Weber et al. 2011, Do et al. 2013, Zhao et al. 2013, Xu et al. 2017, Luu et al. 2018, Yang et al. 2018).

    Floristic composition and phytogeographical spectrum of Pistacia vera L. woodland remnants in northeastern Iran

    Zohreh AtashgahiFarshid MemarianiVahid Jafari Polgerd
    17页
    查看更多>>摘要:The xerophilic woodlands of wild pistachio Pistacia vera L. remnants occur as several isolated stands in Central Asia. The Kopet Dagh mountain range, northeastern Iran, is the westernmost distribution range of wild pistachio. In this research, we present the annotated checklist of vascular plants of two remnants of P. vera woodlands along the Iran—Turkmenistan borders. We provide the life-forms, phytogeographical spectrum, endemism and conservation status of the flora. The field surveys were conducted through several field collection efforts during 2018—2020. A map showing the boundaries of the woodlands was prepared. We recorded 348 plant species distributed in 214 genera and 48 families. The richest families were Asteraceae (33 genera with 59 species), Poaceae (22 with 41), Brassicaceae (24 with 28) and Fabaceae (11 with 27), and the two richest genera were Astragalus (ten species) and Galium (nine species). The dominant life-forms were therophytes (54%) and hemicryptophytes (24%), which confirm a xeric climate condition. Irano—Turanian elements (195 species, 56%) were the most common plants, followed by bi-regional (21%) elements. Based on our samplings, the Khorassan-Kopet Dagh endemics represented only four percent of the flora. We recorded 34 endemics/sub-endemics of plants, eight of which were categorized as threatened or near-threatened. The results indicated the important role of pistachio remnant woodlands in plant biodiversity and conservation biogeography of northeastern Iran.