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The Flora Of Greater San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico (2005–2010), Sula E. Vanderplank Dec 2011

The Flora Of Greater San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico (2005–2010), Sula E. Vanderplank

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The plants of San Quintín (Baja California, Mexico) were documented through intensive fieldwork and collection of herbarium specimens to create a checklist of species. The region is located near the southernmost extent of the California Floristic Province, and the flora is influenced by the adjacent desert to the south. A total of 435 plant taxa were documented, of which 82% are native plants. Almost one in three native plant taxa in Greater San Quintín is a sensitive species, here documented as rare and/or locally endemic, and many taxa have yet to be evaluated fully for rarity and threats. Four major …


A New Variety Of Lomatium Ravenii (Apiaceae) From The Northern Great Basin And Adjacent Owyhee Region, Kimberly M. Carlson, Donald H. Mansfield, James F. Smith Dec 2011

A New Variety Of Lomatium Ravenii (Apiaceae) From The Northern Great Basin And Adjacent Owyhee Region, Kimberly M. Carlson, Donald H. Mansfield, James F. Smith

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Variability in the group of Lomatium species comprising L. nevadense, L. ravenii, and L. foeniculaceum has led to conflicting classification schemes. While some taxonomists have treated L. ravenii as a distinct species made up of all the populations from California, Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon, others considered L. ravenii to be nothing more than a morphological extreme of L. nevadense. We examined morphological and phylogenetic data from across the range of L. ravenii, concluding that variation in the species warrants varietal distinction. Non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis of 29 populations shows two distinct groups—one from the vicinity of …


Cover Page Dec 2011

Cover Page

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Index Dec 2011

Index

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Section Abstracts: Botany Apr 2011

Section Abstracts: Botany

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts of the Botany Section for the 89th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 25-27, 2011. University of Richmond, Richmond VA.


Cover Page Mar 2011

Cover Page

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

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Plants Of The Colonet Region, Baja California, Mexico, And A Vegetation Map Of Colonet Mesa, Alan B. Harper, Sula Vanderplank, Mark Dodero, Sergio Mata, Jorge Ochoa Mar 2011

Plants Of The Colonet Region, Baja California, Mexico, And A Vegetation Map Of Colonet Mesa, Alan B. Harper, Sula Vanderplank, Mark Dodero, Sergio Mata, Jorge Ochoa

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The Colonet region is located at the southern end of the California Floristic Province, in an area known to have the highest plant diversity in Baja California. A preliminary list of vouchered specimens is developed for the area, and a vegetation map for Colonet Mesa is presented. The Colonet region has at least 435 vascular plant taxa, of which 383 are native to Baja California, and 52 are endemic or nearly endemic. This list includes five local endemic taxa known only from the Colonet region, 18 taxa on the California Native Plant Society List 1B of taxa that are "rare, …


Sinker Structure Of Phoradendron Californicum (Viscaceae) Confounds Its Presumed Close Relationship To Other Acataphyllous Species, Rudolf Schmid, Clyde L. Calvin, Carol A. Wilson Mar 2011

Sinker Structure Of Phoradendron Californicum (Viscaceae) Confounds Its Presumed Close Relationship To Other Acataphyllous Species, Rudolf Schmid, Clyde L. Calvin, Carol A. Wilson

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Phoradendron is the largest genus of New World mistletoes, with about 250 species in two subgenera, Boreales and Aequatoriales, corresponding, respectively, to northern acataphyllous and southern cataphyllous groups. The typically acataphyllous P. californicum of western North America is controversial because recent phylogenetic work has nested it in the southern cataphyllous clade. Seedling establishment, stem anatomy, and endophytic system structure of this species were studied. Seedling haustorial holdfasts have gland cavities, structures considered absent in the Viscaceae clade of Santalales. The stem epidermis has a thick cuticle, deeply sunken stomata, and branched multicellular trichomes. The stem has an outer cortex …


Phylogenetic Evaluation Of Series Delimitations In Section Palmata (Acer, Aceroideae, Sapindaceae) Based On Sequences Of Nuclear And Chloroplast Genes, Jianhua Li Mar 2011

Phylogenetic Evaluation Of Series Delimitations In Section Palmata (Acer, Aceroideae, Sapindaceae) Based On Sequences Of Nuclear And Chloroplast Genes, Jianhua Li

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Acer section Palmata (Japanese maples) is the largest section within the genus; however, series delimitations within section Palmata have not been evaluated in a phylogenetic context. Both maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of DNA sequence data of nuclear rDNA ITS and chloroplast genes (ndhF, trnL-trnF, and psbA-trnH) from 23 species of Acer section Palmata show that traditional series do not form individual clades. Results from this study support the most recent taxonomic treatment of Acer that does not recognize any series in section Palmata. Nuclear and chloroplast phylogenies are significantly …


Nomenclatural Changes For Some Grasses In California. Ii., James P. Smith Jr., J. Travis Columbus Mar 2011

Nomenclatural Changes For Some Grasses In California. Ii., James P. Smith Jr., J. Travis Columbus

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Two additional nomenclatural changes are required for Poaceae treatments that will appear in the second edition of The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. They are Elymus x gouldii and Festuca temulenta. The former corrects a violation of the rule in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature involving the naming of hybrids, and the latter involves a widely occurring non-native grass in California traditionally assigned to Lolium.


Wood Anatomy Of Family Salvadoraceae From The Indian Subcontinent With Special Reference To The Ultrastructure Of The Vessel Wall, Vishakha Saxena, Sangeeta Gupta Mar 2011

Wood Anatomy Of Family Salvadoraceae From The Indian Subcontinent With Special Reference To The Ultrastructure Of The Vessel Wall, Vishakha Saxena, Sangeeta Gupta

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The present study describes the wood microstructure of Azima tetracantha, Salvadora oleoides, and S. persica, the members of family Salvadoraceae represented in the Indian Subcontinent. An identification key based on wood anatomical features has been developed for the separation of the species. SEM studies revealed the presence of vesturing in intervessel pits of Salvadora.


Ponderosa Pine Revisited, J. Robert Haller, Nancy J. Vivrette Mar 2011

Ponderosa Pine Revisited, J. Robert Haller, Nancy J. Vivrette

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

We here recognize a new variety, Pinus ponderosa var. pacifica, in the Pacific portion of the species' distribution and present a new combination for Washoe pine as a variety, Pinus ponderosa var. washoensis. In this treatment, we reject the neotype of Pinus ponderosa selected by Lauria and designate instead the branch collected by David Douglas with mistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum) as lectotype for Pinus ponderosa. Table 1 compares the distinguishing characters of the North Plateau (typical) variety, the Pacific variety, and the Washoe variety of Pinus ponderosa with a closely related species, Pinus jeffreyi. Figure …


Distribution And Regional Ecology Of Californian Palm Oases Interpreted From Google Earth Images, Richard A. Minnich, Ernesto Franco-Vizcaíno, Mario Salazar-Ceseña Mar 2011

Distribution And Regional Ecology Of Californian Palm Oases Interpreted From Google Earth Images, Richard A. Minnich, Ernesto Franco-Vizcaíno, Mario Salazar-Ceseña

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The native fan palms of the Baja California peninsula (Mexico) and neighboring southern California (USA) comprise two species each in Washingtonia and Brahea. While these are among the most familiar ornamental palms in the world, many features of their taxonomy, distribution, and environmental relationships remain unresolved. We utilized Google Earth Digital Globe imagery (and limited surveys by air and land) to develop the first map detailing the geographic distribution of palm populations in the Peninsular Range Province (PRP) and used these data to formulate new hypotheses on their biotic and abiotic relationships. We inventoried 15,216 populations covering an area …


Contents, Discovery Editors Jan 2011

Contents, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

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Phylogenetic Relationships Between Malcolmia, Strigosella, Zuvanda, And Some Closely Related Genera (Brassicaceae) From Turkey Revealed By Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat Amplification, Beki̇r Doğan, Murat Ünal, Fevzi̇ Özgökçe, Esra Marti̇n, Ayla Kaya Jan 2011

Phylogenetic Relationships Between Malcolmia, Strigosella, Zuvanda, And Some Closely Related Genera (Brassicaceae) From Turkey Revealed By Inter-Simple Sequence Repeat Amplification, Beki̇r Doğan, Murat Ünal, Fevzi̇ Özgökçe, Esra Marti̇n, Ayla Kaya

Turkish Journal of Botany

The genus Malcolmia W.T.Aiton is taxonomically problematic, and some of its species have recently been transferred to the genera Strigosella Boiss. and Zuvanda Dvorák. Three species of this genus are native to Turkey. The revision studies based on molecular data, which were collected in the past few years, display the phylogenetic relations and the systematic positions of the taxa more reliably and apparently. Thus taxonomic problems of species are resolved through DNA-based molecular analyses, which are not affected by environmental factors compared to phenotypic studies. In the present study, the amplifications of the DNA fragments were carried out using ISSR …


Micromorphological Studies On Nutlet And Leaf Indumentum Of Genus Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae) In Iran, Maryam Eshratifar, Farideh Attar, Kazem Mahdigholi Jan 2011

Micromorphological Studies On Nutlet And Leaf Indumentum Of Genus Teucrium L. (Lamiaceae) In Iran, Maryam Eshratifar, Farideh Attar, Kazem Mahdigholi

Turkish Journal of Botany

The micromorphology of leaf indumentum and nutlet surface of 12 species belonging to the 6 sections of the genus Teucrium L. was studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Eight types of trichomes are identified including unbranched unicellular trichomes, unbranched multicellular trichomes, sessile glands, subsessile glands, stalked-multicellular glands long clavate glandular trichomes (with 3-5 cells), trichomes with large thin-wall, trichomes with non-micropapillate basal cell, which are the most general types on the adaxial side of the leaves, and branched trichome with long axis is the exclusive type and present in Teucrium polium L. Thus, trichomes can be used as a distinctive …


In Vitro Propagation Of Endemic And Endangered Muscari Mirum From Different Explant Types, Ayşe Gül Nasircilar, Semra Mi̇ri̇ci̇, Ümmü Özgül Karagüzel, Özkan Eren, İbrahi̇m Baktir Jan 2011

In Vitro Propagation Of Endemic And Endangered Muscari Mirum From Different Explant Types, Ayşe Gül Nasircilar, Semra Mi̇ri̇ci̇, Ümmü Özgül Karagüzel, Özkan Eren, İbrahi̇m Baktir

Turkish Journal of Botany

A protocol for in vitro propagation of Muscari mirum Speta, an endangered geophyte of the family Hyacinthaceae, was developed. Bulb scale, scape, leaf, and immature embryo explants were cultured on different nutrient media compositions supplemented with various concentrations of plant growth regulators (BAP, NAA, TDZ, Picloram, 2,4-D). Scape explants produced callus only. Higher numbers of bulblets were obtained from bulb scale explants than embryo explants. The highest percentage of the bulb formation (23.50 per explant) were obtained from bulb scale explants consisting of 4 scale segments cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 4 mg L^{-1} 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) …


Bark Anatomy Of Quercus Cerris L. Var. Cerris From Turkey, Ali̇ Umut Şen, Teresa Quilhó, Helena Pereira Jan 2011

Bark Anatomy Of Quercus Cerris L. Var. Cerris From Turkey, Ali̇ Umut Şen, Teresa Quilhó, Helena Pereira

Turkish Journal of Botany

Quercus cerris L. var. cerris has a conspicuous bark which is generally thicker than that of other Quercus L. species in Turkey. The present study aimed to provide detailed anatomical characterisation of the bark of this species, which is necessary to assess its potential. The anatomical studies were conducted on the bark samples of nine 70- to 80-year-old trees growing in 3 sites of Andırın district from Kahramanmaraş province in Turkey. For microscopic observation transverse and longitudinal sections were prepared and individual specimens were taken for maceration. The bark is composed of phloem, periderm, and a very substantial rhytidome. The …


A New Species Of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) From East Anatolia (Turkey): Silene Gevasica Hamzaoğlu Sp. Nova, Ergi̇n Hamzaoğlu, Murat Koç, Ümi̇t Budak Jan 2011

A New Species Of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) From East Anatolia (Turkey): Silene Gevasica Hamzaoğlu Sp. Nova, Ergi̇n Hamzaoğlu, Murat Koç, Ümi̇t Budak

Turkish Journal of Botany

Silene gevasica Hamzaoğlu sp. nova is described as a new species from Gevaş district (Van province). The specimen was collected from calcareous rocks, at an altitude between 2100 and 2200 m from Artos mountain. The new species is similar to Silene araratica Schischk. The differences between these 2 taxa are discussed.


Analysis Of Airborne Pollen Grains In Kırklareli, Peri̇han Erkan, Adem Biçakci, Mehmet Aybeke, Hulusi̇ Malyer Jan 2011

Analysis Of Airborne Pollen Grains In Kırklareli, Peri̇han Erkan, Adem Biçakci, Mehmet Aybeke, Hulusi̇ Malyer

Turkish Journal of Botany

A continuous aeropalynological survey of the atmosphere of Kırklareli was carried out from January 2002 to December 2003 by means of the gravimetric method using Durham apparatus. Weekly pollen grains in per cm^2 were calculated. During these 2 years, a total of 11,758 pollen grains were recorded. Pollen fall in the years 2002-2003 comprised grains belonging 46 taxa. Of these taxa, 26 belonged to arboreal and 20 taxa non-arboreal plants. In 2002, 6011 pollen grains and, in 2003, 5747 pollen grains were recorded. Total pollen grains consisted of 71.02% grains from arboreal plants, 28.93% grains from non-arboreal plants, and 0.05% …


Cicer Uludereensis Dönmez: A New Species Of Cicer (Chickpea) (Fabaceae) From Around The Fertile Crescent, Se Turkey, Ali̇ Aslan Dönmez Jan 2011

Cicer Uludereensis Dönmez: A New Species Of Cicer (Chickpea) (Fabaceae) From Around The Fertile Crescent, Se Turkey, Ali̇ Aslan Dönmez

Turkish Journal of Botany

The genus Cicer L. includes an important crop plant, chickpea, which has been used as a protein source since prehistoric times. Specimens of a native Cicer have been collected and described from south-east Turkey. This new species, Cicer uludereensis Dönmez sp. nova, is distinct from a closely allied species, Cicer isauricum P.H.Davis, by its fine and more numerous teeth per leaflet, larger stipules, and narrower fruit with almost smooth seed surface. An illustration and a distribution map of the new species are provided and observations on the population are discussed.


A New Subspecies Record For The Flora Of Turkey: Artemisia Santonicum L. Subsp. Patens (Neilr.) K.M.Perss. (Asteraceae), Murat Kurşat, İsmai̇l Türkoğlu, Şemsetti̇n Ci̇velek, Selma Tabur Jan 2011

A New Subspecies Record For The Flora Of Turkey: Artemisia Santonicum L. Subsp. Patens (Neilr.) K.M.Perss. (Asteraceae), Murat Kurşat, İsmai̇l Türkoğlu, Şemsetti̇n Ci̇velek, Selma Tabur

Turkish Journal of Botany

No abstract provided.


A New Taxon Of Anthemis L. (Asteraceae) From Turkey: Anthemis Pauciloba Boiss. Var. Alba Hamzaoğlu & Budak Var. Nova, Ergi̇n Hamzaoğlu, Ümi̇t Budak, Murat Koç Jan 2011

A New Taxon Of Anthemis L. (Asteraceae) From Turkey: Anthemis Pauciloba Boiss. Var. Alba Hamzaoğlu & Budak Var. Nova, Ergi̇n Hamzaoğlu, Ümi̇t Budak, Murat Koç

Turkish Journal of Botany

Anthemis pauciloba Boiss. var. alba Hamzaoğlu & Budak var. nova (Asteraceae) is described as a new variety from Niğde province. A Latin diagnosis, a taxonomic description, and an illustration are given.


Mapping And Analysing The Diversity Of The Genus Acantholimon Taxa In Turkey By Geographic Information Systems (Gis), Hakan Mete Doğan, Musa Doğan, Gali̇p Akaydin, Ferhat Celep Jan 2011

Mapping And Analysing The Diversity Of The Genus Acantholimon Taxa In Turkey By Geographic Information Systems (Gis), Hakan Mete Doğan, Musa Doğan, Gali̇p Akaydin, Ferhat Celep

Turkish Journal of Botany

We describe the spatial distribution of the genus Acantholimon Boiss. (Plumbaginaceae) taxa in Turkey, and assess the role that environmental variables may be playing on this distribution. We collected a large number of specimens from 418 geo-referenced sampling sites between 2000 and 2004, and established a point database using geographic information systems (GIS) software. As a result, we identified and mapped 67 taxa; 43 of the determined taxa appear to be endemic. We re-evaluated the current conservation status of the taxa at a national level using recent IUCN Red List categories. In addition, we extracted the corresponding environmental variables of …


Fruit And Seed Morphology Of The Fumaria L. Species (Papaveraceae) Of Iran, Fatemeh Ebrahimzadeh Araii, Maryam Keshavarzi, Masoud Sheidaii, Parinaz Ghadam Jan 2011

Fruit And Seed Morphology Of The Fumaria L. Species (Papaveraceae) Of Iran, Fatemeh Ebrahimzadeh Araii, Maryam Keshavarzi, Masoud Sheidaii, Parinaz Ghadam

Turkish Journal of Botany

The macro and micro fruit and seed morphology and surface ornamentations of 21 populations of 6 Fumaria L. species were investigated using stereomicroscope and scanning electron microscopy. These data are shown to support data from the general morphology. The results indicate that the fruit and seed characters of the genus Fumaria are valuable for taxonomic applications and are useful for classification. F. officinalis show a different shape in their fruit. The close relationships are observed for F. parviflora and F. vaillantii. F. indica, as a hybrid between F. asepala and F. parviflora, shows intermediate micro-morphological features.


Micropropagation And Root Culture Of Turkish Endemic Astragalus Chrysochlorus (Leguminosae), Semra Hasançebi̇, Nesli̇han Turgut Kara, Özgür Çakir, Şule Ari Jan 2011

Micropropagation And Root Culture Of Turkish Endemic Astragalus Chrysochlorus (Leguminosae), Semra Hasançebi̇, Nesli̇han Turgut Kara, Özgür Çakir, Şule Ari

Turkish Journal of Botany

Efficient micropropagation and root culture protocols were developed for the endemic Astragalus chrysochlorus Boiss. & Kotschy. A high frequency of shoot formation (100%) and maximum multiplication (13 shoots per hypocotyl explant) were achieved on Murashige and Skoog (MS) media supplemented with 0.5 mg/L trans-Zeatin riboside (ZR). By using single regenerated hypocotyl explants, rooting was achieved at a rate of 93% on MS medium containing 2% sucrose without growth regulators. High frequency callus initiation and growth were achieved when single hypocotyl explants were inoculated on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Plant regeneration through indirect organogenesis was achieved on …


Pollen Morphology Of Six Achillea L. Sect. Achillea (Asteraceae) Species In Turkey, Hani̇fe Akyalçin, Turan Arabaci, Bayram Yildiz Jan 2011

Pollen Morphology Of Six Achillea L. Sect. Achillea (Asteraceae) Species In Turkey, Hani̇fe Akyalçin, Turan Arabaci, Bayram Yildiz

Turkish Journal of Botany

The pollen morphology of 48 specimens of 6 species (9 taxa) of the genus Achillea L. sect. Achillea (Asteraceae), A. nobilis L. subsp. neilreichii (A.Kern.) Formánek, A. nobilis subsp. densissima (O.Schwarz ex Bässler) Hub.-Mor., A. nobilis subsp. sipylea (O.Schwarz) Bässler, A. nobilis subsp. kurdica Hub.-Mor., A. filipendulina Lam., A. clypeolata Sm., A. coarctata Poir., A. biebersteinii Afan., and A. cappadocica Hausskn. & Bornm. distributed in Turkey were investigated using light (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The pollen grains were oblate-spheroidal, prolate-spheroidal, subprolate and generally tricolporate, though at times tetracolporate or even pentacolporate. The size of the grains varied, ranging …


Evaluation Of The Horticultural Traits Of Genus Alstroemeria And Genus Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae), Yukiko Kashihara, Koichi Shinoda, Naho Murata, Hajime Araki, Yoichiro Hoshino Jan 2011

Evaluation Of The Horticultural Traits Of Genus Alstroemeria And Genus Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae), Yukiko Kashihara, Koichi Shinoda, Naho Murata, Hajime Araki, Yoichiro Hoshino

Turkish Journal of Botany

We investigated the flower characteristics of 7 Alstroemeriaceae plants - 5 Alstroemeria L. species and 2 Bomarea Mirb. species. The flower and tepal sizes, and tepal colours were compared. The flower shape in Alstroemeria psittacina Lehm. was found to be similar to that in Bomarea coccinea (Ruiz & Pav.) Baker. The length/width ratio of B. salsilla (L.) Mirb. was intermediate compared with that of the other species. These preliminary data will be useful in selecting wild species in order to examine interspecific or intergeneric hybridisations in the breeding of Alstroemeriaceae plants.


Entoloma Mushroom Poisonings In Mediterranean Turkey, Mustafa Işiloğlu, Hayrüni̇sa Baş Sermenli̇, Altuğ Şenol, Mehmet İşler Jan 2011

Entoloma Mushroom Poisonings In Mediterranean Turkey, Mustafa Işiloğlu, Hayrüni̇sa Baş Sermenli̇, Altuğ Şenol, Mehmet İşler

Turkish Journal of Botany

In this study, 4 cases of poisoning by wild mushrooms collected from Burdur province are reported. The specimens have been identified as Entoloma clypeatum (L.) P.Kumm. by examination of their morphology and spores. A description of the taxon and poisoning cases are presented.


A New Onosma (Boraginaceae) Species From Southern Anatolia, Turkey, Zeki̇ Aytaç, Zafer Türkmen Jan 2011

A New Onosma (Boraginaceae) Species From Southern Anatolia, Turkey, Zeki̇ Aytaç, Zafer Türkmen

Turkish Journal of Botany

Onosma aksoyii Aytaç & Türkmen sp. nova (Sect. Haplotricha H.Riedl, Boraginaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species. It grows in a Pinus nigra forest on serpentine rocks in Southern Anatolia (Konya province). Diagnostic characters of related species are compared and discussed. The characteristic features of pollen, stomata structure, and hairs were studied using a scanning electron microscope. The distribution map of this new species is presented.