scholarly journals About a tetraploid ivy in Sicily: from autochthonous Hedera to horticultural-invasive-hybrid package?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Fridlender ◽  
N. Pech
Keyword(s):  
Genome Size ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Mediterranean Forests ◽  
Hedera Helix ◽  
On This Island ◽  
First Time ◽  
Trichome Morphology

AbstractIn Sicily, H. helix is the unique known native species whereas H. helix susbsp. poetarum is putatively naturalized in some forests and H. canariensis cultivated in various urban’s garden. Trichome morphology and genome size of some ivies from various west Mediterranean forests were compared to Sicilian ones. Ivies from southern Italy, continental France, Corsica and Mallorca belong to typical European diploid stellate trichomes Hedera helix. Hexaploid ivies from southern Spain have been identified as native H. iberica. Contrariwise, Sicilian ivies studied are related to western European H. hibernica (tetraploids with stellate trichomes). Is H. helix the most widespread and indigenous ivy in Sicily? Therefore, it would be the first time that tetraploid would be reported in Sicily where it could possibly correspond to an unnoticed autochthonous taxon. However, our results let us think it rather represents an invasive which impact on this island rich in endemic species could be considerable.

Sponge fauna associated with a Mediterranean deep-sea coral bank

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1341-1352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina Longo ◽  
Francesco Mastrototaro ◽  
Giuseppe Corriero
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Electron Microscopy Analysis ◽  
Microscopy Analysis ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

Thirty species of sponges (29 Demospongiae, 1 Hexactinellida) have been recorded in association with a white coral bank situated off Cape S. Maria di Leuca (southern Italy) at depths ranging from 430 to 1160 metres. Notwithstanding the occurrence of clearly eurybathic species, two depth-dependent sponge groups can be identified along the bathymetric gradient. Two species, Geodia nodastrella and Plocamiopsis signata, are reported for the first time from the Mediterranean Sea. The sponge assemblage shows a higher affinity with the fauna from the Boreal region, with very low number of Mediterranean endemic species. Systematic notes concerning the poorly known and intriguing species, studied using scanning electron microscopy analysis, are reported.

scholarly journals A survey on poorly known rainforest litter-dwelling spiders of Orchid Island (Lanyu, Taiwan) with the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Tetrablemmidae, and Theridiosomatidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-208
Author(s):  
FRANCESCO BALLARIN ◽  
TAKESHI YAMASAKI ◽  
YONG-CHAO SU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Orchid Island ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Representatives of some poorly known spider species collected in the rainforest litter of the Orchid Island (Taiwan) are illustrated and discussed here. A new species, Brignoliella tao sp. nov. (Fam. Tetrablemmidae), endemic to Orchid Island, is described based on both sexes. The previously unknown female of Theridiosoma triumphale Zhao & Li, 2012 (Fam. Theridiosomatidae), is described for the first time. Zoma taiwanica (Zhang, Zhu & Tso 2006) comb. nov., from the same family, is illustrated and its transfer from the genus Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 to Zoma Saaristo, 1996 is proposed on the basis of morphological characters. Habitus and genitalia of the endemic species Gongylidioides angustus Tu & Li, 2006 (Fam. Linyphiidae) are also illustrated. 

scholarly journals Further observations on North African and South Iberian Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with the description of a new species

2005 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-300
Author(s):  
Cédric d’Udekem d’Acoz ◽  
Hind Myrieme Chams Echchaoui ◽  
Mohamed Menioui
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
North African ◽  
Characteristic Species ◽  
South Portugal ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of amphipod, Bathyporeia watkini sp. nov. from the Atlantic coasts of North Africa is described. This very characteristic species is abundant in some lagoons and estuaries near 28°N. New morphological information on B. elkaimi d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is given after specimens that were recently collected on the Atlantic coasts of southern Spain and South Portugal. The male of B. ledoyeri d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is described for the first time and new records of North African B. guilliamsoniana (Bate, 1857) and B. chevreuxi d'Udekem d'Acoz and Vader, 2005a are discussed.

scholarly journals A rare bis-rhamnopyranosyl-aromadendrin derivative and other flavonoids from the flowers of Genista cilentina Vals. an endemic species of Southern Italy

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3921-3926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Venditti ◽  
Claudio Frezza ◽  
Sebastiano Foddai ◽  
Mauro Serafini ◽  
Armandodoriano Bianco
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Southern Italy

The larva of Hydropsyche perseus Malicky 2001, endemic to Kerkyra (Corfu) Island, including a key for the known Hydropsyche larvae of the Greek islands

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (2) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
IOANNIS KARAOUZAS ◽  
YIANNIS KAPAKOS
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
First Time

The larva of Hydropsyche perseus Malicky 2001, endemic species of Kerkyra Island (Corfu), Greece, is described for the first time. The diagnostic features of the species are described and illustrated, and some information regarding its ecology is included. In addition, a tabular key for larvae of the known Hydropsyche species of the Greek Islands is provided. 

The lichen Leptogium subaridum, a new Mediterranean-NW American disjunction

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Aragón ◽  
I. Martínez ◽  
M. A. G. Otálora
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
New Localities ◽  
First Time

Several epiphytic specimens of the genus Leptogium (Ach.) Gray with a foliose thallus and numerous marginal and laminal isidia collected in central and southern Spain, and previously identified as Leptogium magnussonii Degel. & P. M. Jørg., varied considerably. Two morphological forms have been differentiated: one with clusters of granulose or coralloid, aggregated isidia, identified as typical L. magnussonii and the other with clavate to dactyliform isidia as in L. subaridum P. M. Jørg. & Goward. Meanwhile, when studying the lichen L. lichenoides from some European herbaria, three epiphytic specimens belonging to L. subaridum, one from Morocco, one from Italy and the other from Greece, were identified. These new records of the latter species extend its distribution from NW America to S Europe and N Africa. In addition, mature apothecia are reported for the first time. We briefly characterize the species based on material from the new localities using the morphological and anatomical terminology proposed in Jørgensen (1994).

The Genome Size of Some Species of Hyalomma Ticks from Turkish Thrace 

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadim Yılmazer
Keyword(s):  
Genome Size ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Chromosome Size ◽  
Diploid Genome ◽  
Flow Cytometric ◽  
Determination System ◽  
Sex Determination System ◽  
First Time

Hyalomma scupense, H. excavatum and H. marginatum are globally important tick species, as well as in Turkey, both in terms of human and animal health. The genome sizes of these tick species were determined in this study for the first time. From flow cytometric measurements, diploid genome sizes of female and male H. scupense were found to be 2.13 pg and 1.75 pg, respectively, while H. excavatum were 2.21 pg and 1.94 pg, and H. marginatum were 2.48 pg and 1.98 pg, respectively. Differences in diploid genome size indicate X chromosome size of females and males in these ticks because they have an XX:XO sex determination system. Thus, it was estimated that the X chromosome of H. scupense, H. excavatum, and H. marginatum may be composed of as much as 0.38 pg, 0.27 pg, and 0.50 pg of DNA, respectively. These findings indicate suitability of these three species for genome sequencing due to the relatively small size of their genomes compared with other tick species.

scholarly journals Pollen morphology of the Balkan-Carpathian endemic Campanula lingulata Waldst. & Kit. (Campanulaceae)

2016 ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Marina Macukanovic-Jocic ◽  
Snezana Jaric
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Pollen Morphology ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Polar Axis ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

Palynomorphological characteristics of Campanula lingulata, the Balkan-Carpathian endemic species growing in Serbia, have been investigated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy for the first time, in order to provide some information helpful for a better understanding of the taxonomic position of this species within the genus, as well as to contribute to the pollen atlas of Serbian apiflora. The pollen grains are radially symmetrical, isopolar, 3-zonoporate and medium-sized monads oblate-sphaeroidal in shape. Mean of the polar axis (P) is 27.6?1.9 ?m, while the average length of the equatorial axis (E) is 28.8?1.6 ?m. The apertures are operculate. The sculpturing pattern of the exine is microre?ticulate-microechinatae. The exine surface is covered with evenly distributed supratectal spinules of variable length and sparse granules. The longest supratectal spinules are 0.64?0.05 ?m in length and the smallest sculptural elements are less than 0.2 ?m high. The microechinae density per sample area of 5 ?m x 5 ?m averages 17.4?2.4.

scholarly journals Phenolic profiles of the endemic species Astragalus palibinii Polozhij

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 00063
Author(s):  
Olga Kotsupiy ◽  
Tatyana Shemetova
Keyword(s):  
Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Hydroxycinnamic Acid ◽  
Plant Leaves ◽  
Cinnamic Acids ◽  
Phenolic Profiles ◽  
Hydroxybenzoic Acids ◽  
Ethanol Extracts ◽  
First Time

For the first time, the composition and content of phenolic compounds (PC) of plant leaves of an endemic rare species of the Xiphidium Bunge section of the genus Astragalus L. of Siberia – Astragalus palibinii Polozhij was studied by HPLC. 11 compounds of phenolic nature were identified in water-ethanol extracts of A. palibinii leaves: gallic, p-hydroxybenzoic, chlorogenic, caffeic, ferulic, trans-ferulic, cinnamic acids, isoquercitrin, rutin, isoramnetin-3-O-rutinoside and L-epicatechin. The composition of PC in the leaves of plants of three cenopopulations A. palibinii from Khakassia is the same, with the exception of one hydroxycinnamic acid in trace amounts. The content (mg per 100 g DW) of flavonol glycosides in the leaves of A. palibinii plants varies in the range of 0.442–0.907, the content of hydroxycinnamic and hydroxybenzoic acids in the range of 98.5–109.7 and 32.5–83.9, respectively. The quantitative profiles of all the studied groups of PC are characterized by significant variability in the content of individual components. The variability of the content of hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonoids and hydroxybenzoic acids was determined as very low, medium and increased, respectively.

Micromorphological studies of leaf epidermal features in populations of maples (Acer L.) from Iran

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 299 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
MOJGANSADAT MOHTASHAMIAN ◽  
FARIDEH ATTAR ◽  
KAVEH KAVOUSI ◽  
ALI MASOUDI-NEJAD
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Deciduous Trees ◽  
Epicuticular Waxes ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Qualitative Variables ◽  
Epidermal Features ◽  
Parametric Analyses ◽  
First Time

As the largest genus of broad leaved deciduous trees, Acer L. contains about 126 species distributed in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. With eight native species in Iran, maples are among the most important tree species in the country. Micromorphological traits of 39 populations of Iranian native species indicated the value of leaf epidermal characteristics in identification and classification of maples. A number of epidermal morphological features of the abaxial surface were investigated using LM and SEM images. The occurrence of stomata in clusters is reported for the first time in Acer. The shape of the epidermal cells, anticlinal cell wall patterns, type of indumentum, and epicuticular waxes were the most significant variables in this study. The ability of quantitative and qualitative variables in segregating the studied taxa was evaluated by statistical methods, including PCA, MCA and Non-parametric analyses.

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