scholarly journals Intercontinental distributions of species of Cortinarius, subgenus Phlegmacium, associated with Populus in western North America

Botany ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (11) ◽  
pp. 711-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy L. Cripps ◽  
Kare Liimatainen ◽  
Tuula Niskanen ◽  
Bálint Dima ◽  
Richard F. Bishop ◽  
...  

Three species of Cortinarius subg. Phlegmacium, Cortinarius argutus Fr. and Cortinarius hedyaromaticus C. Cripps & O.K. Mill. (section Arguti stat. nov.) and Cortinarius talus Fr. (section Multiformes), are compared from western North America and Europe. Phylogenetic analysis of the ITS region shows that C. argutus and C. hedyaromaticus are separate, closely related species with rooting stipes. Cortinarius talus is a pale species with a bulbous stipe and a sweet odor similar to that of C. hedyaromaticus; C. argutus lacks this sweet odor. All three species have intercontinental distributions and are associated with deciduous trees, primarily Populus tremuloides Michx., Populus tremula L., but also Salix spp. This study highlights the importance of the study of type specimens and molecular analysis to stabilize the application of established names.

1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calvin H. Stevens

The discovery of a new locality yielding giant Guadalupian (Lower Permian) fusulinids in east-central Alaska extends the range of these forms much farther north than previously known, and into a tectonostratigraphic terrane from which they previously had not been reported. The number of areas from which giant parafusulinids are known in North America is thus raised to eight. Three of these localities are in rocks that previously had been referred to the allochthonous McCloud belt arc, and one, West Texas, is known to have been part of Paleozoic North America. Comparison of species from all areas suggests that there are two closely related species groups: one represented in Texas and Coahuila, and the other represented in Sonora, northern California, northeastern Washington, southern and northern British Columbia, Alaska, and apparently in Texas. These groups may differ because they are of slightly different ages or because interchange between the faunas of Texas–Coahuila area and the other regions was somewhat inhibited during the Early Permian.


1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 1455-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald A. Mulligan

The cytotaxonomy of three closely related species of Draba, of the mountains of western North America, is discussed and a key is given: D. ventosa A. Gray (2n = 36), D. ruaxes Payson & St. John (2n = ca. 72), and D. paysonii Macbride (2n = 42). Evidence is presented demonstrating that D. ventosa and D. paysonii are triploids reproducing by agamospermy whereas the hexaploid species D. ruaxes is a sexual outcrosser. The former two species produce seed apomictically without any pollen stimulation. Draba ventosa and D. ruaxes have the basic chromosome number x = 12 and D. paysonii has the base number x = 14.


1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 1763-1766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald A. Mulligan

The cytotaxonomy of two closely related species of Draba, D. oligosperma Hooker (2n = 64) and D. incerta Payson (2n = 112), is discussed and a key is given. Both species are mainly confined to the mountains of western North America, although D. incerta is also disjunct nearly 3000 mi eastward to the tip of Gaspé County in Quebec. Draba oligosperma is an octoploid reproducing mostly by agamospermy and D. incerta is 14-ploid, producing seed by autogamy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
Keith Berry

Several paleontologists have suggested that a major geographic barrier at about the paleolatitude of Colorado either prevented or severely restricted biogeographic exchange between the northern and southern regions of western North America during the Late Campanian. However, the origin and nature of this barrier remains enigmatic. In the present study, this hypothesis is tested by determining whether the diversification of Late Campanian chasmosaurine ceratopsid (horned) dinosaurs was affected by the presence of a barrier or, in other words, whether the biogeographic distribution of closely related species was nonrandom with respect to a line of paleolatitude drawn across Colorado. The results of this test indicate that there could not have been a major geographic barrier, which has implications for paleoclimatic and paleogeographic reconstructions of the Colorado region during its early Laramide history.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4320 (3) ◽  
pp. 505 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROMANA KALOUSOVA ◽  
LADISLAV BOCAK

Cladophorus Guérin-Méneville, 1830 are endemic Papuan net-winged beetles which take part in highly diverse Müllerian mimicry rings. Available specimens were sequenced for cox1–tRNA-Leu–cox2 mitochondrial DNA fragment and the species delimitations were based on the genetic distance, phylogenetic analysis, and morphology. Three earlier described species were identified in the recently collected material and further 10 species are described: C. pallescens sp. nov., C. bicolor sp. nov., C. craterensis sp. nov., C. motykai sp. nov., C. mindikensis sp. nov., C. kailakiensis sp. nov., C. manokwarensis sp. nov., C. haiaensis sp. nov., C. humeralis sp. nov., and C. boceki sp. nov. DNA-based identifications provided some ambiguous results and closely related species could not be robustly delimited using solely molecular data. Additionally, the species limits were based on clearly defined morphological characters and the morphological differentiation was found unlinked from the genetic divergence. Colour patterns cannot be used for identification because all species available in more specimens were polymorphic and followed various local co-mimics. The Papuan fauna of Cladophorus is very diverse and the closely related species regularly occur in limited regions. Differentiation within restricted ranges is therefore considered as the main speciation mode. 


1963 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 508-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Hopping

AbstractThe genus Ips is one of four closely related genera in the tribe Ipini, sub-tribe Ipina (De Geer 1775, Balachowsky 1949, Nunberg 1954, Hopping 1963). There are now 32 species of Ips recognized in North America, with a few more as yet undescribed. This paper defines the groups of closely related species with observations on the group relationships of species from other parts of the world. Work is in progress to define the North American species in each group.


2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick A. Sundberg ◽  
Linda B. McCollum

Kochaspids are an informal group of ptychopariid trilobites that were both abundant and widespread in the early Middle Cambrian of North America. Based on the reassociation of pygidia and cranidia of some kochaspids, Kochiella Poulsen, 1927, is redefined and Hadrocephalites n. gen. is proposed. Hadrocephalites includes taxa previously assigned by Rasetti and Palmer to Schistometopus Resser, 1938a. Schistometopus is considered nomen dubium. Representatives of Kochiella and Hadrocephalites from the Pioche Shale and Carrara Formation of Nevada are described, including the new species Kochiella rasettii, K. brevaspis, Hadrocephalites lyndonensis, and H. rhytidodes. Other kochaspids previously assigned to Kochaspis Resser, 1935; Eiffelaspis Chang, 1963; Schistometopus; and Kochiella are discussed and some are reassigned. The type specimens of Kochiella augusta (Walcott, 1886); K. crito (Walcott, 1917b); K. chares (Walcott, 1917a); K. mansfieldi Resser, 1939; K. arenosa Resser, 1939; Hadrocephalites carina (Walcott, 1917b), and H. cecinna (Walcott, 1917b) are re-illustrated.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 397 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
WEI SUN ◽  
BINGJIE LIU ◽  
RONG FU ◽  
XINGZHONG LIU ◽  
MEICHUN XIANG

During survey on rock-inhabiting fungi from karst habitats in Guizhou, China, two new species in Cyphellophora were discovered and identified. Phylogenetic analysis based on combined sequences of the nuclear large subunit (nucLSU) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA revealed that the tested isolates, clustered into two clades that well affiliated in the genus of Cyphellophora. Morphological characteristics were also supported the estabolishment of the new species. Herewith Cyphellophora botryose sp. nov. and Cyphellophora guizhouensis sp. nov. were described and their differences from closely related species were discussed.


2005 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. ADRAIN ◽  
S. R. WESTROP

The Notch Peak Formation (Late Cambrian, Sunwaptan) of western Utah yields diverse silicified trilobite faunas that provide new information on the anatomy of many taxa. The family Ptychaspididae Raymond, 1924, is represented by species of Keithiella Rasetti, 1944; Idiomesus Raymond, 1924; Euptychaspis Ulrich in Bridge, 1931; and Macronoda Lochman, 1964. At least four species are new, of which E. lawsonensis and M. notchpeakensis are named formally. Much previous work on Late Cambrian trilobites has emphasized biostratigraphic utility and the recognition of geographically widespread species. Data from new silicified collections indicate that this approach is difficult to justify because many putative ‘index species’ actually represent a plexus of closely related species whose biostratigraphic significance has yet to be determined. One such plexus is represented by E. kirki Kobayashi, 1935, whose previously reported occurrences in Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Nevada and northern Canada record at least four distinct species. Similarly, Macronoda can now be shown to consist of at least five late Sunwaptan species in south-central and western North America.


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