Typification of the Linnaean name Cynomorium coccineum (Cynomoriaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 286 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
P. PABLO FERRER-GALLEGO
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
North African ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Botanical Institute ◽  
Obligate Parasite ◽  
Komarov Botanical Institute ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family ◽  
Holoparasitic Plants

Cynomorium Linnaeus (1753: 970) is the only member of the family Cynomoriaceae Endl. ex Lind. (APG 2016, López-Sáez & Villar 2002, Christenhusz & Byng 2016), and contains only two species of root holoparasitic plants (obligate parasite) (see e.g., Léonard 1986), C. coccineum Linnaeus (1753: 970) which is native to the North African, South European and Near Eastern deserts and subdeserts (Webb 1964, Pignatti 1982, Villar 1997, López-Sáez & Villar 2002, Fennane 2007), and C. songaricum Ruprecht (1869: 73) from Central Asia (Léonard 1986, Webb 1964, Villar 1997, Chen & Funston 2007). A lectotype for this name was designated by Gorshkova (1949: 502) as “Type in Leningrad” (here corrected to lectotype according to Art. 9.9 of the ICN, McNeill et al. 2012), based on a specimen collected in Valley of Koshkar River, in Central Asia, which was apparently kept at LE (V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia). However, unfortunately no specimens of C. songaricum annotated as type were found in the herbarium LE, though further search is required (Irina Illarionova, pers. comm.).

scholarly journals Typii Petropolitanum brasiliensium —A catalog of Brazilian types of bryophyta deposited at Komarov Botanical Institute (Le) in St. Petersburg, Russia.

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-260
Author(s):  
Paulo E.A.S. Câmara ◽  
Denise P. Costa ◽  
Lujbov Kurbatova ◽  
Olga Afonina ◽  
Micheline Carvalho-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Type Collection ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Botanical Institute ◽  
Komarov Botanical Institute ◽  
The World

The herbarium LE of the Komarov Botanical Institute in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad), Russia holds one of the least known Brazilian moss collections in the world. In this paper we provide a list the Brazilian types of mosses deposited in the type collection of LE. Totaling types for 41 species names from Brazil are listed.

scholarly journals Intoxication by Harmel

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djafer Rachid
Keyword(s):  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Herbaceous Plant ◽  
North African ◽  
Important Place ◽  
The North ◽  
Central Nervous System Depression ◽  
The Family ◽  
Unpleasant Odor ◽  
Toxic Plant

Herbal medicine has taken a prominent place in the North African skincare system because of the increased installation of herbalists and healers, but unfortunately most of these do not have the required level to practice this medicine. The Harmel (Peganum harmala L.) belongs to the family Zygophyllaceae, which has 24 genera and 240 species. It is a herbaceous plant, perennial, glabrous, and bushy, from a height of 30–100 cm, with a thick rhizome, its strong, unpleasant odor reminiscent of that of the Rue (Ruta graveolens). The Harmel is a toxic plant widespread in North Africa which has an important place in traditional medicine in several indications. It is used as a sedative, antitussive, antipyretic, antirheumatic, and antihelminthic, and to treat some skin diseases. Harmel is ingested with a glass of water or mixed with honey or pounded with olive oil. The intoxications are mainly due to overdose; the absorption of a quantity of seed greater than a teaspoon causes hallucinations and vomiting. In France, Harmel as well as its compounds (Harmine, Harmaline, Harmol, and harmalol) have been classified among the astonishing substances. The clinical manifestations described in the literature include: digestive disorders, bradycardia; neurological disorders paralysis, central nervous system depression; renal disorders; and in severe cases, dyspnoea and hypothermia and hypotension.

Earning a Living

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. McChesney
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Cultural Reproduction ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Religious Expression ◽  
Material Support ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
The North ◽  
The Family

In that part of Central Asia now known as the country of Afghanistan, the patterns of present-day religious expression and identity were set in the 16th and 17th centuries. The region was a frontier connecting three expansive states whose politics shaped the embedding of religious traditions. The long Iranian presence in the south and west infused Imam Shafiism in the central and western parts of Afghanistan while the influence of the intellectual heritage of Central Asia assured the dominance of Hanafi Sunnism in the north and eastern parts of the region. Sufism with its “thousand Ways” and universal reverence for the family of the Prophet, the ahl al-bayt, provided common ground. This chapter examines the ways in which the Islamic culture of the region was reproduced and the kinds of scholars who emerged preeminent. Mostly it considers the ways in which material support for scholarship was distributed, an essential component of cultural reproduction, and the instruments for its distribution.

The All-Russian conference with international participation “Native geobotany: milestones and prospects” (Saint Petersburg, 20—24 September 2011)

2011 ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
I. Yu. Bakkal ◽  
E. A. Volkova ◽  
O. V. Galanina ◽  
I. V. Lyanguzova ◽  
E. A. Maznaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Botanical Society ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Botanical Institute ◽  
Komarov Botanical Institute ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
The World ◽  
International Participation ◽  
120Th Anniversary ◽  
Russian Conference

From 20 to 24 September 2011 in St. Petersburg Komarov Botanical Institute and Russian Botanical Society was held all-Russian scientific conference with international participation «Native geobotany: milestones and prospects». In 2009-2010 the Botanical Institute celebrated 100-year anniversaries of V. D. Alexandrova, B. A. Tikhomirov, A. A. Yunatov, the 110th anniversary of A. A. Korchagina, E. M. Lavrenko, the 120th anniversary of B. N. Gorodkova and the 130th anniversary of V. N. Sukachyov — the founders of the leading areas of geobotanical research at the Institute and in the country as a whole. Conference «Native geobotany: milestones and prospects» was dedicated to the memory of those of the greatest scientists that shaped the Department of geobotany of the Institute is one of the leading geobotanical centers of the world level. Geobotanical and phytogeographical studies were an important focus at the Institute throughout its history.

Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Giménez Casalduero ◽  
Rachid Rouag ◽  
Tarek Jdeidi ◽  
Soumia Fahd ◽  
Anna Hundsdörfer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
North African ◽  
Testudo Graeca ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
The North ◽  
Late Tertiary ◽  
Western Morocco ◽  
Recent Arrival ◽  
Eastern Morocco

AbstractWe investigated the mitochondrial phylogeography of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) in the Western Mediterranean. In North Africa, four major lineages (A-D) occur that together constitute a well-supported clade corresponding to one of the six major clades within T. graeca; the North African clade is sister to a Caucasian clade representing the subspecies T. g. armeniaca. Phylogenetic relationships between the North African lineages are badly resolved. Lineage A is distributed in Tunisia and adjacent Algeria, lineage B in Algeria and northern Morocco, lineage C in the Libyan Cyrenaica Peninsula, and lineage D north of the High Atlas Mts. and in the Souss Valley (southern Morocco). Lineage B is subdivided into two subgroups, B1 (eastern Morocco and Algeria) and B2 (north-western Morocco). Italian tortoises harbour haplotypes of lineage A, Spanish tortoises of subgroup B1. Based on a relaxed molecular clock calibrated with fossil evidence, the six major mtDNA clades of T. graeca are estimated to have diverged approximately 4.2-1.8 Ma ago; the split between the clades representing the eastern subspecies T. g. ibera and T. g. terrestris is younger than the split between Western Mediterranean tortoises and T. g. armeniaca. The Western Mediterranean lineages A-D were dated to have diverged at least 1.4-1.1 Ma ago; B1 and B2 split approximately 0.7 Ma ago. Our results suggest that Italian and Spanish tortoises were either introduced or originated from trans-oceanic dispersal in historic or prehistoric times. Spur-thighed tortoises invaded North Africa probably across Near Eastern landbridges that emerged in the Late Tertiary. Their diversification in North Africa seems to be correlated with habitat aridization cycles during the Pleistocene. The ranges of the Western Mediterranean lineages largely correspond to the distribution of morphologically defined subspecies in North Africa, with exception of T. g. graeca and T. g. whitei, and of T. g. lamberti and T. g. marokkensis, which are not differentiated. We propose to lump the first two subspecies under the name of T. g. graeca and the latter under the name of T. g. marokkensis. The complex differentiation of spur-thighed tortoises in North Africa implies that the model of a bipartite east-west differentiation, as proposed for other Maghrebian amphibians and reptiles, may be too simplistic, reflecting incomplete locality sampling rather than actual phylogeographic differentiation.

Information about the VIII conference of young botanists in St. Petersburg: section Geobotany

2004 ◽  
pp. 104-106
Author(s):  
O. V. Galanina ◽  
M. A. Makarova
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Center ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Botanical Institute ◽  
Komarov Botanical Institute ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

From 17 to 21 May 2004 at the Komarov Botanical Institute (BIN RAS) was traditionally held the VIII Youth conference of botanists. Its Grand opening was held in Saint Petersburg Scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Ekatherina I. Rachkovskaya (the anniversary of the researcher of Kazakhstan, Middle and Central Asia vegetation)

2017 ◽  
pp. 149-153
Author(s):  
E. A. Volkova ◽  
V. N. Khramtsov
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Vegetation Mapping ◽  
Vegetation Map ◽  
Desert Vegetation ◽  
Botanical Institute ◽  
Komarov Botanical Institute ◽  
Eurasian Continent ◽  
East Kazakhstan ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

On September 17, 2017 Ekaterina I. Rachkovskaya has celebrated her 90-year anniversary. She is the well-known researcher and expert of Asian steppe and desert vegetation. Her field routes cover vast areas of the inner part of Eurasian continent: Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Mongolia, China. The scientific interests of E. I. are manifold — vegetation mapping and subdivision, botanical geography, structure of vegetation cover, ecology, etc. In the process of making maps and monographs describing the vegetation of large areas, E. I. Rachkovskaya united researchers from different regions and institutions, so most of her publications are in collaboration with other scientists. The main stages of her scientific pathway: 1954–1955 — study of the Northern Kazakhstan steppes with the aim of making vegetation map and natural subdivision (Karta…, 1960; Isachenko, Rachkovskaya, 1961). 1957–1968 — participation in Biocomplex expedition of the Academy of sciences of the USSR in Central Kazakhstan (Biokompleksnye…, 1969, 1976). 1964–1966, 1968 — the work in East-Kazakhstan cartographic expedition of Komarov Botanical Institute (Karamysheva, Rachkovskaya, 1973, 1975). 1971–1990 — the work in Soviet-Mongolian complex biological expedition of the Academy of sciences of the USSR and Academy of sciences of the Mongolian People Republic (Rachkovskaya, 1993; Karta …, 1995). 1976–1989 — Turanian cartographic expedition of Komarov Botanical Institute (Vegetation map…, 1995; Rachkovskaya, Khramtsov,2000; Botanical …, 2003). Since 1985 — the work in Kazakhstan (Vegetation …, 2010; Botanical-geographical …, 2010). E. I. Rachkovskaya has published about 200 papers, monographs and maps (list of publications see in: Volkova et al., 2007). Unique relevés of the Kazakhstan steppes made by E. I.  in the mid of the last century are widely used at present (Korolyuk, 2017). She continuous to publish her data in the journal “Vegetation of Russia” (Rachkovskaya, 2016) and in “Geobotanical mapping”.

scholarly journals GINKGO BILOBA L. (GINKGOACEAE) AT PETER THE GREAT BOTANIC GARDEN OF BIN RAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
L.P. Trofimuk ◽  
G.A. Firsov ◽  
A.V. Karamysheva
Keyword(s):  
Ginkgo Biloba ◽  
Vegetative State ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Botanic Garden ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
Maximum Percentage ◽  
Botanical Institute ◽  
The North ◽  
Peter The Great ◽  
Northern Border

Ginkgo biloba L. has been known at Peter the Great Botanic Garden of the Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) since 1816. In modern collection it is represented since 1947, in vegetative state. In these conditions, it forms a well-developed tree with a single trunk and a well-developed crown; the best specimens have reached a height of 15.5 m at the age of 74 years old. Compared to previously published data, its size has increased significantly. The dates of phenostages of its seasonal rhythm of development correspond to the local Calendar of Nature; it is not damaged by spring and autumn frosts. The maximum percentage of rooting from cuttings was 88,5 %.The species may be recommended for Saint-Petersburg’s city planting. Earlier there was an opinion that Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg, not Kharkov) is the northern border of Ginkgo cultivation in living form of a tree (Komarova, Zamjatnin, 1990), but nowadays, in the second decade of the XXI century, its distribution may be prolonged further up to the North.

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