A review of Sedum section Gormania (Crassulaceae) in western North America

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 368 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER F. ZIKA ◽  
BARBARA L. WILSON ◽  
RICHARD E. BRAINERD ◽  
NICK OTTING ◽  
STEVEN DARINGTON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Field Work ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Extensive Field ◽  
Vegetative Characters ◽  
Floral Characters

Sedum section Gormania was restricted to Oregon, Nevada and California in the western United States. After extensive field work from 2011 to 2016, we revised 17 members of the group using floral and vegetative characters, resulting in the acceptance of four new taxa in California. A serpentine endemic from the mountains of western Tehama County was recognized as S. rubiginosum. It was separated from S. kiersteadiae by its dense rosettes, overlapping stem leaves and non-apiculate corolla. A serpentine endemic from low elevation canyons in Del Norte County was described as S. patens. It was distinguished from S. laxum by its white spreading petals and yellow anthers. A plant of high elevation, serpentine and non-serpentine sites in Siskiyou County was circumscribed as S. marmorense; it differed from S. oregonense in its sepals and inflorescence with a thick granular waxy deposit, and leaves in dense rosettes. Sedum paradisum was segregated from S. obtusatum, raised to species level, and divided into two subspecies. Plants of the northern Sierra Nevada were newly defined as S. paradisum subsp. subroseum, separable with nodding young flowering shoots and a disjunct range in Butte, Plumas and Sierra counties. Sedum flavidum and Sedum eastwoodiae were removed from S. laxum sensu stricto, and raised to species rank, based on floral characters. We clarified the concept of S. obtusatum subsp. retusum, and restored it to the rank of species as S. sanhedrinum; it was restricted to Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, and Tehama counties, California. Sedum flavidum and S. oregonense as defined here showed more morphological variation than previously understood. Finally, we remarked on hybridization and cleistogamy observed in the field.

scholarly journals Hyper Spectral Remote Sensing for Mapping Species and Characteristics of Mangroves in Krishna Delta Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-618
Author(s):  
Jemima Undrajavarapu ◽  
M. Chandra Sekhar
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Remote Sensing Imagery ◽  
Hyper Spectral ◽  
Extensive Field

Mangroves are globally classified as eastern and western groups of which 40% are found along Asian coasts. The largest identified mangroves are found in Indonesia, Brazil, Sunder bans of India and Bangladesh. Odum 1971 in his research referred mangroves serve as Juvenile stock and form most valuable Biomass. In the state of Andhra Pradesh the mangroves are concentrated in the deltas of Krishna and Godavari which add a healthy ecosystem. An extensive research in monitoring the nature and changes of Godavari delta mangroves using Remote sensing technologies. The mangroves are vastly reserves of different species of flora and are classified as single vegetative class in traditional multispectral imagery, where there is a possibility of losing information due to specific narrow band widths. Hence an attempt is being made for species level classification and characterization of Krishna delta region using hyper spectral remote sensing imagery. Hyper spectral remote sensing overcomes the limitation of extensive field work which is labor intensive and costly. The current research paper describes the species level classification of flora in Krishna delta using Hyper spectral remote sensing imagery.

scholarly journals Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Isolated from Nine-Banded Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) Reveal Population Structure and Admixture in the Amazon Basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Eduardo Bagagli ◽  
Daniel Ricardo Matute ◽  
Hans Garcia Garces ◽  
Bernardo Guerra Tenório ◽  
Adalberto Garcia Garces ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis ◽  
Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Dasypus Novemcinctus ◽  
Show Evidence

Paracoccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal disease to Latin America caused by at least five species-level genotypes of Paracoccidioides, named P. lutzii, P. brasiliensis (S1a and S1b populations), P. americana, P. restrepiensis, and P. venezuelensis. In this manuscript, we report on Paracoccidioides sp. sampling efforts in armadillos from two different areas in Brazil. We sequenced the genomes of seven Paracoccidioides isolates and used phylogenomics and populations genetics for genotyping. We found that P. brasiliensis and P. lutzii are both present in the Amazon region. Additionally, we identified two Paracoccidioides isolates that seem to be the result of admixture between divergent populations within P. brasiliensis sensu stricto. Both of these isolates were recovered from armadillos in a P. lutzii endemic area in Midwestern Brazil. Additionally, two isolates from human patients also show evidence of resulting from admixture. Our results suggest that the populations of P. brasiliensis sensu stricto exchange genes in nature. More generally, they suggest that population structure and admixture within species is an important source of variation for pathogenic fungi.

Review of Eohiodon (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha) from western North America, with a phylogenetic reassessment of Hiodontidae

1997 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 1109-1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Guo-Qing ◽  
Mark V. H. Wilson ◽  
Lance Grande
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
Freshwater Teleosts

Review of recently collected material of Eohiodon from North America suggests that there are two valid species, E. rosei (Hussakof) and E. woodroffi Wilson. Eohiodon falcatus Grande is identical to E. woodruffi in known skeletal features and nearly all meristic features and is treated as a junior synonym of the latter. The fossil genus Eohiodon Cavender differs from Hiodon Lesueur, which is known from both fossil and extant species, in numerous meristic and osteological features. The caudal skeleton in Eohiodon is nearly identical to that in Hiodon.The traditionally accepted Notopteroidei, containing Lycopteridae, Hiodontidae, and Notopteridae, is a polypheletic group. The Asian fossil family Lycopteridae is not more closely related to Hiodontidae than it is to other taxa in the Osteoglossomorpha, but is sister to all other Osteoglossomorpha. The Hiodontiformes sensu stricto, including only the family Hiodontidae, is the sister-group of the Osteoglossiformes. This family is not more closely related to notopterids than to other taxa in Osteoglossiformes. The Notopteridae are most closely related to the Mormyroidea; together they and the fossil family Ostariostomidae constitute the sister-group of the Osteoglossoidei.Fossil records of Hiodontiformes sensu stricto and Notopteroidei indicate a widespread pre-Neogene biogeographic range of these freshwater teleosts, suggesting that extinction must have been involved in the Cenozoic evolution of these two osteoglossomorph sublineages.

Molecular Identification and Morphological Characterization of Ficus sp. (Moraceae) in Bogor Botanic Gardens

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rifqi Hariri ◽  
Peniwidiyanti Peniwidiyanti ◽  
Arifin Surya Dwipa Irsyam ◽  
Rina Ratnasih Irwanto ◽  
Irfan Martiansyah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Identification ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Herbarium Specimen ◽  
Morphological Observation ◽  
Its Sequence ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Molecular Approaches ◽  
Vegetative Characters

Ficus spp. belongs to the tribe Ficeae in the Moraceae family. Many members of this genus have been collected and grown in Bogor Botanic Gardens. There are 519 living collections of Ficus conserved since 1817, and 13 of them have not been identified until the species level. This research aimed to identify the Ficus sp. originated from Kaur Selatan (Bengkulu) using morphological and molecular approaches. Morphological characterization and herbarium specimen observation have been carried out to identify the Ficus sp. The molecular approach was conducted through DNA barcoding using ITS primer. The molecular identification using ITS sequence showed that Ficus sp. is Ficus crassiramea with 99.87% similarity to the sequence in NCBI. Morphological observation through herbarium specimen showed that there are 9 vegetative characters specific to Ficus crassiramea.

scholarly journals Variability of Cloudiness over Mountain Terrain in the Western United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1227-1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Sumargo ◽  
Daniel R. Cayan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Empirical Orthogonal Functions ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Cloud Albedo

Abstract This study investigates the spatial and temporal variability of cloudiness across mountain zones in the western United States. Daily average cloud albedo is derived from a 19-yr series (1996–2014) of half-hourly Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) images. During springtime when incident radiation is active in driving snowmelt–runoff processes, the magnitude of daily cloud variations can exceed 50% of long-term averages. Even when aggregated over 3-month periods, cloud albedo varies by ±10% of long-term averages in many locations. Rotated empirical orthogonal functions (REOFs) of daily cloud albedo anomalies over high-elevation regions of the western conterminous United States identify distinct regional patterns, wherein the first five REOFs account for ~67% of the total variance. REOF1 is centered over Northern California and Oregon and is pronounced between November and March. REOF2 is centered over the interior northwest and is accentuated between March and July. Each of the REOF/rotated principal components (RPC) modes associates with anomalous large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns and one or more large-scale teleconnection indices (Arctic Oscillation, Niño-3.4, and Pacific–North American), which helps to explain why anomalous cloudiness patterns take on regional spatial scales and contain substantial variability over seasonal time scales.

Response of high-elevation limber pine (Pinus flexilis) to multiyear droughts and 20th-century warming, Sierra Nevada, California, USA

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 2508-2520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constance I. Millar ◽  
Robert D. Westfall ◽  
Diane L. Delany
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Mountain Pine Beetle ◽  
Tree Mortality ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Dwarf Mistletoe ◽  
Lower Growth ◽  
Pinus Flexilis ◽  
Limber Pine ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation

Limber pine ( Pinus flexilis James) stands along the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada, California, experienced significant mortality from 1985 to 1995 during a period of sustained low precipitation and high temperature. The stands differ from old-growth limber pine forests in being dense, young, more even-aged, and located in warmer, drier microclimates. Tree growth showed high interannual variability. Relative to live trees, dead trees over their lifetimes had higher series sensitivity, grew more variably, and had lower growth. Although droughts recurred during the 20th century, tree mortality occurred only in the late 1980s. Significant correlations and interactions of growth and mortality dates with temperature and precipitation indicate that conditions of warmth plus sustained drought increased the likelihood of mortality in the 1985–1995 interval. This resembles a global-change-type drought, where warming combined with drought was an initial stress, trees were further weakened by dwarf mistletoe ( Arceuthobium cyanocarpum (A. Nels. ex Rydb.) A. Nels.), and proximally killed by mountain pine beetle ( Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins). However, the thinning effect of the drought-related mortality appears to have promoted resilience and improved near-term health of these stands, which suffered no additional mortality in the subsequent 1999–2004 drought.

scholarly journals Influence of Atmospheric Rivers on Mountain Snowpack in the Western United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (24) ◽  
pp. 9921-9940 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Goldenson ◽  
L. R. Leung ◽  
C. M. Bitz ◽  
E. Blanchard-Wrigglesworth
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Snow Water Equivalent ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Internal Variability ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Atmospheric Rivers ◽  
Atmospheric River ◽  
The Impact

In the coastal mountains of western North America, most extreme precipitation is associated with atmospheric rivers (ARs), narrow bands of moisture originating in the tropics. Here we quantify how interannual variability in atmospheric rivers influences snowpack in the western United States in observations and a model. We simulate the historical climate with the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) with physics from the Community Atmosphere Model, version 5 [CAM5 (MPAS-CAM5)], using prescribed sea surface temperatures. In the global variable-resolution domain, regional refinement (at ~30 km) is applied to our region of interest and upwind over the northeast Pacific. To better characterize internal variability, we conduct simulations with three ensemble members over 30 years of the historical period. In the Cascade Range, with some exceptions, winters with more atmospheric river days are associated with less snowpack. In California’s Sierra Nevada, winters with more ARs are associated with greater snowpack. The slope of the linear regression of observed snow water equivalent (SWE) on reanalysis-based AR count has the same sign as that arrived at using the model, but is statistically significant in observations only for California. In spring, internal variance plays an important role in determining whether atmospheric river days appear to be associated with greater or less snowpack. The cumulative (winter through spring) number of atmospheric river days, on the other hand, has a relationship with spring snowpack, which is consistent across ensemble members. Thus, the impact of atmospheric rivers on winter snowpack has a greater influence on spring snowpack than spring atmospheric rivers in the model for both regions and in California consistently in observations.

Isozyme structure of Peridermium harknessii in the western United States

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 2434-2441 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Vogler ◽  
B. B. Kinloch Jr. ◽  
F. W. Cobb Jr. ◽  
T. L. Popenuck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Rust Fungus ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Population Genetic Study ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Heterozygous Condition ◽  
Pinus Spp ◽  
Pine Species

We conducted a population genetic study of the western gall rust fungus (Peridermium harknessii) using isozymes as genetic markers. Electrophoresis of 341 single-gall aeciospore isolates collected from several pine species revealed that western gall rust is comprised of two distinct zymodemes (multilocus electrophoretic types) in the western United States. Within zymodemes, all 15 loci studied were monomorphic (0.95 criterion), although variants were found at low frequencies (≤ 0.03) at 3 loci. Zymodeme I was characterized by single bands, indicating homozygosity at all loci; it consisted of isolates from all pine species and environments studied, including the Pacific Coast and Cascade Ranges and the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. Zymodeme II, which was absent from coastal forests, was characterized by double or triple bands at 6 of 15 loci. The additional bands were interpreted as products of alternative alleles in heterozygous condition; isozyme phenotypes at the other nine loci were identical to those of zymodeme I. Presumed heterozygotes were fixed within zymodeme II, and homozygotes of alleles unique to this zymodeme were not found. Generally, all isolates sampled from a forest stand were in the same zymodeme, and when isolates from both zymodemes were found in the same location, recombinant genotypes between zymodemes were not observed. Such extreme disequilibrium is inconsistent with sexual reproduction, indicating that P. harknessii is asexual. Key words: western gall rust, Pinus spp., genetic variation.

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