The importance of the Brazilian Subtropical Highland Grasslands evidenced by a taxonomically verified endemic species list

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 452 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-267
Author(s):  
CÁSSIA PLÁ ◽  
JOSIMAR KÜLKAMP ◽  
GUSTAVO HEIDEN ◽  
EIMEAR NIC LUGHADHA ◽  
JOÃO R. V. IGANCI
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Species List ◽  
Biogeographic History ◽  
Collection Record ◽  
Botanical Collection ◽  
Areas Of Endemism ◽  
Endemic Taxon

The Brazilian Subtropical Highland Grasslands (Campos de Cima da Serra) is one of the main areas of endemism in southern Brazil. The complex biogeographic history that resulted in the floristic composition of the region is directly linked to the high degree of plant endemism found there. Here we present a current checklist for the endemic plants – the first taxonomically verified endemic species list for the region. The list comprises 273 endemic taxa (23.5% of its flora) representing 40 families and 117 genera, highlighting fifty-seven taxa reported as endemic from the region for the first time in recent years. Voucher specimens, original publication, locality information and distribution data are provided for each endemic taxon. Botanical collections in the Brazilian Subtropical Highland Grasslands have increased exponentially during the last four decades. However, 41 taxa are known only from the original collection record reported in their protologue. Our results emphasize the importance of the Brazilian Subtropical Highland Grasslands in terms of conservation of its flora and the importance of providing complete information on botanical collection labels as source for a robust knowledge of the flora.

Rediscovery and lectotypification of the Philippine endemic Hornstedtia microcheila Ridl. (Zingiberaceae) including an amendment to its description

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Taxonomic Key

Hornstedtia microcheila Ridl. (Zingiberaceae; Alpinioidieae; Alpinieae) is a poorly-known endemic species in the Philippines. It has not been collected again since its description in 1909. In 2017, however, the species was rediscovered in the Mt. Mandalagan Range, Patag, Silay City, Negros Occidental, after a lapse of over a century. A new, amended and extended description of H. microcheila based on this new collection is presented herein. Typification, colour photographs, distribution data, ecological details as well as a taxonomic key to the different Hornstedtia species in the Philippines are also provided.

scholarly journals Areas of endemism of Cactaceae and the effectiveness of the protected area network in the Chihuahuan Desert

Oryx ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor M. Hernández ◽  
Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Protected Area Network ◽  
Complementarity Analysis ◽  
Areas Of Endemism ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Narrow Endemism

AbstractWe used distribution data of 121 cactus species endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert to test the effectiveness of the region’s protected area network. The analysis of species distribution using a 30′ latitude × 30′ longitude grid facilitated the identification and categorization of areas of endemism. We found a low degree of coincidence between protected areas and the areas of cactus endemism, and only 63.6% of the 121 species occur in protected areas. A complementarity analysis showed that 10 of the protected areas contain the 77 species that occur in protected areas. The four top priority areas protect 65 (84.4%) of these 77 species The 44 unprotected species are mainly micro-endemic and taxonomically distinctive taxa widely scattered in the region. The complementarity analysis applied to these species showed that all of them can be contained in a minimum of 24 grid squares, representing 32.9% of the total area occupied. Their strong spatial dispersion, along with their narrow endemism, is a major conservation challenge. We conclude that the current protected area network is insufficient to protect the rich assemblage of cacti endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert. Conservation efforts in this region should be enhanced by increasing the effectiveness of the already existing protected areas and by the creation of additional protected areas, specifically micro-reserves, to provide refuge for the unprotected species.

Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4205 (5) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO A. RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR ◽  
SILVANA AMARAL
Keyword(s):  
Species Level ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Semideciduous Forest ◽  
Brazilian Amazonia ◽  
Disjunct Populations ◽  
Areas Of Endemism ◽  
Gallery Forests ◽  
Present Distribution ◽  
Southwestern Amazonia ◽  
Area Data

We present distribution data of all Anguidae, Scincidae, and Teiidae lizards known from the Brazilian Amazonia, totaling 29 species-level taxa, belonging to 14 genera. This represents 11 more species-level taxa than previously reported for these families in this area. Data were based on literature and 46,806 specimens deposited in three North American and eight Brazilian museums, including the main collections harboring Amazonian material. Most species (~55%) are endemic to Amazonia. Except for Ameiva ameiva, that is present in several environments and domains, non-endemic species are either associated with open dry (semideciduous) forest or open vegetation (savanna) enclaves in Amazonia, occupying similar environments outside Amazonia, gallery forests within the Cerrado, or present disjunct populations in the Atlantic Forest. As a whole, six taxa are widespread in Amazonia, four are restricted to eastern Amazonia, four to western Amazonia, three to southwestern Amazonia, one to northern Amazonia, and seven to the southern peripheral portion of Amazonia. Besides, two species present apparently more restricted, unique distributions. Only three species have a distribution that is congruent with one of the areas of endemism (AE) recognized for other organisms (birds and primates), of which two occur in AE Guiana and one in AE Inambari. 

An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4772 (3) ◽  
pp. 517-544
Author(s):  
ALEXANDROS NTAKIS ◽  
IOANNIS KARAOUZAS ◽  
CENE FIŠER ◽  
FABIO STOCH
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Species List ◽  
Red Lists ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
Total Species Richness ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Of Greece

Despite Greece being a global hotspot of subterranean biodiversity, its hypogean fauna is largely neglected from both an ecological and conservational point of view. An overview of the Niphargidae occurring in Greece is presented as an annotated list of all available published records. These records have resulted in an updated species list reflecting taxonomic corrections and species distribution range in the Greek peninsula. A total of 23 species, attributed to 3 genera, is up to date known from Greece with a high rate of endemicity found particularly in Crete. The endemic species of Greece amount to 21 (91% of total species richness), with the remaining species distributing also in the Republic of North Macedonia. Currently, none of them is listed in the national, European or global IUCN Red Lists of Threatened Species. Considering the increasing habitat degradation due to anthropic pressure, groundwater harvesting and climate change we could lose rare and endemic species without even acknowledging their existence. 

Diversity, relative abundance, new locality records, and updated fish fauna of the Ross Sea region

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 619-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart M. Hanchet ◽  
Andrew L. Stewart ◽  
Peter J. McMillan ◽  
Malcolm R. Clark ◽  
Richard L. O'Driscoll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ross Sea ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Demersal Fish ◽  
Fish Distribution ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Mesopelagic Fish ◽  
Species List ◽  
The North ◽  
Evenness Indices ◽  
Total Species

AbstractTwo surveys were carried out in the Ross Sea region during February and March 2004 and 2008 from the New Zealand RVTangaroa. Fishes were sampled on the continental shelf and slope of the Ross Sea, and on adjacent seamounts to the north, mainly using a large demersal fish trawl and a large mesopelagic fish trawl. Parts of the shelf and slope were stratified by depth and at least three random demersal trawls were completed in each stratum, enabling biomass estimates of demersal fish to be calculated. Fish distribution data from these two surveys were supplemented by collections made by observers from the toothfish fishery. A diverse collection of over 2500 fish specimens was obtained from the two surveys representing 110 species in 21 families. When combined with previous documented material this gave a total species list of 175, of which 135 were from the Ross Sea shelf and slope (to the 2000 m isobath). Demersal species-richness, diversity and evenness indices all decreased going from the shelf to the slope and the seamounts. In contrast, indices for pelagic species were similar for the slope and seamounts/abyss but were much lower for the shelf.

scholarly journals Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of species of the Dryopteris dilatata complex in the Caucasus, Siberia and the Far East

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Piękoś-Mirkowa
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
Far East ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Herbarium Material ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Endemic Taxon ◽  
Komarov Institute

The <i>Dryopteris dilatata</i> complex in the Caucasus, Siberia and the Far East was studied on the herbarium material from the Komarov Institute of Botany in Leningrad. The macromorphological characters of the sporophyte as well as the morphology and colour of spores were used. It has been found that <i>Dryopteris extremiorientalis</i> V. Vasil., regarded as an endemic taxon for the Far East, is conspecific with <i>Dryopteris assimilis</i> S. Walker, and <i>Dryopteris Alexeenkoana</i> Fom., regarded as a West Caucasian endemic species is identical with Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A. Gray, em. S. Walker. In .the paper the distribution of <i>D. assimilis</i> in the Asiatic part of the USSR was given.

scholarly journals Terrestrial gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of the Bulgarian part of the Alibotush Mts.

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
Ivailo Kanev Dedov
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Karst Area ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Conservation Value ◽  
Terrestrial Gastropods ◽  
High Conservation

This work presents results of two years collecting efforts within the project “The role of the alpine karst area in Bulgaria as reservoir of species diversity”. It summarizes distribution data of 44 terrestrial gastropods from the Bulgarian part of Alibotush Mts. Twenty-seven species are newly recorded from the Alibotush Mts., 13 were confirmed, while 4 species, previously known from the literature, were not found. In the gastropod fauna of Alibotush Mts. predominate species from Mediterranean zoogeographic complex. A large part of them is endemic species, and this demonstrates the high conservation value of large limestone areas in respect of terrestrial gastropods.

scholarly journals Distribution and status of populations of some endemic representatives of Syrdarya Karatau and Western Tien-Shan flora

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-220
Author(s):  
A. A. Ivashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Tien Shan

The article presents the results of the author’s research on the distribution and status of populations of 6rare endemic species of the Karatau mountains and Western Tien-Shan – Tanacetopsis popovii Kovalevsk., Trichanthemisradiata Krasch. et Vved., Hypacanthium echinopifolium (Bornm.) Juz., Lepidolopha karatavica Pavl., L. talassica Kovalevsk.et Safral., Tulipa lemmersii Zonn., Peterse et J. de Groot. Specific points of growth of the listed species, a detailed analysis ofthe floristic composition of plant communities with their participation, as well as an assessment of the level of endemism,brief additions to morphological descriptions, and for two species (Trichanthemis radiata, Tulipa lemmersii) – informationon the results of the experience of primary introduction under conditions Almaty city are given in this article.

scholarly journals Endemic diversity and distribution of the Iranian vascular flora across phytogeographical regions, biodiversity hotspots and areas of endemism

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalil Noroozi ◽  
Amir Talebi ◽  
Moslem Doostmohammadi ◽  
Sara Manafzadeh ◽  
Zahra Asgarpour ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspots ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
Areas Of Endemism

Abstract Endemism is one of the most important concepts in biogeography and is of high relevance for conservation biology. Nevertheless, our understanding of patterns of endemism is still limited in many regions of high biodiversity. This is also the case for Iran, which is rich in biodiversity and endemism, but there is no up-to-date account of diversity and distribution of its endemic species. In this study, a comprehensive list of all endemic vascular plant species of Iran, their taxonomic composition and their geographical distribution are presented. To this end, a total of 2,597 (sub)endemic vascular plant species of Iran were documented and their distribution in three phytogeographical regions, two biodiversity hotspots and five areas of endemism were analysed. The Irano-Turanian phytogeographical region harbours 88% of the Iranian endemics, the majority of which are restricted to the Irano-Anatolian biodiversity hotspot (84%). Nearly three quarters of the endemic species are restricted to mountain ranges. The rate of endemism increases along an elevational gradient, causing the alpine zone to harbour a disproportionally high number of endemics. With increasing pastoralism, urbanization, road construction and ongoing climate change, the risk of biodiversity loss in the Iranian mountains is very high, and these habitats need to be more effectively protected.

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