New records of lichens and allied fungi from Vodlozersky National Park within Arkhangelsk Region (NW Russia)

The paper presents the results of the ongoing research of lichen diversity in Arkhangelsk Region of Russia, in Vodlozersky National Park which is the largest protected area in the territory of NW Russia. In total, 155 species of lichens and allied fungi are recorded for the first time for the Arkhangelsk part of the Vodlozersky National Park, and 69 species – for the whole mainland area of Arkhangelsk Region.

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The lichens and allied fungi of the southern part of the Kenozersky National Park (Arkhangelsk Region, NW Russia)

Folia Cryptogamica Estonica ◽

10.12697/fce.2021.58.17 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 58 ◽

pp. 145-164

Author(s):

Aleksey V. Pchelkin ◽

Viktoria N. Tarasova ◽

Andrei A. Valekzhanin

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Russian Federation ◽

National Park ◽

Lichen Species ◽

Red Data Book ◽

Arkhangelsk Region ◽

Lichen Diversity ◽

Data Book ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The paper presents the first data on lichen diversity in the Kenozersky National Park (Arkhangelsk Region, Northwest Russia). As a result of the study, 263 species and 1 subspecies of lichens and allied fungi were found in the southern part of the national park. Seventeen lichen species are reported for the first time for Arkhangelsk Region. Biatora albidula is a new species for Northwest European Russia. Two recorded species are included in the Red Data Book of Russian Federation and 7 in the Red Data Book of Arkhangelsk Region. Pycnothelia papillaria can be recommended for inclusion to the Red Data Book of Arkhangelsk Region.

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Briofitas del Parque Nacional Macarao, Venezuela

Acta Botanica Mexicana ◽

10.21829/abm127.2020.1593 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Thalia Morales Rojas

Keyword(s):

Protected Area ◽

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Mountain Range ◽

Floristic Inventory ◽

First Time ◽

The City ◽

Fundamental Objective ◽

Iucn Criteria ◽

Coastal Mountain

Resumen:Antecedentes y Objetivos: El Parque Nacional Macarao es un área natural protegida ubicada cerca de la ciudad de Caracas, capital de Venezuela. Apesar de su ubicación estratégica, es un área poco explorada biológicamente; el desconocimiento briológico es sustancial. El objetivo fundamental deeste trabajo fue inventariar los briofitos del Parque Nacional Macarao.Métodos: Se plantearon tres ejes para evaluar la flora de musgos, hepáticas y antoceros del Parque Macarao: una revisión bibliográfica de reportespara el área de estudio, una revisión de herbarios nacionales (CAR, MY, VEN) y extranjeros (MO, NY, TROPICOS) y un inventario brioflorístico sobretodos los sustratos disponibles a lo largo de siete localidades ubicadas entre 1500 y 2600 m s.n.m. Los ejemplares colectados se identificaron conclaves taxonómicas especializadas; posteriormente, fueron depositados en los herbarios MO y VEN.Resultados clave: La información obtenida provino en 76% del inventario florístico, 19% revisión bibliográfica y 5% material de herbario. Se elaboróuna lista con 114 especies distribuidas en 77 géneros y 42 familias de briofitas (70 especies de musgos y 44 hepáticas). Las familias con mayor númerode especies fueron Lejeuneaceae (13 géneros/21 especies), Orthotrichaceae (2/7), Sematophyllaceae (3/6), Fissidentaceae (1/6), Pilotrichaceae (4/4)y Neckeraceae (5/5).Conclusiones: Se incluyen 87 nuevos registros para el Parque Nacional Macarao y se reporta por primera vez Calymperes tenerum para Venezuela.Se recomienda incluir, según los criterios de la UICN a Steerecleus serrulatus y Rhaphidorrhynchium decurvifolium como especies vulnerables dentrode la brioflora venezolana.Palabras clave: Cordillera de la costa, hepáticas, inventario, musgos.Abstract:Background and Aims: The Macarao National Park is a protected area located near the city of Caracas, capital of Venezuela. Despite its strategiclocation, it is biologically little explored; the lack of bryological knowledge is substantial. The fundamental objective of this work was the inventory ofthe bryophytes of the Macarao National Park.Methods: Three actions were proposed to evaluate the flora of mosses, liverworts and anthocyanins of this park: bibliographic review of reports forthe study area, herbarium review of different national (CAR, MY, VEN) and foreign herbaria (MO, NY, TROPICOS), and floristic inventory made on allavailable substrates across seven locations located between 1500 and 2600 m a.s.l. The collected specimens were identified with specialized taxonomickeys; subsequently, they were deposited in the herbaria MO and VEN.Key results: Seventy-six percent of the information was obtained from the floristic inventory, 19% from the bibliographic review and 5% from herbariummaterial. In this way, a list was prepared consisting of 114 species, distributed in 77 genera and 42 families of bryophytes (70 species of mossesand 44 liverworts). The families with the highest number of species were Lejeuneaceae (13 genera/21 species), Orthotrichaceae (2/7), Sematophyllaceae(3/6), Fissidentaceae (1/6), Pilotrichaceae (4/4) and Neckeraceae (5/5).Conclusions: Among the highlighted results, 87 new records are included for Macarao National Park and Calymperes tenerum is reported for Venezuelafor the first time. It is recommended to include, according to the IUCN criteria, Steerecleus serrulatus, Rhaphidorrhynchium decurvifolium asvulnerable species within the Venezuelan bryoflora.Key words: Coastal mountain range, inventory, liverworts, mosses.

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Two new records of flowering plants from Lesotho

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v47i1.2099 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Khotso Kobisi ◽

Lerato S. Kose ◽

Annah Moteetee

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Field Trips ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Plant Identification ◽

The Family ◽

National University ◽

The University ◽

First Time

Background: A number of books, articles and checklists have been published on Lesotho’s flora. The species presented here have been recorded for South Africa but have not previously been recorded for Lesotho.Objectives: As part of a study aimed at updating biodiversity records of the southern parts of Lesotho (Qacha’s Nek and Quthing districts), with the main focus of compiling a checklist for the Sehlabethebe National Park, this report presents plant species that have until now not been recorded for the Lesotho flora.Method: Several field trips were undertaken between 2004 and 2009. Plant identification was done based on observation and photographic records. After the compilation of the checklist, it became clear that two of the species observed had not been previously recorded for Lesotho. A follow-up trip was carried out in February 2016, during which plant specimens of the presumed new records were collected and deposited at the National University of Lesotho Herbarium (ROML) [and the University of Johannesburg Herbarium (JRAU)]. Plant identification was confirmed by experts in the family Apocynaceae.Results: Two species not previously recorded for Lesotho, namely Ceropegia africana subsp. barklyi and Duvalia caespitosa subsp. caespitosa, were found during the exploration of the southern parts of Lesotho which included the Sehlabathebe National Park.Conclusions: The fact that two species have been recorded in Lesotho for the first time clearly indicates that documentation of the flora of Lesotho needs to be updated. This work is therefore regarded as complementary to previous publications on the Lesotho flora.

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Nine new lichen species and 64 new records from Sri Lanka

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.280.2.5 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 280 (2) ◽

pp. 152 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

GOTHAMIE WEERAKOON ◽

ANDRÉ APTROOT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

New Records ◽

Indian Subcontinent ◽

Lichen Species ◽

Lichen Diversity ◽

Forest Sites ◽

Geographical Regions ◽

First Time

The lichen diversity of ten forest sites representing different geographical regions in Sri Lanka was investigated. In total, c. 1500 specimens of c. 400 species were recorded of the evaluated groups (all except the Graphidaceae and a few foliose groups). The following new species are described: Astrothelium conjugatum, Heterodermia fragmentata, Lecanactis minutissima, Megalotremis cylindrica, Porina microtriseptata, Porina monilisidiata, Psoroglaena spinosa, Pyrenula multicolorata, and Schistophoron muriforme. A further 64 species are reported for the first time from Sri Lanka, including 30 new records for the Indian subcontinent and eight new to Asia.

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Increasing Polychaete diversity as a consequence of increasing research effort in Greek waters: new records and exotic species

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.194 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 74 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

N. SIMBOURA ◽

A. ZENETOS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Exotic Species ◽

New Records ◽

Research Effort ◽

Aegean Sea ◽

Ongoing Research ◽

Research Activities ◽

Increasing Trend ◽

Lessepsian Migrants ◽

First Time

The increasing diversity of the Greek Polychaete fauna over the last seven decades, as illustrated graphically, shows an increasing trend which is proportionately related to the research effort exerted. Ongoing research activities mainly in the depths of the N. Aegean Sea, as a result of which 13 new records have been added to the Greek Polychaete fauna, confirming the above statement. The new species records are presented along with their geographical distribution and habitat. According to the latest checklist of the Greek Polychaeta, 753 species of Polychaetes have been recorded in Greek waters. Finally, it should be noted that 6 Lessepsian migrants and 16 species have been recorded in the Mediterranean for the first time. Their distribution within Greece and worldwide is given and their presence in Greek waters is discussed.

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New records of Passiflora from Itatiaia National Park, Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/17.6.1671 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 1671-1679

Author(s):

Suellen Nunes Sarmento ◽

Ana Carolina Mezzonato-Pires ◽

Marcelo Trovó

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Sensu Stricto ◽

The State ◽

Flora Of Brazil ◽

First Time

We present new records of Passifloraceae sensu stricto from Itatiaia National Park, Brazil, contributing new data on the geographic distribution of four Passiflora L. species to the flora of Brazil: P. deidamioides Harms, P. miersii Mast., P. rhamnifolia Mast., and P. setulosa Killip. The last three species are reported from Itatiaia National Park and the last species from the state of Rio de Janeiro for the first time.

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Rare plant communities of lakes and river estuaries of the Arkhangelsk Region

Turczaninowia ◽

10.14258/turczaninowia.24.3.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 138-162

Author(s):

Dmitry S. Moseev ◽

Ludmila A. Sergienko ◽

Andrey V. Leshchev ◽

Albert V. Bragin ◽

Roman E. Romanov ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Plant Communities ◽

National Park ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Water Salinity ◽

Protected Species ◽

Arkhangelsk Region ◽

Northern Border ◽

Specially Protected Natural Areas ◽

Protected Natural Areas ◽

First Time

The problem of protecting rare communities in the vegetation cover still remains poorly studied. Currently, it is relevant for aquatic and coastal aquatic plant communities of lakes and river estuaries of the Arkhangelsk Region. Two critical criteria were used to distinguish rare communities: 1) protected species are cenosis-formers, 2) species that were first noted outside the northern border of the ranges are either cenosis-formers, or abundant in the composition of communities. The first criterion includes communities with species listed in the Red Data Books of the Russian Federation (2008) and the Arkhangelsk Region (), if these species are significant from the point of phytocenosis. The last includes taxa and plant populations of the Arkhangelsk Region that need special attention to their state in the natural environment and are recommended for bio-surveillance. The second criterion includes the communities of the Glycerietum fluitantis association located on the coast of the Pechora Inlet, which were described here for the first time. The communities’ habitats are water bodies that differ significantly in hydrological conditions. Lobelietum dsortmannae, Isoëto lacustris–Lobelietum dortmannii, Isoëto echinosporae–Lobelietum dortmannae, Lobelieto dortmannae–Phragmitetum australis, Lobelieto dortmannae–Caricetum rostratae, Fontinalieto dalecarlicae–Phragmitetum australis, Fontinalieto dalecarlicae–Nupharetum lutea associations are typical for oligotrophic and oligo-mesotrophic lakes of the hydrocarbonate class with low water salinity. Nympheto candidae–Nupharetum pumilae, Potamogeneto natantis–Nymphaeetum tetragonae, Chareto virgatae–Scirpetum lacustris associations are identified in eutrophic and mesotrophic lakes. Communities of Chareto strigosae–Charetum asperae, Charetum subspinosae, Chareto subspinosae–Phragmitetum australis charosum subspinosae associations develop in sulfate lakes with increased water salinity. Ruppietum maritimae, Glycerietum fluitantis purum, Hippurideto tetraphillae–Glycerietum, and Zannichellia pedunculata communities are typical for river estuaries. We have described most of the rare communities for specially protected natural areas of the Arkhangelsk Region: in the Kenozero National Park, the Onega Pomorie National Park, the Pinezhskiy Nature Reserve, the Nenetskiy Nature Reserve, and the Pakhanchenskiy Nature Reserve. At the end of the article, some recommendations for the protection of rare communities are given. They are useful for monitoring such species in protected areas. The protection of rare communities is based on the principle that any species that is part of the community is its integral part. The destruction of cenosis-forming species leads to the disappearance of both an integral unique community and protected species as a part of it, regardless of whether they are phytocenotically significant, or grow singularly within the community.

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PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE FLORA AND VEGETATION OF MT PARNITHA (ATTICA, GREECE)

Edinburgh Journal of Botany ◽

10.1017/s096042860700087x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 185-207 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

E. Aplada ◽

Th Georgiadis ◽

A. Tiniakou ◽

M. Theocharopoulos

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Habitat Types ◽

Ecological Evaluation ◽

Vascular Flora ◽

Central Greece ◽

Vegetation Zones ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time

AbstractMt Parnitha is located in Sterea Ellas (Central Greece) and is the highest mountain in the vicinity of Athens. Its wild vascular flora comprises 1096 taxa belonging to 90 families, of which 122 taxa and four families are reported here for the first time. The endemic element comprises 92 Greek, 42 Balkan and 18 Italian–Balkan–Anatolian taxa. Four Greek and three Balkan endemics are new records for the mountain. The predominance of the Mediterranean element (63.6%) and the therophytes (37.6%) underlines the Mediterranean character of the mountain's flora. The endemic elements of Mt Parnitha are presented, their protection status is mentioned and the phytogeographical affinity with neighbouring mountains is examined. Three vegetation zones and 17 habitat types within them have been identified, and those facing threats are indicated. Although the mountain is a National Park, several factors influence its flora and vegetation, the most important being its proximity to Athens.

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Sympatry between species of Juliomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) along an altitudinal gradient in the Serra da Bocaina National Park

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2020-0958 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Ana Cláudia Delciellos ◽

Marcia Aguieiras ◽

Gabriela Colombo de Mendonça ◽

Ana Carolina Loss ◽

Oscar Rocha-Barbosa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Spatial Patterns ◽

National Park ◽

Altitudinal Gradient ◽

New Records ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Congeneric Species ◽

Species Occurrence ◽

Previous Record ◽

Temporal Factors ◽

First Time

Abstract The altitudinal gradient found in the Atlantic Forest may play a role in establishing sympatry areas between congeneric species of sigmodontine rodents. For some genera with cryptic species, the elucidation of spatial patterns of distribution may be useful to understand reproductive isolation and speciation patterns, as well as spatial and temporal factors determining the boundaries of species’ geographical distributions. Here we evaluated the occurrence of sympatry between Juliomys species along an altitudinal gradient in the Serra da Bocaina National Park (SBNP). Additionally, we review the occurrence of J. rimofrons and add new records of species occurrence in the SBNP, aided by karyological and molecular data. The study was carried out at four sites in the SBNP, which ranged between 770 and 1,200 m a.s.l. We captured 24 Juliomys specimens. Six out of 24 specimens were collected and karyotyped. For J. pictipes, the karyotype had a 2n of 36 and a FN of 34, and for J. ossitenuis 2n of 20 and FN of 36. Seventeen out of 24 Juliomys specimens were used in the cytochrome b phylogeny: 12 specimens grouped with J. pictipes and five with J. ossitenuis. Additionally, a specimen previously identified as J. rimofrons (MN 77793) clustered together with J. pictipes. Juliomys pictipes and J. ossitenuis were found in sympatry in two out of four sites in altitudes higher than 1,000 m a.s.l.. Our karyological and molecular data provided the detection of two Juliomys species in the SBNP for the first time (J. pictipes and J. ossitenuis) and disregarded the previous record of J. rimofrons. Our record of sympatry between J. pictipes and J. ossitenuis represents the fifth known record of sympatry between these species up to date.

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MACROALGAS DEL BANCO DE LAS ANIMAS Y NUEVOS REGISTROS PARA EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research ◽

10.25268/bimc.invemar.1995.24.0.383 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

Author(s):

Germán Bula Meyer ◽

Guillermo Díaz Pulido

Keyword(s):

Coral Reefs ◽

Green Alga ◽

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Herbivorous Fishes ◽

Macroalgal Species ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The One ◽

First Time

Forty nine macroalgal species (7 Chlorophyta, 4 Phaeophyta and 38 Rhodophyta) are reported for the first time for the Banco de las Animas, at the southwest of Santa Marta City (Salamanca Gulf, Colombia). The collections were made between 20 and 30 m depth. The green alga Halimeda gracilis Harvey ex J. Agardh and the red ones Corynomorpha clavata (Harvey) J. Agardh, Cryptonemia sp., Acrothamnion butleriae (Collins) Kylin, Antithamnion ogdeniae Abbott, Antithamnionella breviramosa (Dawson) Wollaston in Womersley and Bailey, Hypoglossum simulans Wynne, Price et Ballantine and H. subsimplex Wynne, are new records for the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Thefloristiccompositionof thebankhasasimilarityof 81 % with the one present at the same depths in the Tairona Natural National Park. Due to this characteristic and to the exuberance of certain species, the Banco de las Animas is considered a refuge, in which these plants avoid the herbivorous fishes and urchins of the shallow rock-coral reefs.

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