scholarly journals Muilla lordsburgana (Asparagaceae: Brodiaeoideae), a new species found north of Lordsburg, southwestern New Mexico

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Flowering Period ◽  
Erodium Cicutarium ◽  
Winter Annual ◽  
A New Species

Muilla lordsburgana P.J.Alexander sp. nov. is described from eastern Lordsburg Mesa in the northwestern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert, southwestern New Mexico. It is very similar to Muilla coronata, a species known in the Mojave Desert of California and a small area of adjacent Nevada. Compared to Muilla coronata, the style and stigma combined are longer, the anthers are longer, the fruits are larger, and the seeds are larger. It has a short flowering period in March, and is difficult or impossible to find at other times of the year. It is narrowly distributed, limited to a band of deep, coarse, sandy soils derived primarily from granite. Several species that are otherwise uncommon in the area also occur in this habitat, including Logfia depressa, Pectocarya platycarpa, and Plagiobothrys arizonicus. Invasive species, especially Erodium cicutarium in the winter annual flora, are generally dominant. Muilla lordsburgana has probably been overlooked until now because it is not easy to observe and occurs in habitats that are not attractive to botanists.

scholarly journals Muilla lordsburgana (Asparagaceae: Brodiaeoideae), a new species found north of Lordsburg, southwestern New Mexico

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Flowering Period ◽  
Erodium Cicutarium ◽  
Winter Annual ◽  
A New Species

AbstractMuilla lordsburgana P.J.Alexander sp. nov. is described from eastern Lordsburg Mesa in the northwestern fringe of the Chihuahuan Desert, southwestern New Mexico. It is very similar to Muilla coronata, a species known in the Mojave Desert of California and a small area of adjacent Nevada. Compared to Muilla coronata, the style and stigma combined are longer, the anthers are longer, the fruits are larger, and the seeds are larger. It has a short flowering period in March, and is difficult or impossible to find at other times of the year. It is narrowly distributed, limited to a band of deep, coarse, sandy soils derived primarily from granite. Several species that are otherwise uncommon in the area also occur in this habitat, including Logfia depressa, Pectocarya platycarpa, and Plagiobothrys arizonicus. Invasive species, especially Erodium cicutarium in the winter annual flora, are generally dominant. Muilla lordsburgana has probably been overlooked until now because it is not easy to observe and occurs in habitats that are not attractive to botanists.

scholarly journals Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden. (Apiaceae) - a new invasive species in the flora of Serbia

2017 ◽  
pp. 215-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verica Stojanovic ◽  
Suzana Petrovic ◽  
Jasminka Kovacevic ◽  
Danilo Stojanovic ◽  
Ivana Bjedov
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
New Species ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Left Bank ◽  
Flowering Period ◽  
Invasive Plant Species ◽  
Crucial Importance ◽  
Heracleum Sosnowskyi ◽  
A New Species

As invasive species are some of the most important drivers of global change in biodiversity and ecosystem services, early detection of invasive species and the ability to track their spreading are of crucial importance. One of the most dangerous invasive plant species in Europe, Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden. H. sosnowskyi, is recorded as a new species in the flora of Serbia. It was found in June 2016 in the area of Belgrade on the left bank of the Danube, near Kovilovo. is Data concerning its morphology, habitat characteristics, flowering period and population size in Serbia are presented in this paper.

scholarly journals A new species of Metacyclops Kiefer, 1927 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae) from the Chihuahuan desert, northern Mexico

ZooKeys ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 287 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Mercado-Salas ◽  
Eduardo Suarez-Morales ◽  
Alejandro Maeda-Martínez ◽  
Marcelo Silva-Briano
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
A New Species

Habitat requirements and distribution of Engaeus cisternarius and three subspecies of Parastacoides tasmanicus (Decapoda : Parastacidae), burrowing crayfish from an area of south-western Tasmania

1980 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 475 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMM Richardson ◽  
R Swain
Keyword(s):  
Small Area ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Habitat Requirements ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Extensive Survey ◽  
South West ◽  
Waterlogged Soils

During an extensive survey of the crayfish fauna of the lower catchments of the Gordon River, south-western Tasmania. two species of crayfish were collected: Engaeus cisternarius and three subspecies of Parastacoides tasmanicus (P. t. tasmanicus, P. t. inermis and P. t. insignis). From this survey and an intensive study in a small area of the Olga River valley, distinct habitat preferences of each of the forms were recognized. E. cisteinavius was restricted to the areas north and west of the Gordon River where it was found only in clay and sandy soils under rainforest. P. t. tasmanicus was found in waterlogged soils, peats and sands on valley floors covered either with wet sedgeland or rainforest. P. t. inermis was found in two disjunct habitats: well- drained slopes and hillsides covered in heath vegetation. and under rocks in small creeks in rainforests. P. t. insignis occupied an intermediate habitat between P. t. tasmanicus and the non-creek dwelling, P. t. inermis, but was restricted geographically to the extreme south-west of the study area. The taxonomic status of the P. tasmanicus subspecies is discussed.

Centaurea francoi, a replacement name for Centaurea crocata (Asteraceae), an endemic species from continental Portugal

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 344 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
ESTRELA FIGUEIREDO ◽  
GIDEON F. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
A New Species

Centaurea crocata Franco (1984: 474, 572) is the name currently used for a species of Asteraceae that is endemic to a small area in the southwest of Portugal, extending from Monchique (Algarve) to Cercal (Baixo Alentejo). The plant was first collected by Friedrich Welwitsch in 1847, in Monchique, during his residence (1847–1848) in the province of Algarve (Trimen 1873: 3). The following year he collected it again but further north, in Baixo Alentejo. Welwitsch regarded it as a new species and informally named it ‘Centaurea crocea’, as is apparent from the name written on his specimens of this species that are held in LISU (Garcia Jacas & Susanna 1991). However, he never published this name. Later authors working on the flora of Portugal, such as Sampaio (1909: 60, 1947: 597) and Coutinho (1913: 657, 1939: 776) misidentified Welwitsch’s and other collectors’ material as C. prolongoi Boissier ex Candolle (1838: 303, originally published as ‘prolongi’, corrected to ‘prolongoi’ as it commemorates the Spanish botanist Pablo Prolongo y Garcia). It was only much later that Franco (1984), in the second volume of his Flora of Portugal, concurred with Welwitsch’s view that the material belonged to a separate species and described it as C. crocata, using an epithet similar to that of Welwitsch’s unpublished name. Both epithets ‘crocata’ and ‘crocea’ originate from Latin and mean saffron-coloured. Saffron is a product of a species of the genus Crocus Linnaeus (1753: 36), a name with the same origin.

scholarly journals What’s for Dinner? Assessing the Value of an Edible Invasive Species and Outreach Actions to Promote Its Consumption

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inês Cerveira ◽  
Vânia Baptista ◽  
Maria Alexandra Teodósio ◽  
Pedro Morais
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Aquatic Invasive Species ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Invasive Fish ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
Cynoscion Regalis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Native Resources ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Promoting the consumption of edible aquatic invasive species has gained popularity to minimize its impacts while easing pressure on native resources. Weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) is one of the most recent invasive fish species in the Iberian Peninsula (Europe) which once sustained an important fishery in the native range (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). Portugal ranks third in the list of the world’s top fish consumers, so promoting a weakfish fishery could at least help minimize the impacts upon native species, since weakfish have innate traits that are likely appreciated by Portuguese fish consumers. However, introducing a new species to consumers is challenging owing to consumers’ habits and unfamiliarity with the species. So, we aimed to (i) evaluate the acceptance of weakfish by a panel of Portuguese fish consumers and (ii) create outreach actions – partnerships with local Chefs and press releases – to explain to a broader public what invasive species are and promote the consumption of edible aquatic invasive species. The survey that we conducted to Portuguese fish consumers showed that weakfish has great chances of being well accepted by the public – 90% of consumers would buy weakfish because they appreciated its appearance, flavour, and texture, besides being a wild fish. The outreach actions reached a few million people because 46 online articles were published, and three news pieces broadcasted on national television. Overall, our strategy greatly increased the public’s awareness about invasive species, which can be replicated elsewhere in the world.

A New Species of Astragalus (Fabaceae) from Southeastern New Mexico

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Paul J. Knight ◽  
Anne C. Cully
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
A New Species

A new, critically endangered species of Aiphanes (Arecaceae) from Colombia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 298 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
RODRIGO BERNAL ◽  
SAÚL E. HOYOS-GÓMEZ ◽  
FINN BORCHSENIUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Hydroelectric Plant ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
A New Species

Aiphanes argos is a new species of palm segregated from Aiphanes parvifolia, which is now recognized to be a species complex. Aiphanes argos is one of the few rheophytic members of the palm family, and is endemic to a small area in the Samaná Norte River canyon in Antioquia, Colombia, where it is critically endangered because its populations are threatened by the damming of the river for a hydroelectric plant. The epiteth argos is the name of the conglomerate that intends to build the dam, and is given to the palm as a plea for the conservation of the Samaná Norte River canyon.

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