scholarly journals New taxa to the flora of Madeira archipelago islands (Portugal)

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. e78245
Author(s):  
Roberto Jardim ◽  
Miguel Menezes de Sequeira
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Madeira Island ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
Native Status

73 new references for 72 taxa of vascular plant are here reported for the Madeira archipelago. 55 not previously recorded for Desertas Islands, 12 to Porto Santo Island and 6 for Madeira Island. Of the 72 taxa, 28 are xenophytes, and 10 are new taxa to the flora of the archipelago (of these 9 are xenophytes). Their native status, taxonomy and distribution are briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Round-fruited St. John’s-wort (Hypericum sphaerocarpum, Hypericaceae) in Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 132 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-393
Author(s):  
Michael J. Oldham ◽  
William D. Van Hemessen ◽  
Sean Blaney
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Native Flora ◽  
St John’S Wort ◽  
St John's Wort ◽  
Native North American ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Herbaceous Perennial ◽  
Native Status

Round-fruited St. John’s-wort (Hypericum sphaerocarpum), a native North American herbaceous, perennial vascular plant, is reported from four sites in southern Ontario, Canada. All four sites are along abandoned railway lines. Although the rich association of native flora suggests native status at one site, H. sphaerocarpum is believed to be introduced elsewhere in its Canadian range in Ontario.

New taxa and nomenclatural changes with respect to Vascular Plants of British Columbia: A Descriptive Resource Inventory

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-195
Author(s):  
Roy L. Taylor ◽  
Bruce MacBryde
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Resource Inventory

A number of nomenclatural changes were required for the presentation of the descriptive resource inventory of vascular plants of British Columbia. Documentation and discussion of these changes are presented. Additional notes and discussion are provided for some taxa presenting unusual problems in the British Columbia vascular plant flora, and several new taxa are described.

A new endemic Synagapetus species (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae) from Madeira Island (Portugal)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4286 (2) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
LUIS MARTÍN ◽  
JESÚS MARTÍNEZ ◽  
DORA AGUÍN-POMBO ◽  
MARCOS A. GONZÁLEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Madeira Island ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
Long Time ◽  
A New Species

Eighteen to twenty years ago (1997–1999), the “Laurisilva project” collected many caddisflies systematically and intensively from springs and streams in the laurel forests in the Madeira Archipelago. The Trichoptera fauna of Madeira has been well known for a long time, but unexpectedly this collection included a series of specimens belonging to a new species, which is described here as Synagapetus laurisilvanicus n. sp. This new species is related to the Madeiran endemic Synagapetus punctatus (Hagen 1859), but these two species are readily distinguished by their wing venation and several genital characters, especially by the morphology of the inferior appendages and the aedeagus. 

The fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Madeira archipelago with the description of a new Oedosphenella Frey

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4810 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-575
Author(s):  
ANDREIA PENADO ◽  
JOHN SMIT ◽  
ANTÓNIO FRANQUINHO AGUIAR ◽  
DÉLIA CRAVO ◽  
CARLA REGO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Fruit Flies ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Madeira Island ◽  
Comparative Morphological Analysis ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Distribution

A checklist of the tephritid fauna (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Madeira archipelago is presented, including 17 known species and new distribution records for Porto Santo and Desertas Islands. An identification key to Madeira Tephritidae species with detailed illustrations is also provided. A new species of Oedosphenella Frey 1936, discovered in Madeira Island in 2004, is described as Oedosphenella bob sp. n. This genus is redefined and a key to the known species is provided. Comparative morphological analysis revealed that Bevismyia basuto Munro 1957 from Malawi should be included in the genus Oedosphenella. Therefore, we consider the genus name Oedosphenella Frey 1936 to be a senior synonym of Bevismyia Munro 1957 syn.n.  

scholarly journals New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Madeira Island

Acarologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-240
Author(s):  
Serge Kreiter ◽  
Martial Douin ◽  
Marie Stephane Tixier
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
New Records ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Phytoseiid Mites ◽  
Madeira Island ◽  
The North ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
South Portugal ◽  
Mite Family

Madeira is the largest of the four islands constituting Madeira Archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is located at 400 km from the Northern Canary Islands, at 500 km from Morocco and between 900 and 1000 km from South Portugal and Spain. So far, nineteen species of the mite family Phytoseiidae had been reported from this island. We report in this paper the results of a survey conducted in May 2019 in Madeira Island, in which 15 species have been found, six being new for the Island fauna.

scholarly journals Diatom diversity and distribution in Madeira Island streams (Portugal)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina Ritter ◽  
Pedro Raposeiro ◽  
Vítor Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Diatom Species ◽  
Diatom Assemblages ◽  
Field Campaign ◽  
Madeira Island ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
Freshwater Diatoms ◽  
Freshwater Diatom

Here, we present the data obtained from the samples collected in a field campaign during the spring of 2015 which aims for a better understanding of the diversity and distribution patterns of freshwater diatoms in Madeira Island. Following European and Portuguese standards and recommendations for routine diatom sampling and analysis, we collected samples in 40 sites, distributed in 27 permanent streams and identified the diatom species present, using general diatom floras and studies in Portuguese freshwater diatoms. Little is known about the diversity and distribution of freshwater diatom assemblages from Madeira Archipelago. This study reports a survey in 40 sites in Madeira Island distributed in 27 permanent streams. A total of 965 diatom (Bacillariophyta) occurrences were recorded, belonging to 130 different taxa from 44 genera and 27 families. The families with the highest number of occurrences were Bacillariaceae (176), Achnanthidiaceae (135) and Naviculaceae (133). The two diatom endemisms, described previously in Madeira Island (Lange-Bertalot 1993), Nitzschia macaronesica Lange-Bertalot and Navicula madeirensis Lange-Bertalot, were only observed in a small number of sites, located mostly at Laurissilva forest. Sixty species are new records, not only to Madeira Island, but also to the Madeira Archipelago.

scholarly journals Additions to the “Martian Flora”: new botanical records from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Sokoloff ◽  
David Murray ◽  
Samantha McBeth ◽  
Michael Irvine ◽  
Shannon Rupert
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Research Station ◽  
History Of ◽  
Desert Research

The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is a Mars-simulation campus set in a Martian planetary analogue in southern Utah. Despite a long history of astrobiology research, collections-based taxonomic inventories of the macro-level biodiversity around the station are relatively new. This study serves to add to the initial vascular plant list published for the station in 2016, where 39 species were recorded for MDRS. Here we report 40 new species, two new taxa recorded only to genus and two species re-identified from our 2016 fieldwork, bringing the total number of taxa in the "Martian" flora to 79 species and two taxa recorded to genus.

scholarly journals Aquatic Hyphomycetes from streams on Madeira Island (Portugal)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Raposeiro ◽  
Hélder Faustino ◽  
Verónica Ferreira ◽  
Vítor Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Aquatic Hyphomycetes ◽  
Heterogeneous Group ◽  
Madeira Island ◽  
Worldwide Distribution ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
Biogeographic Region ◽  
Forest Streams ◽  
First Time ◽  
Flowing Well

Aquatic hyphomycetes are a phylogenetically heterogeneous group of fungi living preferentially in fast flowing, well-aerated forest streams. These fungi have worldwide distribution, but with the exception of Articulospora tetracladia, no aquatic hyphomycete taxon was previously recorded on Madeira Island. Aquatic hyphomycetes were sampled from 40 sites, distributed by 27 permanent streams in 2015, to provide the distribution of aquatic hyphomycetes in Madeira Island streams. In this study, a total of 21 species of aquatic hyphomycetes were recorded belonging to three classes of Ascomycota. All taxa are new records for Madeira Archipelago, except Articulospora tetracladia and four are reported for the first time in Macaronesian biogeographic region.

Characterization and evolution of spearfishing in Madeira archipelago, Eastern Atlantic

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Roi Martínez-Escauriaza ◽  
Claudio Vieira ◽  
Lídia Gouveia ◽  
Nuno Gouveia ◽  
Margarida Hermida
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Teleost Fishes ◽  
The North ◽  
Southeast Coast ◽  
Madeira Archipelago ◽  
First Time

Data obtained from licenses of spearfishers and surveys conducted in 2004 and 2017 allowed for the analysis, for the first time, of the practice of spearfishing in the Madeira archipelago. Only a small percentage of the population practices spearfishing, mostly local young men. Most of them practice the activity with a partner throughout most of the year and along most of the island's coastal areas, although preferentially along the North and Southeast coast. Results show how, in recent years, despite the population of spearfishers decreasing, the abundance in the annual catch potentially increased, probably due to the higher investment of time in this activity. It has been observed that many fishers complement their catches with manual collecting of invertebrates. Overall, 40 teleost fishes and also 4 crustaceans and 8 molluscs were identified. The most frequently captured fish species were parrotfish and white seabream, while limpets were the most collected invertebrates in both selected periods.

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