P. Brandon Matheny, Renée Lebeuf, Marisol Sánchez-García, Mary G. Graddy, Steven A. Trudell, Michal G. Wood, Else C. Vellinga
Botany, Volume 102, Issue 9, Page 355-365, September 2024. Four new species of Albomagister, a genus of Tricholomataceae in the order Agaricales, are described and illustrated from eastern North America. All four are relatively rare or geographically restricted but two have a broad geographical distribution occurring in southeast Canada and in the southern Appalachians. This study increases the number of known species in the genus from three to seven, five of which occur in eastern North America. A broad concept for the genus is discussed. Illustrations and descriptions of the North American taxa are presented, along with a taxonomic key to the known seven species in the genus worldwide.
{"title":"Four new species of Albomagister (Agaricales) from eastern North America","authors":"P. Brandon Matheny, Renée Lebeuf, Marisol Sánchez-García, Mary G. Graddy, Steven A. Trudell, Michal G. Wood, Else C. Vellinga","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2024-0058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2024-0058","url":null,"abstract":"Botany, Volume 102, Issue 9, Page 355-365, September 2024. <br/> Four new species of Albomagister, a genus of Tricholomataceae in the order Agaricales, are described and illustrated from eastern North America. All four are relatively rare or geographically restricted but two have a broad geographical distribution occurring in southeast Canada and in the southern Appalachians. This study increases the number of known species in the genus from three to seven, five of which occur in eastern North America. A broad concept for the genus is discussed. Illustrations and descriptions of the North American taxa are presented, along with a taxonomic key to the known seven species in the genus worldwide.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142215471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Kotsopoulos, Katie Turnbull, Chris Cormack, Lyndsay A. Cartwright, Sue M. Hayes, Brian Ford, Rivka Shachak, Autumn Watkinson
Botany, Ahead of Print. Across Ontario, Canada, there are over 30 000 km of transmission line corridors. With proper planning and ongoing maintenance and monitoring, these corridors have the potential to be transformed into native meadow, offering vital pathways connecting natural heritage systems and supporting wildlife movement, while promoting biodiversity, natural functions, and ecosystem health. In 2019, seeding trials were established in the Gatineau Hydro Corridor in east Toronto where a long-term meadow creation project (The Meadoway) is ongoing, to evaluate the effectiveness of herbicide treatment (glyphosate), sowing method, and sowing season on seeding success with the goal of informing site-specific meadow creation techniques. Seed mixes included a variety of native grasses and forbs and were dominated by copper savannah grass (Sorghastrum nutans), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and switch grass (Panicum virgatum). Overall, fall or winter seeding with herbicide led to the highest seeding success. There was no difference in the effectiveness of hand seeding or using the seed drill. The results of this work provide valuable insights into effective seeding techniques to improve seeding success and also highlight the benefits of in situ experimentation to inform meadow creation techniques.
{"title":"The Meadoway: native meadow creation in underutilized transmission line corridors","authors":"Sarah Kotsopoulos, Katie Turnbull, Chris Cormack, Lyndsay A. Cartwright, Sue M. Hayes, Brian Ford, Rivka Shachak, Autumn Watkinson","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2023-0157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2023-0157","url":null,"abstract":"Botany, Ahead of Print. <br/> Across Ontario, Canada, there are over 30 000 km of transmission line corridors. With proper planning and ongoing maintenance and monitoring, these corridors have the potential to be transformed into native meadow, offering vital pathways connecting natural heritage systems and supporting wildlife movement, while promoting biodiversity, natural functions, and ecosystem health. In 2019, seeding trials were established in the Gatineau Hydro Corridor in east Toronto where a long-term meadow creation project (The Meadoway) is ongoing, to evaluate the effectiveness of herbicide treatment (glyphosate), sowing method, and sowing season on seeding success with the goal of informing site-specific meadow creation techniques. Seed mixes included a variety of native grasses and forbs and were dominated by copper savannah grass (Sorghastrum nutans), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and switch grass (Panicum virgatum). Overall, fall or winter seeding with herbicide led to the highest seeding success. There was no difference in the effectiveness of hand seeding or using the seed drill. The results of this work provide valuable insights into effective seeding techniques to improve seeding success and also highlight the benefits of in situ experimentation to inform meadow creation techniques.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141948270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matías Joel Castellón, Andrés Tálamo, Flavia Mazzini, Ezequiel Medina, Griet An Erica Cuyckens
In the Neotropical cloud forests of northwest Argentina, cattle ranching has been historically the primary economic activity, with potential negative impacts on the ecosystem. Understanding factors influencing tree regeneration is crucial for reforestation efforts in grazed areas. Given the limited understanding of Parlatore's Podocarp (Podocarpus parlatorei Pilg.) regeneration ecology, a unique gymnosperm species in the Southern Yungas' Montane Forest, we evaluated the growth and survival of its saplings for one year after planting them both inside and outside an exclosure, and in association with or without unpalatable nurse plants. Inside the exclosure, sapling survival was 100%, regardless of nurse plants. However, outside the exclosure saplings associated with nurse plants had 19.5 times higher survival probability. Growth rates were higher inside the exclosure and for saplings associated with nurse plants. The positive effect of nurse plants on growth was similar inside and outside the exclosure. Cattle browsing and trampling on Parlatore's Podocarp were observed for the first time, highlighting a previously undocumented threat to the species. Our findings offer valuable insights for ecological restoration, potentially suggesting strategic sapling planting near unpalatable plants and considering cattle exclusion in key areas to enhance long-term restoration success in the Southern Yungas' Montane Forest.
{"title":"Do nurse plants and cattle exclusion help restore Parlatore’s Podocarp forest?","authors":"Matías Joel Castellón, Andrés Tálamo, Flavia Mazzini, Ezequiel Medina, Griet An Erica Cuyckens","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2024-0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2024-0031","url":null,"abstract":"In the Neotropical cloud forests of northwest Argentina, cattle ranching has been historically the primary economic activity, with potential negative impacts on the ecosystem. Understanding factors influencing tree regeneration is crucial for reforestation efforts in grazed areas. Given the limited understanding of Parlatore's Podocarp (Podocarpus parlatorei Pilg.) regeneration ecology, a unique gymnosperm species in the Southern Yungas' Montane Forest, we evaluated the growth and survival of its saplings for one year after planting them both inside and outside an exclosure, and in association with or without unpalatable nurse plants. Inside the exclosure, sapling survival was 100%, regardless of nurse plants. However, outside the exclosure saplings associated with nurse plants had 19.5 times higher survival probability. Growth rates were higher inside the exclosure and for saplings associated with nurse plants. The positive effect of nurse plants on growth was similar inside and outside the exclosure. Cattle browsing and trampling on Parlatore's Podocarp were observed for the first time, highlighting a previously undocumented threat to the species. Our findings offer valuable insights for ecological restoration, potentially suggesting strategic sapling planting near unpalatable plants and considering cattle exclusion in key areas to enhance long-term restoration success in the Southern Yungas' Montane Forest.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141820871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nick A. Antonishyn, Jeffrey G. Duckett, Neil W. Ashton
Botany, Ahead of Print. Light-grown, whole gametophytic colonies of Physcomitrium (formerly Physcomitrella) patens (Hedw.) Mitt. exhibit a spiral morphology resulting from the strongly coordinated curvature of the population of peripheral caulonemal filaments. The direction of curvature is predominantly clockwise when cultures are illuminated from above and anticlockwise when illuminated from below. In P. patens, side branch initials (SBIs) emerge from caulonemal subapical cells on the outside of the curve. By contrast, the curvature of caulonemata of Funaria hygrometrica is predominantly anticlockwise when colonies are illuminated from above and clockwise when illuminated from below. In F. hygrometrica, SBIs emerge from caulonemal subapical cells on the inside of the curve. We have discounted a role for gravity in these phenomena and discuss several other possible mechanistic explanations. We also document for the first time thigmotropism of protonemata of P. patens.
植物学》，印刷前。 Physcomitrium（原名 Physcomitrella）patens (Hedw.) Mitt.在光照下生长的整个配子体菌落呈现出螺旋状形态，这是由于外围茎丝群体强烈协调弯曲造成的。从上方照射培养物时，弯曲方向主要是顺时针方向，从下方照射时则是逆时针方向。在 P. patens 中，侧枝初始（SBI）出现在曲线外侧的茎基部近顶端细胞中。相比之下，从上方照射菌落时，Funaria hygrometrica 的茎基部主要呈逆时针方向弯曲，而从下方照射时则呈顺时针方向弯曲。在 F. hygrometrica 中，SBI 从位于曲线内侧的茎基部顶下细胞中出现。我们否定了重力在这些现象中的作用，并讨论了其他几种可能的机理解释。此外，我们还首次记录了荷兰鼠李原生质体的thigmotropism。
{"title":"Observations on the curvature of Physcomitrium patens (Hedw.) Mitt. and Funaria hygrometrica (Hedw.) caulonemal filaments","authors":"Nick A. Antonishyn, Jeffrey G. Duckett, Neil W. Ashton","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2024-0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2024-0028","url":null,"abstract":"Botany, Ahead of Print. <br/> Light-grown, whole gametophytic colonies of Physcomitrium (formerly Physcomitrella) patens (Hedw.) Mitt. exhibit a spiral morphology resulting from the strongly coordinated curvature of the population of peripheral caulonemal filaments. The direction of curvature is predominantly clockwise when cultures are illuminated from above and anticlockwise when illuminated from below. In P. patens, side branch initials (SBIs) emerge from caulonemal subapical cells on the outside of the curve. By contrast, the curvature of caulonemata of Funaria hygrometrica is predominantly anticlockwise when colonies are illuminated from above and clockwise when illuminated from below. In F. hygrometrica, SBIs emerge from caulonemal subapical cells on the inside of the curve. We have discounted a role for gravity in these phenomena and discuss several other possible mechanistic explanations. We also document for the first time thigmotropism of protonemata of P. patens.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142215472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vito Emanuele Cambria, Carlo Fratarcangeli, Giuliano Fanelli, Virginia Chiara Cuccaro, Ilaria Panero, Michele De Sanctis, Luca Malatesta, Fabio Attorre
Botany, Ahead of Print. The Miyawaki method, developed by Akira Miyawaki, restores natural forests by planting diverse native species in compact spaces, rapidly creating compact, resilient ecosystems. Initially successful in Japan, its global application bloomed but remains rare in Mediterranean urban areas despite benefits like biodiversity enhancement and climate change mitigation. This method's effectiveness in Mediterranean climates, which face unique challenges like urban heat islands and biodiversity loss, is underexplored in literature and practice. We are leading a project in Italy to identify optimal plant assemblages, addressing the method's documentation gap in urban settings. It explores the potential of Tiny Forests to provide ecosystem services and improve urban liveability against climatic extremes. This note paper details the methodological steps undertaken in this experimental application, offering a tailored approach to test the method's adaptability and impact in Mediterranean urban environments, suggesting a significant opportunity for urban greening and resilience.
{"title":"Testing the Miyawaki method in Mediterranean urban areas through a standardised experimental design","authors":"Vito Emanuele Cambria, Carlo Fratarcangeli, Giuliano Fanelli, Virginia Chiara Cuccaro, Ilaria Panero, Michele De Sanctis, Luca Malatesta, Fabio Attorre","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2024-0045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2024-0045","url":null,"abstract":"Botany, Ahead of Print. <br/> The Miyawaki method, developed by Akira Miyawaki, restores natural forests by planting diverse native species in compact spaces, rapidly creating compact, resilient ecosystems. Initially successful in Japan, its global application bloomed but remains rare in Mediterranean urban areas despite benefits like biodiversity enhancement and climate change mitigation. This method's effectiveness in Mediterranean climates, which face unique challenges like urban heat islands and biodiversity loss, is underexplored in literature and practice. We are leading a project in Italy to identify optimal plant assemblages, addressing the method's documentation gap in urban settings. It explores the potential of Tiny Forests to provide ecosystem services and improve urban liveability against climatic extremes. This note paper details the methodological steps undertaken in this experimental application, offering a tailored approach to test the method's adaptability and impact in Mediterranean urban environments, suggesting a significant opportunity for urban greening and resilience.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142215473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Braulio R. Pérez-Alva, Gema L. Galindo-Flores, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Arturo Estrada-Torres, Alejandro Flores-Manzanero, Guillermo A. Pérez-Flores, Bárbara Cruz-Salazar
Botany, Ahead of Print. In long-lived species, deforestation can modify the genetic diversity patterns of recent populations. The spatial-structure genetics of Pinus leiophylla Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. was investigated in adults and seedlings of remnant populations from central Mexico. Two chloroplast intergenic regions were sequenced of two cohorts (adults and seedlings) of 121 individuals of P. leiophylla from three localities. Higher genetic differentiation was found in adults (ФST = 0.09) than in seedlings (ФST = 0.03). The discriminant analysis of principal components detected four genetic clusters and the Mantel test found a weak but significant isolation by distance pattern (r2 = 0.05, p = 0.002). Sixteen percent of genetic variation was explained by the spatial component according to the genetic neighborhood analysis. And the effect of three landscape features, i.e., elevation, aspect (sine and cosine), and land use, explored with ResistanceGA, detected that land use significantly restricts gene flow between populations, mostly in the farming category. This study emphasizes the critical role of preserving forest cover to maintain connectivity among remnants of P. leiophylla. Insights of this study will contribute to the conservation of conifers in Mexican temperate forests, especially within landscapes heavily altered by human activities.
{"title":"Spatial genetic patterns of a long-lived tree species: the case of Pinus leiophylla in a human-altered landscape of central Mexico","authors":"Braulio R. Pérez-Alva, Gema L. Galindo-Flores, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Arturo Estrada-Torres, Alejandro Flores-Manzanero, Guillermo A. Pérez-Flores, Bárbara Cruz-Salazar","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2024-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2024-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Botany, Ahead of Print. <br/> In long-lived species, deforestation can modify the genetic diversity patterns of recent populations. The spatial-structure genetics of Pinus leiophylla Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. was investigated in adults and seedlings of remnant populations from central Mexico. Two chloroplast intergenic regions were sequenced of two cohorts (adults and seedlings) of 121 individuals of P. leiophylla from three localities. Higher genetic differentiation was found in adults (ФST = 0.09) than in seedlings (ФST = 0.03). The discriminant analysis of principal components detected four genetic clusters and the Mantel test found a weak but significant isolation by distance pattern (r2 = 0.05, p = 0.002). Sixteen percent of genetic variation was explained by the spatial component according to the genetic neighborhood analysis. And the effect of three landscape features, i.e., elevation, aspect (sine and cosine), and land use, explored with ResistanceGA, detected that land use significantly restricts gene flow between populations, mostly in the farming category. This study emphasizes the critical role of preserving forest cover to maintain connectivity among remnants of P. leiophylla. Insights of this study will contribute to the conservation of conifers in Mexican temperate forests, especially within landscapes heavily altered by human activities.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141503314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kimber E. Munford, William Humphrey, Patrick A. Levasseur, Peter Beckett, Shaun A. Watmough
Botany, Ahead of Print. Starting in the mid 1970’s, researchers, industry leaders, and residents collaborated on one of the world’s largest regreening programs in the industrial region of Sudbury, Canada. The Sudbury Regreening Recipe included the application of crushed dolomitic limestone, nitrogen–phosphorus–potassium fertilizers, grass–legume seed mixtures across 8200 ha, and subsequent tree planting across 25 000 ha of acidic metal-contaminated land. The current study evaluated shifts in understory vegetation diversity and soil geochemistry on a chronosequence of sites treated the same way between 1982 and 2012. Fifty-six plant species were identified across the 24 sites, only four of which were planted in the initial remediation effort. Key factors influencing plant community composition and diversity were related to shifts in soil properties over time: bulk density, LFH layer depth, and mineral soil horizon pH. Plant communities differed with stand age and rocky sites had significantly different plant communities and lower canopy cover than less rocky sites. Mineral soil horizon pH increased with age, reflecting the movement of applied dolomite in soil. Despite high concentrations of total copper and nickel in soil, plant succession patterns were generally similar to those in naturally recovering forests demonstrating the overall success of the restoration program.
{"title":"Effects of large-scale restoration on understory plant communities in an industrial landscape","authors":"Kimber E. Munford, William Humphrey, Patrick A. Levasseur, Peter Beckett, Shaun A. Watmough","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2024-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2024-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Botany, Ahead of Print. <br/> Starting in the mid 1970’s, researchers, industry leaders, and residents collaborated on one of the world’s largest regreening programs in the industrial region of Sudbury, Canada. The Sudbury Regreening Recipe included the application of crushed dolomitic limestone, nitrogen–phosphorus–potassium fertilizers, grass–legume seed mixtures across 8200 ha, and subsequent tree planting across 25 000 ha of acidic metal-contaminated land. The current study evaluated shifts in understory vegetation diversity and soil geochemistry on a chronosequence of sites treated the same way between 1982 and 2012. Fifty-six plant species were identified across the 24 sites, only four of which were planted in the initial remediation effort. Key factors influencing plant community composition and diversity were related to shifts in soil properties over time: bulk density, LFH layer depth, and mineral soil horizon pH. Plant communities differed with stand age and rocky sites had significantly different plant communities and lower canopy cover than less rocky sites. Mineral soil horizon pH increased with age, reflecting the movement of applied dolomite in soil. Despite high concentrations of total copper and nickel in soil, plant succession patterns were generally similar to those in naturally recovering forests demonstrating the overall success of the restoration program.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142215474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrus Voitk, I. Saar, Michael Burzynski, Gilles Corriol
Phylogenetic study of Arrhenia peltigerina revealed a complex of seven divergent clades. Type specimens of Agaricus peltigerinus and Omphalina cupulatoides fell into separate clades; the latter was recombined as Arrhenia cupulatoides. Four clades were described as new species: Arr. baltica, Arr. fennoscandica, Arr. mohniensis, and Arr. talpoides; the fifth, with only a single specimen, was left formally undescribed. These cryptic species are uncommon—more so in North America than Scandinavia—and collections are often misidentified. Spore measurements separated Arr. baltica from the others by its narrower spores; average measurements help separate some species a bit better than ranges. So far, Arr. peltigerina was found only in North America, Arr. mohniensis and Arr. talpoides in both Europe and North America, and the remainder only in Europe. The host species of Peltigera was Peltigera hymenina for Arr. cupulatoides, Peltigera rufescens for Arr. baltica, and varied for the others. All but one collection came from soil over calcareous bedrock. Small sample size does not permit assigning high confidence to noted interspecific differences; these await confirmation by greater experience from future study.
{"title":"The Arrhenia peltigerina complex—preliminary report","authors":"Andrus Voitk, I. Saar, Michael Burzynski, Gilles Corriol","doi":"10.1139/cjb-2023-0138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2023-0138","url":null,"abstract":"Phylogenetic study of Arrhenia peltigerina revealed a complex of seven divergent clades. Type specimens of Agaricus peltigerinus and Omphalina cupulatoides fell into separate clades; the latter was recombined as Arrhenia cupulatoides. Four clades were described as new species: Arr. baltica, Arr. fennoscandica, Arr. mohniensis, and Arr. talpoides; the fifth, with only a single specimen, was left formally undescribed. These cryptic species are uncommon—more so in North America than Scandinavia—and collections are often misidentified. Spore measurements separated Arr. baltica from the others by its narrower spores; average measurements help separate some species a bit better than ranges. So far, Arr. peltigerina was found only in North America, Arr. mohniensis and Arr. talpoides in both Europe and North America, and the remainder only in Europe. The host species of Peltigera was Peltigera hymenina for Arr. cupulatoides, Peltigera rufescens for Arr. baltica, and varied for the others. All but one collection came from soil over calcareous bedrock. Small sample size does not permit assigning high confidence to noted interspecific differences; these await confirmation by greater experience from future study.","PeriodicalId":9092,"journal":{"name":"Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141413288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
João Pedro Pena Bento, Jane Rodrigues da Silva, Fernando Belan dos Santos, Érika Amano, E. S. Dias
Ceiba is a genus of tree species with a predominantly neotropical distribution which, in general, are readily recognized in the landscape in the vegetative stage by their large trunk with prickles, commonly ventricose (swollen). Some Ceiba species have overlapping geographical distributions, such as C. speciosa and C. pubiflora. These species have quite uniform vegetative features, making it difficult to differentiate them when they are not in flowering. Here, we examined the leaflets anatomical features of the two species in order to distinguish them while in the vegetative phase. Fully expanded leaves were collected, fixed, embedded in paraffin and cross-sections were made from the leaflets midvein, margin and intercostal region. Ceiba speciosa has hypostomatic leaflets, with continuous biseriate epidermis along the adaxial face, rectilinear margin with a vascular bundle at the end of the margin while Ceiba pubiflora has amphistomatic leaflets, with interrupted biseriate epidermis along the adaxial face and curved margin on the abaxial face. These taxonomically important anatomical features of C. speciosa and C. pubiflora leaflets have provided additional characters good for distinguishing the species especially when they are in the vegetative phase; and therefore updates the existing accounts of the characters useful for the taxonomy of Malvaceae.
Ceiba属的树种主要分布在新热带地区，一般来说，这些树种在无性繁殖阶段的景观中很容易辨认，因为它们的树干很大，带皮刺，通常呈文卷状（膨胀状）。有些 Ceiba 树种的地理分布有重叠，如 C. speciosa 和 C. pubiflora。这些物种的植株特征非常一致，因此在不开花时很难区分它们。在此，我们研究了这两个物种的小叶解剖特征，以区分处于无性期的它们。我们采集了完全展开的叶片，将其固定并嵌入石蜡中，然后对小叶的中脉、边缘和肋间区域进行横切。Ceiba speciosa 的小叶具有下表皮，沿正面有连续的双列表皮，边缘呈直线，边缘末端有维管束；而 Ceiba pubiflora 的小叶具有双表皮，沿正面有间断的双列表皮，背面有弯曲的边缘。C.speciosa和C. pubiflora小叶在分类学上的这些重要解剖特征为区分物种提供了额外的特征，尤其是当它们处于无性阶段时；因此更新了现有的对锦葵科植物分类有用的特征描述。
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