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{"title":"Bryophyte community composition is influenced by microhabitat and cover of vascular plants and lichens in New Zealand montane forest","authors":"Wendy Kentjens, David Glenny, Timothy J. Curran, Jon J. Sullivan","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2284205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2284205","url":null,"abstract":"Bryophytes are important to terrestrial ecosystems, as they build soil and improve habitats for vascular plants. We investigated the influence of substrate pH, light, and cover of lichens and vascu...","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"61 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513388","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}

{"title":"Additions to the Xylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes) Fungal Flora from Northern Thailand: Amphisphaeria chiangmaiensis sp. nov. and A. hydei sp. nov.","authors":"Milan C. Samarakoon","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2284420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2284420","url":null,"abstract":"During the continuous investigation into inconspicuous xylarialean species in northern Thailand, two amphisphaeria-like taxa were found in samples collected between July and October 2022. Both taxa...","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138542896","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}

{"title":"Status of forest remnants invaded by tradescantia (Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.) following introduction of biocontrol beetles and manual clearance after three years","authors":"Beverley R. Clarkson, Vanessa M. Cave, Scott Bartlam, Corinne H. Watts, Danny Thornburrow, Quentin Paynter","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2279297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2279297","url":null,"abstract":"We compared biocontrol beetles and manual clearing of tradescantia in forest remnants invaded by tradescantia (Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.) on the agriculturally modified Hikurangi floodplain, n...","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"28 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138513290","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}

{"title":"Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: the status of four varietal names in <i>Brachyglottis</i> (Asteraceae), <i>Corokia</i> (Argophyllaceae), <i>Mida</i> (Nanodeaceae) and <i>Teucridium</i> (Labiatae)","authors":"Peter B. Heenan","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2276282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2276282","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTTaxonomic names at the rank of variety are often poorly understood and may be misapplied as their taxonomic circumscriptions can be inadequate. These names often fall out of favour or are neglected until they are eventually abandoned, but uncertainty can remain as to their taxonomic or nomenclatural status. While many variety names persist in the New Zealand flora literature and databases, unlike naming a new taxon there are no formal rules or guidelines for not accepting a name and placing it in synonymy. The taxonomic recognition of four varietal names accepted in the Flora of New Zealand Volume 1 (Allan Citation1961) are assessed against the species to which they are assigned to determine if they warrant continued recognition. These varietal names are Brachyglottis bidwillii var. viridis (Kirk) B.Nord. (Asteraceae), Corokia buddleioides var. linearis Cheeseman (Argophyllaceae), Mida salicifolia var. myrtifolia (A.Cunn.) Allan (Nanodeaceae) and Teucridium parvifolium var. luxurians Cheeseman (Labiatae). For each of these taxa, and the species to which they were assigned, the key characters circumscribing them were analysed. Each of the four varieties are not significantly different from the species to which they have been assigned and are therefore treated as synonyms. While the means of the type species and variety are different, this is not surprising as typically the variety is named for plants that have particularly wide or narrow leaves that mostly occur in a particular part of the range of phenotypic variation. Scatter plots confirm the leaf variation is continuous with no discrete groups. Discriminant analyses demonstrate that specimens were correctly named in only a relatively low percentage of cases, suggesting the measurement ranges are insufficient for reliable recognition and indicative of overlap between the two taxa. Accepted names are listed and a full synonymy is provided, including where necessary the typification of names.KEYWORDS: Brachyglottis bidwillii var. viridisCorokia buddleioides var. linearisMida salicifolia var. myrtifoliaNew Zealand floranomenclaturesynonymtaxonomyTeucridium parvifolium var. luxuriansTeucrium AcknowledgementsI thank the Curators at Auckland War Memorial Museum (AK) and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (WELT) for access to the collections; and Kerry Ford for comments on the draft manuscript. This research was supported by Strategic Science Investment Funding (SSIF) for Crown Research Institutes from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Science and Innovation Group.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"40 17","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136282054","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}

{"title":"The <i>Erysiphe alphitoides</i> complex (powdery mildews) – unravelling the phylogeny and taxonomy of an intricate assemblage of species","authors":"Michael Bradshaw, Uwe Braun, Susumu Takamatsu, Márk Z. Németh, Diána Seress, Donald H. Pfister","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2276913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2276913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136352030","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}

{"title":"Naturalisation of the tree of love <i>Aichryson laxum</i> (Crassulaceae) and its implications for biosecurity surveillance in New Zealand","authors":"Leon Perrie, Lara Shepherd","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2279296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2279296","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTAichryson laxum is documented as newly naturalised in Aotearoa New Zealand. Although tree of love is its colloquial name, it is a small, succulent herb in the Crassulaceae, and is indigenous to the Canary Islands. It has been cultivated in New Zealand for at least several decades. The species has recently been collected wild at multiple sites around Wellington, with collections also from Napier and near Ōtaki Forks, and an additional report of wild plants from Christchurch. Despite its small size, A. laxum can grow densely, adding to the weeds smothering surfaces and displacing indigenous species from habitats such as open, rocky banks. Within Wellington, A. laxum was first noticed to be growing wild in 2019, but it has now been found to be established at multiple sites throughout the city. Either it is spreading aggressively via its tiny, wind-dispersed seeds, or it has lain undetected for some time, even though it is a distinctive species among Wellington’s flora. Both scenarios are concerning, and A. laxum provides another example of the shortcomings of the nation’s current surveillance – recently described by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment as largely passive and serendipitous – for emerging weeds newly naturalising from the tens of thousands of exotic plant species cultivated in New Zealand.KEYWORDS: BiosecurityCanary IslandsMacaronesiasucculentssurveillanceweedsWellington AcknowledgementsWe thank Ines Schönberger (CHR, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research) and Ewen Cameron (AK, Auckland Museum) for checking the collections of their respective institutions; the users of iNaturalist, particularly Tim Park, Joe Dillon, and Chris Close, as well as Rebecca Turner for additional information about her iNaturalist observation of Aichryson laxum; Barry Sneddon for comments on a draft manuscript; and the reviewers for their constructive comments.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"80 20","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135037225","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}

{"title":"The fruit dispersion of <i>Adenostemma brasilianum</i> (Asteraceae) by birds: an experimental approach","authors":"Florencia Débora Dosil Hiriart, Liliana Katinas, Luciano Noel Segura","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2278622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2278622","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe pantropical genus Adenostemma (Asteraceae) includes mostly herbs which occur in wet forests and stream edges. They produce a large number of small fruits or cypselae, covered by glandular hairs and bearing a particular glandular pappus. These morphological characteristics of the fruits have been associated, but never tested, with dispersion by adhesion to birds’ feathers. We developed for the first time an experimental study to demonstrate the ability of the fruits of Adenostemma brasilianum (Pers.) Cass. to adhere to birds’ feathers. We performed three different experiments to test both the adherence and retention time of the fruits, with: 1) individual feathers, 2) taxidermied birds mounted in a life-like position, and 3) live captive birds. The fruits were effective in attaching to feather barbs under the three experiments and were able to remain attached for a period of time, supporting previous hypotheses that epiornithochory could be directly involved in the process of fruit dispersion. Our results are especially relevant in the understanding of biogeographic patterns in Adenostemma, given the importance of birds as fruit dispersion agents.KEYWORDS: Adenostemmadispersion by adhesionepiornithochoryEupatorieaepantropicalsticky fruits AcknowledgmentsWe thank R. Ramos, M. Grossi, E. Guerrero and T. Barea for helping us during field work, P. Altieri, M. Colombo, J. Crisci, and A. Jauregui for critical reading of the manuscript, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. We also thank K. Depot for carefully revising the English writing and Julio Milat from the Museo Ornitológico de Berisso for providing the taxidermied models to carry out the experiments. This study was conducted with research permits from the regional nature conservation authority (Res. 003/16; OPDS #17717, Dirección de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Buenos Aires province, Argentina) and complies with the current laws of the country in which it was performed. This paper is the Scientific Contribution N° 1239 of the Institute of Limnology “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet” (ILPLA, CCT-La Plata CONICET, UNLP). Authors are CONICET Research Fellows.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingPartial financial support was received from Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (PICT 2017–0965 and 2020–1529).","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"80 21","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135037224","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}

{"title":"New Zealand myxomycetes","authors":"Steven L. Stephenson","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2276942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2276942","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe myxomycetes (also called myxogastrids or plasmodial slime moulds) are a group of eumycetozoans long thought to be fungi because they produce somewhat similar (but structurally very different) fruiting bodies and occur in many of the same types of ecological situations. The first six species of myxomycetes were reported from New Zealand in 1855, but the specimens upon which these records were based had been collected more than a decade earlier. Since myxomycetes were long regarded as fungi, early records variably appeared on lists and in published works for the latter group of organisms. During the second half of the nineteenth century and the entire twentieth century, information on New Zealand myxomycetes has increased, with 1992 marking publication of first relatively complete checklist and the author’s first collecting trip to the country. All earlier records of myxomycetes were based on specimens that had developed in the field under natural conditions, but the checklist also included the first records based on specimens obtained from moist chamber cultures. A comprehensive and detailed monograph (entitled Myxomycetes of New Zealand and published by Fungal Diversity Press) of the approximately 185 species then known from New Zealand was published in 2003. A number of additional species have been added to this total during the past twenty years. Because myxomycetes remain unfamiliar organisms to most people, information is provided on their biology, their relatively complex life cycle, and ecological distribution in nature.KEYWORDS: Ecology; distribution; fruiting body; history; life cycle; moist chamber cultures; slime moulds AcknowledgementsI wish to thank all of the people who assisted in the collecting I carried out in New Zealand. Special appreciation is extended to my wife, who my constant companion on many of my visits to various regions of the country. Clive Shirley contributed some of the images used in this paper and Carlos Rojas prepared the map used for Figure 6.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingMy field work in New Zealand was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"6 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135391766","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}

{"title":"Sexual morph of <i>Allophoma tropica</i> and <i>Didymella coffeae-arabicae</i> ( <i>Didymellaceae</i> , <i>Pleosporales</i> , <i>Dothidiomycetes</i> ), including novel host records from leaf litter in Thailand","authors":"Nethmini P. Samaradiwakara, Antonio Roberto Gomes de Farias, Danushka S. Tennakoon, Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun, Kevin D. Hyde, Saisamorn Lumyong","doi":"10.1080/0028825x.2023.2272957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.2023.2272957","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTStudying the taxonomy, diversity and host preference of leaf litter inhabiting microfungi contributes towards elucidating hidden taxa, their host affinities and recovering novel life modes dwelling inside forest ecosystems. Leaf litter-inhabiting microfungi also play a crucial role in forest ecosystems through decomposition and nutrient recycling. This study resulted in the introduction of saprobic Didymellaceae microfungi from Doi Tung Forest Reserve, Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. Fungal isolates were characterised based on morphology and molecular phylogeny of the nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS, LSU) and protein-coding genes (tub2, rpb2). Allophoma tropica and Remotididymella ageratinae are recorded from dead leaves of Nayariophyton zizyphifolium (Malvaceae), and Didymella coffeae-arabicae from Dalbergia cultrata and Afzelia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). This study also reports the sexual morph of Allophoma tropica and Didymella coffeae-arabicae and provides molecular evidence for the first reports of sexual morphs from Thailand.KEYWORDS: Host preferencemulti-gene phylogenynew sexual recordPleosporalessaprobic fungitaxonomy AcknowledgementNethmini P. Samaradiwakara is grateful to Chiang Mai University Presidential Scholarship 2020. Authors would like to thank Chiang Mai University for their partial support in conducting the study. Kevin D. Hyde and Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun would like to thank the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) grant ‘Total fungal diversity in a given forest area with implications towards species numbers, chemical diversity and biotechnology’ (grant number N42A650547). Anthonio Roberto Gomes de Farias thanks Thailand Science and Innovation (TSRI) and National Science and Innovation Fund (NSRF) Fundamental fund grant (Grant no. 662A1616047), entitled ‘Biodiversity, ecology, and applications of plant litter-inhabiting fungi for waste degradation’ for partially funding this research. Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun would like to thank Martin van de Bult, Narong Apichai and the Doi Tung Development Project for allowing sample collection (permission number 7700/17142) with the title ‘The diversity of saprobic fungi on selected hosts in northern Thailand’. All the staff and colleagues at the Centre of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand are acknowledged.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementAll sequences generated in this study were submitted to GenBank (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).Additional informationFundingAuthor would like to thank Thailand Science and Innovation (TSRI) and National Science and Innovation Fund (NSRF) Fundamental fund grant (Grant no. 662A1616047), entitled ‘Biodiversity, ecology, and applications of plant litter-inhabiting fungi for waste degradation’ for partially funding this research.","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"5 22","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135391629","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}

{"title":"Evaluation of the trauma-specific frailty index in geriatric trauma patients according to the new World Health Organization age classification.","authors":"Rumeysa Sut, Adem Az, Sumeyye Cakmak, Ozgur Sogut","doi":"10.14744/nci.2022.65785","DOIUrl":"10.14744/nci.2022.65785","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We compared the 15-variable trauma-specific frailty index and traditional injury scoring systems to determine trauma severity and predict discharge disposition in geriatric trauma patients based on the old and new World Health Organization age classifications.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective, observational, single-center study included geriatric patients aged ≥65 years with blunt trauma. We categorized patients as elderly based on the old or new World Health Organization age classification into group I (aged 65-79 years) and group II (aged ≥a80 years), respectively. At admission, we used traditional injury scoring systems (e.g., the Glasgow coma scale, injury severity score, and revised trauma score) to determine trauma severity. We compared the Trauma-Specific Frailty Index and traditional injury scoring systems between the patient groups and evaluated them for correlations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 169 geriatric patients (80 and 89 in groups I and II, respectively). The mean Trauma-Specific Frailty Index score was significantly higher among females than males (p=0.025) and group II than group I (p=0.021). No significant correlations were observed in terms of the Trauma-Specific Frailty Index and traditional injury scoring systems in both groups. The mean Trauma-Specific Frailty Index score was significantly different between the hospitalized and discharged patients in group I (p=0.005), but not in group II (p=0.526).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The 15-variable Trauma-Specific Frailty Index score is superior to traditional injury scoring systems for managing and predicting discharge disposition in geriatric trauma patients aged 65-79 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":19317,"journal":{"name":"New Zealand Journal of Botany","volume":"35 1","pages":"711-717"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10846567/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80862967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}