{"title":"Botrychium virginianum (Ophioglossaceae), a new species for the flora of Volyn Polissia (Ukraine)","authors":"I. Danylyk, V. Volodymyrets, O. Kuzyarin","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.06.476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.06.476","url":null,"abstract":"During floristic surveys conducted in the southern part of Volyn Polissia (Rivne Region) in July 2021, a rare and relict species, Botrychium virginianum (Ophioglossaceae), was discovered for the first time in this area. According to the Ukrainian sozological data, the species is included in the category Endangered; using the IUCN categorization, it is considered as a Critically Endangered (CR) species of the flora of Ukraine. In Ukraine, where the southern border of the species range is located, 30 localities have been recorded until present, most of them prior to the first half of the 20th century. The reported location of B. virginianum is associated with the carbonate uplift of the first floodplain terrace of the right bank of the Horyn River within the boundaries of the Kostopil-Berezniv physiographic district of Volyn Polissia. A small local population consists of at least five individuals with high vitality. The ecological and phytocenotic conditions of the reported species habitat have been studied and its limiting factors have been clarified. It is recommended to include this site with a cluster of rare species of the flora in the Suskyi Botanical Reserve of national importance, which is located nearby.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138949746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The second record of a rare fungus Flammulina ononidis (Physalacriaceae) in Ukraine","authors":"M. Prydiuk, K.I. Fedorova","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.431","url":null,"abstract":"The second record in Ukraine of a rare fungus Flammulina ononidis (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales) is reported. This species is known in 16 European countries but is rare in most of them. In Ukraine, it has not been found for more than 50 years. The article provides a complete description of the macro- and microscopic details of the collected fruit bodies, as well as distribution data. The differences from some related species are described and original illustrations of the fungus are provided.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139232893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eponyms in biological nomenclature and the Slippery Slope and Pandora’s Box arguments","authors":"S. Mosyakin","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.381","url":null,"abstract":"Following the discussion initiated by the opinion article by Guedes et al. (2023) “Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature” published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, in which the authors demanded to ban and cancel all eponyms (scientific names and epithets of taxa, which are derived from names of persons) in biological nomenclature, and, in particular, responding to comments by Thiele (2023) about the supposedly fallacious nature of the Slippery Slope argument (which I discussed in my earlier opinion articles), I provide here additional arguments in favor of the continued use of eponyms in particular and against politically (or so-called “ethically”) motivated censorship in biological nomenclature in general. I conclude that allowing “culture wars” in biological nomenclature and possible cancellation of scientific names that are considered (or may be considered) by some people as “objectionable, offensive, or inappropriate” will result in the nomenclatural chaos caused by a large-scale disruption of well-working nomenclatural codes and naming conventions. Biological nomenclature is vitally important not only to the science of biological taxonomy but also to all other sciences and fields of human activities dealing with the living world. That nomenclature, time-proven and, indeed, sometimes loaded with complicated but also fascinating and instructive history, should not be disrupted because of ever-changing politically motivated claims and Protean vogues. It should not become a new battlefield for culture wars.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139229508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Dubyna, S. Iemelianova, T. Dziuba, P. Tymoshenko
{"title":"Ruderal vegetation of Kyiv City. II. Class Artemisietea vulgaris","authors":"D. Dubyna, S. Iemelianova, T. Dziuba, P. Tymoshenko","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.409","url":null,"abstract":"The article is a continuation of the study on ruderal vegetation of Kyiv City and provides summarized results of syntaxonomic research of the class Artemisietea vulgaris. We identified 14 associations and one derivative community belonging to three orders and four alliances. Using ordination and phytoindication analyses, the synmorphology of the communities, their ecological requirements, and habitat preferences were described. It has been shown that the vegetation of Artemisietea vulgaris is distributed throughout all districts of the city. According to ecological requirements, we found that main environmental gradients that determine the ordination of different types of stands of Artemisietea vulgaris within Kyiv City are thermoregime and light. The diversity of man-made habitats and regional environmental conditions appeared as the most important factors affecting the territorial differentiation of this vegetation type within the city. The contributed data can be used for strategic planning and practical implementation of measures for sustainable urban development and optimization of the urban environment.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139233522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. E. J. D. Lange, Graeme J. Atkins, Matthew A. M. Renner, Lilith K.M. Fisher, Andrew J. Marshall, Luzie M. H. Schmid
{"title":"Leptospermum tairawhitiense (Myrtaceae), a new species from Aotearoa / New Zealand, segregated from Leptospermum scoparium s. l.","authors":"P. E. J. D. Lange, Graeme J. Atkins, Matthew A. M. Renner, Lilith K.M. Fisher, Andrew J. Marshall, Luzie M. H. Schmid","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.386","url":null,"abstract":"Leptospermum tairawhitiense G.J. Atkins, de Lange & M.A.M. Renner sp. nov. (Myrtaceae) is segregated from L. scoparium J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. (sensu lato). The new species is endemic to Tairāwhiti / East Cape, Te Ika a Māui / North Island of Aotearoa / New Zealand. The new species is genetically distinct from L. scoparium sensu lato, L. hoipolloi L.M.H. Schmid & de Lange, and L. repo de Lange & L.M.H. Schmid, and chemically it is distinguished by having unusually high levels of triketones. Morphologically, Leptospermum tairawhitiense differs from these species in vegetative characters by the shortly and densely branching growth habit; the often suckering growth habit; the patent leaves, arising at 70–90° from the stem; the lamina is narrow-lanceolate, elliptic lanceolate, or rarely narrowly ovate and (3.0–4.8–6.2(–9.0) mm long by (1.0–1.3(–2.1) mm wide and coloured dull green to dark green, red-tinged, ± glaucescent (new growth yellow-green, red-tinged, glaucescent); and in reproductive characters, the flowers are cupped and small in comparison to other species, being 8–14 mm in diameter, with 5(–8) white petals, 5.0–7.0 × 4.6–6.4 mm and 20–32 stamens with white or pink filaments. The capsules of Leptospermum tairawhitiense are up to 6.8 mm wide and 5.5 mm tall when unopened, with exserted valves that comprise half the capsule height in profile, and when opened the valves exceed the capsule rim. A conservation assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System is proposed and a revised key to Leptospermum of Aotearoa / New Zealand provided.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139229943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some wood-inhabiting Basidiomycota from the primeval forests with Pinus cembra in Ukraine","authors":"O. M. Bohoslavets, M. Prydiuk","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.05.399","url":null,"abstract":"The Pinus cembra communities belong to the rarest and least studied woody habitats in Europe. This article reports 30 species of lignicolous Basidiomycota revealed in primeval spruce stands with the admixture of arolla pine in Gorgany Nature Reserve (the Ukrainian Carpathians). Five species, namely Aphanobasidium subnitens, Ceraceomyces eludens, Hyphoderma occidentale, Hypochnicium albostramineum and H. cremicolor, are firstly reported in Ukraine. The records of Cystostereum murrayi, Phellinus viticola and Pycnoporellus fulgens deserve particular attention due to their value as bioindicators of natural forest ecosystems. The species composition of Basidiomycota per individual fallen log turned out to be rather poor. The fungi forming thin resupinate corticioid basidiocarps on the substrate underside prevail among the finds, indicating a lack of moisture in the surveyed treeline stands. Detailed descriptions of the substrate and collection site are given for each find. An overview of previous research on the diversity of lignicolous Basidiomycota in arolla pine forests is provided.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139229091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New floristic finds in the Forest-Steppe part of Zhytomyr Region. Report II","authors":"O.O. Orlov, O.I. Shynder, V.P. Kolomiychuk","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.323","url":null,"abstract":"Results of floristic investigation in the territory of the Forest-Steppe zone of Zhytomyr Region (Oblast) conducted in 2022 are reported. As a result of the work, it was revealed 11 new plant species for Zhytomyr Region (Alyssum desertorum, Bothriochloa ischaemum, Bromus commutatus, Eremogone procera, Euphorbia stepposa, Festuca rupicola, Fumaria parviflora, Ranunculus rionii, Symphytum caucasicum, Taraxacum serotinum, and Verbascum chaixii subsp. orientale). Also, 11 plant species new for the Forest-Steppe zone of Zhytomyr Region were found, and new localities of 14 rather rare plant species are reported. Their locations are briefly described, and, for the majority of species, phytogeographical comments are provided. Among native species, five are regionally rare in Zhytomyr Region (Anemone sylvestris, Carex humilis, Linum perenne, Phlomoides tuberosa, and Salvia nutans). In addition, highly active plants have been revealed among new alien species, such as Symphytum caucasicum; they require further monitoring. It has been suggested that an important role in migrations of steppe plant species in the region played valley of the Rostavytsia River, a tributary of the Ros’ River, and the system of ancient valleys which forms a common hydrographic network with them.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135427398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Larix polonica (Pinaceae) grow in Ukraine?","authors":"Ya.P. Didukh, I.I. Chorney, A. Boratyński, R.Ya. Kish, O.O. Kucher, Yu.V. Rozenblit, A.I. Tokaryuk, O.O. Chusova","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.343","url":null,"abstract":"Historical aspects of taxonomy of Larix polonica, its distribution and diagnostic characters distinguishing it from L. decidua s. str. and L. sibirica are considered. Morphological characters of cones and ecological and coenotic features of eight larch populations in the Ukrainian Carpathians were studied, and on the basis of a comparative analysis of these signs, the point of view of some taxonomists is supported concerning the proper taxonomic rank of varieties (var.). None of the populations known in Ukraine can be identified as L. decidua var. polonica; instead of that, Ukrainian plants mainly correspond to the characters of L. decidua var. carpatica, while the plantation near the Kedryn Forestry belongs to L. sibirica. At the same time, in artificial plantations (Manyava and Nimchych) we registered specimens that, based on the structure of their cones, can be identified as L. decidua var. polonica, and in plantations of Chudei as L. sibirica. It was established that only two populations, Kedryn and Staryi Plai, confined to the upper limit of the forest (1100–1300 m above sea level) are natural, and others (around 700 m above sea level) are of artificial origin, although in most cases larch recovers well. From an ecological and coenotic point of view, groups with the participation of Larix belong to different syntaxa: Piceion excelsae (ass. Plagiothecio-Piceetum), Abieti-Piceion (ass. Abieti-Piceetum montanum) and Fagion sylvaticae (ass. Dentario glandolosae-Fagetum). According to the EUNIS classification, this biotope should be identified as G:3252 — [Larix decidua] and [Pinus cembra] formations of the dry, inner Carpathian Proprad basin. Taking into account the local distribution and the small size of the two natural populations, Larix decidua s. l. should be included in the Red Data Book of Ukraine.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135426275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teratogenesis of generative organs of cultivars of Rosa (Rosaceae) in the collection of the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine","authors":"O.L. Rubtsova, T.B. Vakulenko, V.I. Chyzhankova","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.364","url":null,"abstract":"As a result of the observation of 80 varieties of garden roses in the collection of the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, during 2018–2022, 11 types of teratomorphs were identified and documented according to the proposed informal classification scheme. The most common anomalies of the generative organs were categorized as follows: double-flowered morphs (96.25%), petalization of stamens and sepals (55%), phyllody of flower elements (47.5%) and petal chorisis (46.25%). Such manifestations of teratogenesis as proliferation, fasciation and polymerization occur less frequently (10% and 12.5%, respectively). Syncarpy, heteromorphism and oligomerization were observed in a small number of varieties (from 1.25% to 3.75%). Sepal phyllody was found in 15 of the studied varieties, i.e. 39.47% of all records of phyllody of generative organs. The varieties 'Leda', 'Lydia', 'F.J. Grootendorst', 'The Sun and the Heart', 'Duftwolke', 'Souvenir de la Malmaison', 'Laguna' were found to be most susceptible to flower teratogenesis. The results of this research, apart from theoretical implication, can be of some interest for rose breeders.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135427387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New combinations in Helichrysum simpsonii Kottaim. for the taxa described as H. selago var. acutum Cheeseman and H. selago var. tumidum Cheeseman (Asteraceae) from Aotearoa / New Zealand","authors":"P.J. de Lange, D.J. Blanchon","doi":"10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj80.04.301","url":null,"abstract":"New variety- and subspecies-rank combinations in the Aotearoa / New Zealand endemic Helichrysum simpsonii Kottaim. are provided for the taxa described as H. selago var. acutum Cheeseman and H. selago var. tumidum Cheeseman, and lectotypes of these names are designated.","PeriodicalId":52835,"journal":{"name":"Ukrainian Botanical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135426276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}