M. Sarika, A. Christopoulou, A. Zikos, D. Kazanis, I. Bazos
{"title":"Plant communities and habitat types in the protected area of Lake Pamvotis (Epirus, Northwestern Greece)","authors":"M. Sarika, A. Christopoulou, A. Zikos, D. Kazanis, I. Bazos","doi":"10.5209/mbot.60833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.60833","url":null,"abstract":"The vegetation of the protected area of Lake Pamvotis (Epirus, NW Greece) was studied and classified into habitat types according to the Council Directive 92/43/EEC. The main vegetation types encountered in the Ioannina Basin and the south-western part of Mt Mitsikeli are: (1) Quercus coccifera shrublands, (2) degraded deciduous oak forests, (3) Mediterranean arborescent mattorals with Juniperus, (4) Oro-Mediterranean heathlands, (5) willow low open forests, (6) οriental plane woods, (7) plant communities supported by calcareous substrates, (8) aquatic macrophyte assemblages, (9) reed beds and rush meadows. Twenty plant communities belonging to twelve alliances, eleven orders, and ten phytosociological classes were discerned. The Asplenio ceterach-Aurinietum saxatilae is described as a new association and the Eleocharito palustris-Alismatetum lanceolati is reported for the first time from Greece. Eleven habitat types were identified and their conservation status was assessed. Three habitat types (4090, 8210, 91M0) were in favourable conservation status, while one (5210) is in unfavourable-bad conservation status. The rest are in unfavourable-inadequate conservation status, with several pressures and threats recorded.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5209/mbot.60833","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42477767","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}
H. Hannachi, M. A. Benabderrahim, W. Elfalleh, Rong-Liang Wang, M. Ying
{"title":"Amino and fatty acids composition of olive stones for the discrimination of 'Olea europaea' subsp. 'europaea' varieties","authors":"H. Hannachi, M. A. Benabderrahim, W. Elfalleh, Rong-Liang Wang, M. Ying","doi":"10.5209/mbot.65609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.65609","url":null,"abstract":"Few studies have reported the relationship between wild (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris) and cultivated (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. europaea) olive trees by using diverse markers. Herein, the amino and fatty acids composition of stones from wild and cultivated olives were assessed respectively using amino acids analyzer and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Stones of 24 Tunisian olive samples including twelve cultivated trees and twelve wild trees were obtained from olives harvested at ripe stage. Results showed that 17 amino acids (with eight essential amino acids) and 15 fatty acids (eight saturated and seven unsaturated) were detected in the both olive taxa. Statistically, significant differences among wild and cultivated stones were observed for amino and fatty acids contents. Based on the major fatty acids and the essential amino acids, multivariate analyses classified olive varieties into three groups showing a close relationship between some wild and cultivated olive trees. Results were useful to distinguish some interest wild olive genotypes having stones richer in essential amino acids and monounsaturated fatty acids. Wild olive trees would constitute a genetic pool of interest criteria. These data would be used as complementary tool to morphological traits and molecular markers studies providing a relationship between the cultivated and wild olive trees.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5209/mbot.65609","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46131615","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}
Fermín Del Egido, Patricio Bariego, Alberto Rodríguez, María Santos Vicente
{"title":"Notes on protected and threatened plants in Castilla y León (North-West Spain)","authors":"Fermín Del Egido, Patricio Bariego, Alberto Rodríguez, María Santos Vicente","doi":"10.5209/mbot.59999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.59999","url":null,"abstract":"We provide new records and notes on 25 protected and/or threatened vascular plant species in Castilla y León. Some of them illustrate not only new findings but also an interesting expansion of their geographic range. Eight taxa are reported for the first time in some provinces, while eleven of them were two or three times previously reported.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48579056","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}
S. Rapinel, Clémence Rozo, Pauline Delbosc, F. Bioret, J. Bouzillé, L. Hubert‐Moy
{"title":"Contribution of free satellite time-series images to mapping plant communities in the Mediterranean Natura 2000 site: the example of Biguglia Pond in Corse (France)","authors":"S. Rapinel, Clémence Rozo, Pauline Delbosc, F. Bioret, J. Bouzillé, L. Hubert‐Moy","doi":"10.5209/mbot.66535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.66535","url":null,"abstract":"Mapping plant communities, which is essential to assess the conservation status of natural habitats, is currently based mainly on time-consuming field surveys without the use of satellite data. However, free image time-series with high spatial and temporal resolution have been available since 2015. This study assessed the contribution of Sentinel-2 time-series images to mapping the spatial distribution of 18 plant communities within a Natura 2000 site (1978 ha) located on the Mediterranean biogeographical region (Corsica, France). The method was based on random forest modeling of six Sentinel-2 images acquired from 26 February to 24 October 2017, which were calibrated and validated using a field vegetation map. The results showed that the 18 plant communities were modeled correctly, with 72% overall accuracy. The uncertainty map associated with the model indicated areas that required additional field observations.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48220605","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":"'Centaurea akcadaghensis' and 'C. ermenekensis' (Asteracaeae), two new species from Turkey","authors":"Emrah Şirin, T. Uysal, M. Bozkurt, K. Ertuğrul","doi":"10.5209/mbot.68628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.68628","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of Centaurea subg. Cyanus (Asteraceae) from Anatolia are described and illustrated. Centaurea akcadaghensis Uysal & Şirin occurs on open Quercus forest of Levent Canyon (Akçadağ-Malatya) and differs from C. matthiolifolia Boiss. mainly in stem, leaves, central flowers and achenes measures. Centaurea ermenekensis Şirin & Uysal is restricted to steppes of Göktepe (Ermenek-Karaman) and can be distinguished from C. reuteriana Boiss. by the stem, number of capitula, involucre and median appendages measures.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44101306","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":"Floristic study and conservation value analysis of the Jordán river middle basin forest (Jujuy, Argentina)","authors":"R. Romeo, Gabriela S. Entrocassi","doi":"10.5209/mbot.62176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.62176","url":null,"abstract":" The floristic study and the conservation value analysis of forest from the Jordan river middle basin are addressed in this research. This vegetation forms part of the subtropical mountain forests or Yungas, one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. Present forest species were surveyed, and the vegetation Interest Conservation index (INCON) was determined based on a series of conservation value criteria (Phytocenotic, Territorial, Mesological, Ethnobotanical, Perceptual and Didactics) recorded in the field. Available data on socio-cultural aspects of the area was also included in the study. All plants were identified up to genera and/or species. INCON was calculated from the sum of scoring assigned to each analyzed criterion. As a result, 42 forest species were identified; for each one, its conservation status was performed, including the altitudinal vegetation belt, biogeographical origin (at least for the genus), and their ethnobotanical value. The INCON obtained (135 points) showed the high natural, ethnocultural, landscape, and educational value of these forest vegetation according to the criteria analyzed. This information provides a useful tool to have a more precise knowledge of the diversity conservation status of Las Yungas. It also serves to recognize the biological and environmental relevance of this area, whose usefulness can be used for conservation purposes or decision making on protection plans.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5209/mbot.62176","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42746109","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":"On 'Opuntia spinulifera' and 'O. streptacantha' (Cactaceae), new to Spain, and the status of 'O. huajuapensis' in that country","authors":"F. Verloove, Enrique Sanchez Gullon, A. Guiggi","doi":"10.5209/mbot.62978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.62978","url":null,"abstract":"Opuntia spinulifera and O. streptacantha are reported for the first time from Spain. Both are more or less naturalized in scattered localities in Ayamonte (province of Huelva, SW Spain) where they were previously confused with O. huajuapensis. Claims of the latter from other Spanish regions are shown to be also erroneous. These three species, as well as O. leucotricha, have apparently been confused. Distinguishing features useful for their separation are discussed and the species that are present in Spain are illustrated.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49309367","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}
Alberto Luis Cantoral González, Raquel Alonso Redondo, Marta Eva García González
{"title":"The orophilous relict High Campoese finely-toothed willow communities","authors":"Alberto Luis Cantoral González, Raquel Alonso Redondo, Marta Eva García González","doi":"10.5209/mbot.66473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.66473","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines High Campoese orophilous snowbed dwarf communities of finely-toothed willow Salix breviserrata Flod. The acidophilous, rupicolous and temporihygrophilous character of this species results in a singular floristic composition that is very different from the Salix breviserrata s.l. Picoeuropean communities. Based on the relevés sampled, the authors describe the endemic High Campoese dwarf scrub association Alchemillo alpinae-Salicetum breviserratae, which we ascribe to the Salicetea herbaceae class, where the mildest ecological conditions are represented, accounting for its relict character. These are Sites of Community Importance as stipulated by the European Commission Habitats Directive, which, together with their sensitivity to global climate change stemming from their limited synchorology, underlines their threatened status and the need for conservation policy.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5209/mbot.66473","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43777052","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}
Seyed Mehdi Ttalebi, M. G. Nahooji, M. Yarmohammadi, Narjes Azizi
{"title":"Pollen morphological traits analysis of eighteen 'Nepeta' species in Iran","authors":"Seyed Mehdi Ttalebi, M. G. Nahooji, M. Yarmohammadi, Narjes Azizi","doi":"10.5209/mbot.62919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.62919","url":null,"abstract":"Nepeta is one of the largest genera of Lamiaceae, which is widely distributed in Iran. Several species of the genus are traditionally used as culinary, industrial, and medicinal plants. In the present study, we examined fourteen qualitative and quantitative pollen morphological characters of twenty-four populations of eighteen Nepeta using light and scanning electron microscope. The pollen grains are radially symmetric, isopolar, and hexacolpate in all species. We have found that the quantitative features vary among the studied taxa. According to PCA analysis, the colpus length and width are the most variable traits. Polar view shapes in all the studied taxa are circular, while the equatorial view is prolate-spheroidal, subprolate, perprolate, and prolate. We determined microreticulate and bireticulate exine sculpturing, and the bireticulate type was dominant. We revealed that polar and equatorial axes length of pollen grains varied between populations of the same species, and they, therefore, should be ignored in taxonomical identification of species. The polar view was similar in all the studied pollen grains and could not be considered as a diagnostic trait. The equatorial shape was stable between populations of the same species, and this was taxonomically important, while we registered some infraspecific variations in exine sculpture. Our cluster of taxa based on the pollen morphology is not in concordance with the traditional sectional classification of the genus.","PeriodicalId":54240,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Botany","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5209/mbot.62919","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46169679","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}