Ji‐Dong Ya, Hong Jiang, Zheng‐Jun He, Qin‐Chang Liao, Yan‐Hui Zhao, Jie Cai, Hong Wang, Zhi Xiong
{"title":"<i>Cylindrolobus gaoligongensis</i> sp. nov. (Orchidaceae, Podochileae) from Yunnan, China, and improved description of <i>C. arunachalensis</i>","authors":"Ji‐Dong Ya, Hong Jiang, Zheng‐Jun He, Qin‐Chang Liao, Yan‐Hui Zhao, Jie Cai, Hong Wang, Zhi Xiong","doi":"10.1111/njb.04075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04075","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Cylindrolobus (Orchidaceae), C. gaoligongensis from the Gaoligong Mountain, northwestern Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to C. arunachalensis and C. gloensis , but can be distinguished from them by having orange to pink and triangular‐ovate lip mid‐lobe with mucronate apex, front margin of lateral lobes yellow to white and with short glandular hairs gradually transitioning to dense long hairs, two central calli connected to a keel toward mid‐lobe in the disk, and three rows of white long hairs at the base of the disk. Additionally, an improved description and illustration of the closely related species C. arunachalensis , is also provided.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"42 23","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135681280","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}
Sachin G. Rathod, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Vaibhav A. Mantri
{"title":"Molecular evidence to support the transfer of <i>Enteromorpha ovata</i> to genus <i>Ulva</i> and evaluate its divergence using multi‐locus time‐calibrated phylogeny","authors":"Sachin G. Rathod, Mudassar Anisoddin Kazi, Vaibhav A. Mantri","doi":"10.1111/njb.04103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04103","url":null,"abstract":"Ulva has received considerable attention since its merger with tubular Enteromorpha (Linnaeus) Nees based on molecular evidence. Nevertheless, several nomenclatural and taxonomic proposals concerning tropical and subtropical species are still pending in want of investigations based on the altered circumscription and criteria of genetic diversity. Enteromorpha ovata Thivy et Visalakshmi ex H. Joshi et V. Krishnamurthy has a restricted geographical distribution only at Gopnath, India. In the present study, we for the first time provide a polyphasic approach to ascertain its taxonomic position, using morpho‐anatomy, ecology and molecular taxonomy with multigene markers ( rbc L, tuf A and ITS rDNA). Phylogenetic analysis based on rbc L, tuf A and ITS rDNA gene sequences supported the recognition of this species within the genus Ulva. The recent revision by Kumar and Palanisamy proposed the new nomenclatural combinaton Ulva ovata (Thivy et Visalakshmi ex Joshi et Krishnamurthy) Aron Santhosh Kumar and Palanisamy, but they did not give molecular evidence while doing so, which we accomplished. Our time‐calibrated phylogeny suggested that U. ovata diverged from its respective sister lineages ~ 4.46 Mya in the Neogene period of the Cenozoic Era.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"268 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135927985","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}
Afshin Arjmand, Hadi Kiadaliri, Farid Kazemnezhad, Majid Eshagh Nimvari
{"title":"Effects of forest roads on vegetation biodiversity and soil characteristics in Hyrcanian forests","authors":"Afshin Arjmand, Hadi Kiadaliri, Farid Kazemnezhad, Majid Eshagh Nimvari","doi":"10.1111/njb.04039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04039","url":null,"abstract":"As one of the main components of forest operations and sustainable management, forest roads affect the vegetation communities around the road. In this study, the effects of the edge of forest roads were investigated to understand the changes caused by the network of forest roads on the Hyrcanian forest ecosystem in northern Iran. In order to investigate the impact of forest roads on the biodiversity of herbaceous species, tree regeneration and lichen, sampling was used at different distances from the road in two controlled and harvested areas. The effects of roads on vegetation diversity in relation to soil characteristics were also investigated. The results showed that harvesting caused the destruction and reduction of tree, herbaceous and lichen regeneration, but the physical and chemical properties of the soil were not affected. The distance from the road has affected the diversity and richness of herbaceous and lichen, tree regeneration and all physical and chemical characteristics of the soil (except C). There was a significant correlation between most of the physical and chemical properties of the soil with the regeneration of trees and herbaceous species. Also, most of the physical and chemical properties of soil have increased with increasing distance from the road. Results showed that the buffering effect of the roadside in these forests up to a distance of 45 m had an effect on diversity and richness. Also, the results of this study are consistent with the fact that the road affects the biodiversity and properties of the forest soil.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135928573","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":"Selection of efficient ectomycorrhizal fungi for improved growth, biomass and nutrient uptake of <i>Shorea robusta</i> seedlings","authors":"Jitender Kumar, Narender Singh Atri","doi":"10.1111/njb.04024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04024","url":null,"abstract":"Shorea robusta Gaertn. (sal) forests are rapidly decreasing across India owing to the low survival rate and establishment of their seedlings. Because of this, the present study identified ectomycorrhizal (ECM) associates of S. robusta and the role they play in increasing the growth and efficiency of nutrient uptake by the mycorrhizal roots of this plant. During the field survey we identified, collected, cultured and systematically investigated three dominant ECM associates of S. robusta : Russula kanadii Dutta & Acharya, R. cyanoxantha (Schaeff.) Fr. and Lactarius shiwalikensis Kumar and Atri, organically connected to the host plant roots. Pure cultures of each of these mycorrhizal fungal associates were grown using tissue culture techniques. We prepared spawn via purified mycelium using boiled wheat grains for mass inoculation and used the prepared inoculums for inoculating the germinating sal seeds for establishing the mycorrhizal association. To evaluate the effects of mycorrhizal colonization on various growth parameters, we observed the inoculated and control plants every three months for one year. The growth parameters in the sal seedlings grown in ECM‐inoculated soil exhibited significantly higher values over the un‐inoculated control soil owing to the increased uptake of both macro‐ and micronutrients. The overall results indicate that S. robusta seedlings inoculated with ECM fungal partners exhibited better establishment and enhanced growth and development, essential for the regeneration and survival of this plant. This technique will accelerate and assure successful reforestation programs and contribute toward appropriate functioning of sal forest ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"60 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136261711","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":"Annotated checklist of Indonesian <i>Impatiens</i> (Balsaminaceae)","authors":"Nanda Utami, I Putu Gede P. Damayanto","doi":"10.1111/njb.04088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04088","url":null,"abstract":"Impatiens is a genus of flowering plants widely distributed in Indonesia, with a high level of endemism. Some studies about on Impatiens have been conducted in Indonesia and several new species have recently been proposed, however, a list of all Indonesian Impatiens species has never been provided. Here, such a checklist of the Indonesian Impatiens species is presented to provide a comprehensive and up‐to‐date inventory of this genus in the region. There are 52 species, plus 3 subspecies and 7 varieties, of Impatiens in Indonesia. Most of the species are distributed in Sumatra, some in Java, Sulawesi, Kalimantan (Borneo), Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku and Papua. Sumatra has the highest number of Impatiens species in Indonesia (45 species), while the Maluku region has the least (two species). Most of the species are native (50 species) and endemic (46 species), with Sumatra being the endemic hotspot (39 species). Some Impatiens species, such as I. dewildeana , have expanded their distribution to new areas. The conservation status of Impatiens species in Indonesia has not been assessed previously, therefore, we follow IUCN, as a reference for determining the status of Impatiens in Indonesia, especially those endemic to Sumatra. It is concluded that a majority of the species is threatened, and several may already be extinct.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135616329","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":"Resurrection of the genus <i>Camelinopsis</i> (Brassicaceae, tribe Thlaspideae); with introduction of a new species","authors":"Moslem Doostmohammadi, Atefeh Ghorbanalizadeh, Shokouh Esmailbegi Kermani","doi":"10.1111/njb.04175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04175","url":null,"abstract":"The ditypic genus Camelinopsis was recently subsumed into Pseudocamelina . However, we here show that the type species of the genus, Camelinopsis campylopoda is distinct from Pseudocamelina , and should be recognized as a separate genus. The second species C. kurdica , however belongs to the genus Pseudocamelina . Camelinopsis differs from Pseudocamelina mainly by its subglobose to broadly obovoid, slightly flattened silicle which is 1.8–2.6 mm wide, instead of a linear, narrowly ellipsoid, occasionally oblong to obovoid silique, that is never wider than 1.5 mm. In addition, seeds of Camelinopsis are mucilaginous when wetted while seeds of Pseudocamelina are not. A new species of Camelinopsis is also described and illustrated based on new collections from western Alborz Mountains, northern Iran. This novelty, C. alborzica , is readily distinguished from C. campylopoda by its biennial (versus annual) habit, straight (versus strongly flexuous) racemes, longer sepals (1.7–2.1 versus 1.2–1.5 mm), shorter fruiting pedicels (0.5–1 versus 1.5– 4 cm) and higher ovule number (8 versus 4 per ovary). The genus Camelinopsis is considered a low mountain relative of the high‐elevation genus Didymophysa , as indicated by an ITS phylogeny.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135616334","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":"Flowering shift due to climate warming in cool temperate Japan","authors":"Akio Imamura","doi":"10.1111/njb.04031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04031","url":null,"abstract":"Biological processes can be disrupted by global climate warming, causing phenological mismatching and mistiming. On Hokkaido Island (Japan), which has a cool temperate climate, warmer and shorter winters affect plant flowering phenology. Rapid changes in flowering phenology suggest that shorter winters will result in earlier flowering. Flowering phenology patterns were recorded for nine years (2013–2021), and nine species were selected for analysis. I analyzed climate variables that affect plant flowering phenology, including annual changes in aerial temperature, snow depth, and snowmelt timing. The results indicated that winters are getting shorter and that the accumulated degree hours of aerial temperature have not significantly changed over nine years for these plant species except one species. Plant responses to these changes differed between species, with the first flowering day occurring earlier (1.5–1.8 days per year) for two species, although that of the other seven not. If climate warming continues, it will have diverse, complex, and unpredictable effects on various individual organisms and biological relationships among species. Detailed studies are needed to link climate change predictions to the predicted degree of mismatch in species interactions and networks.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135616228","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}
Mark Arcebal K. Naive, Suwidji Wongso, Ariel Paglalunan, Edilberto Ponteras, Niels Jacobsen
{"title":"Discovery through citizen science III: <i>Cryptocoryne zamboangensis</i> (Araceae), a new water trumpet discovered in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines","authors":"Mark Arcebal K. Naive, Suwidji Wongso, Ariel Paglalunan, Edilberto Ponteras, Niels Jacobsen","doi":"10.1111/njb.04181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04181","url":null,"abstract":"Cryptocoryne zamboangaensis , is described as a new water trumpet species discovered by citizen scientists in the streams of Zamboanga del Norte, southwestern Philippines. It resembles C. aponogetifolia in having a spathe tube longer than spathe limb, but differs significantly by its ovate, densely verrucose bright purple limb with a narrow collar. A preliminary analysis of the conservation status and a dichotomous key to the species of the genus in the Philippines are provided.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136033345","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":"A new species of <i>Indigofera</i> (Fabaceae) from India – <i>Indigofera jodpurensis</i>","authors":"B. L. Bhellum, Shayat Kumar Dhar, Rani Magotra","doi":"10.1111/njb.04005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04005","url":null,"abstract":"Indigofera jodhpurensis sp. nov. (Fabaceae), which grows in arid places and wasteland near the edge of Jodhpur in the direction of Pali, Rajasthan, India, is described. Although the species is similar to Indigofera cordifolia and I. jaisalmerica , it differs from these in having profusely hairy juvenile twigs, various types of trichomes on leaf surfaces, sub‐sessile flowers, straightened mucro at the tips of the leaves, and pods that are often single‐seeded but can also be bi‐seeded. The current communication includes a key to species, a comparative morphological analysis, and some photographs.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"168 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136032907","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}
Bidyaleima Laishram, Kishor Rajkumar, Gurumayum J. Sharma
{"title":"<i>Curcuma kakchingense</i> (Zingiberaceae), a new species from northeast India","authors":"Bidyaleima Laishram, Kishor Rajkumar, Gurumayum J. Sharma","doi":"10.1111/njb.04023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.04023","url":null,"abstract":"Curcuma kakchingense Bidyaleima, Kishor & Sharma , a new species of Curcuma subg. Curcuma (Zingiberaceae) from Manipur, northeast India is described and illustrated. The species has close resemblance to C. phrayawan and C. longa but is distinguished by having lemon‐yellow coloured rhizomes with a very bitter taste, glabrous dark reddish‐brown bladeless sheaths, reddish‐brown petiole fading towards the edges, densely pubescent coma and upper fertile bracts on both surfaces with mucronate tip, broadly ovate bracteole, elongated and revolute apex of the middle lobe of the labellum and stigma protruding through the anther lobes. The chromosome number is established as 2 n = 3 x = 63.","PeriodicalId":54716,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Botany","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136212343","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}