Gantuya Batdelger, Badamtsetseg Bazarragchaa, Agiimaa Janchiv, Ganbold Enebish, S. Yang, W. Peak, Joongku Lee
{"title":"Contribution to the flora of Ulziit Mountain in forest steppe region of Mongolia","authors":"Gantuya Batdelger, Badamtsetseg Bazarragchaa, Agiimaa Janchiv, Ganbold Enebish, S. Yang, W. Peak, Joongku Lee","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54217","url":null,"abstract":"The Ulziit Mountain has a unique ecosystem which is one of northern branch mountains of Khangai mountain range in Mongolia. Several field survey were conducted in summer in all habitats in different altitudes. A total of 314 taxa were registered belonging to 161 genera from 52 families in Ulziit Mountain flora. The family Asteraceae was found to be the largest with 37 taxa, followed by Poaceae with 30 taxa, Ranunculaceae with 24 taxa, Cyperaceae, Caryophyllaceae and Rosaceae each with 17 taxa, Salicaceae with 16 taxa, and Fabaceae with 15 taxa; in total, these comprised 55.1% of all flora complements in this mountain. During the investigation, 5 species were newly recorded in the Khangai mountains forest-steppe region. The most represented life forms in the flora are hemicryptophytes (71.97%), which are common for mountain steppe vegetation. In a time of climate change, effective conservation of nature is needed at an ecosystem such as a single mountain particularly for endemic, relict and other salient species. Furthermore, such a detailed floristic survey is important for finding new records in the field of plant taxonomy and conservation of nature in these specific areas. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 195-215, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43659170","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}
G. M. Hossain, Saleha Khan, A. Rahim, Mohammad Sayedur Rahman, K.M.M. Islam
{"title":"Floristic composition of the coastal district Satkhira, Bangladesh","authors":"G. M. Hossain, Saleha Khan, A. Rahim, Mohammad Sayedur Rahman, K.M.M. Islam","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54211","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents elementary taxonomic data on the composition of vascular flora in the disaster prone coastal district Satkhira of Bangladesh. The results of this study show that this district houses 664 species under 468 genera and 133 families of vascular plants. The Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms are represented by 21 and five species, whereas, the Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons) and Liliopsida (monocotyledons) of Angiosperms by 494 and 144 species, respectively. About 59.64% of these species are herbs, 15.96% shrubs, 21.69% trees, 2.26% palms and 0.45% bamboos. Total 73.04% of the species are wild, 19.88% planted and 7.08% cultivated. In this area, Fabaceae with 31 species is the largest family, followed by Asteraceae with 27 species, Apocynaceae with 26 species and Malvaceae with 25 and Acanthaceae with 22 species. Ficus with seven species is recorded as the largest genus, which is followed by Solanum, Hygrophila, Euphorbia, Senna, Phyllanthus, Ipomoea, Hibiscus and Alternanthera. Most of the species are found in fallow lands, roadsides, woodlands, homesteads and scrub jungles and useful as medicine, ornamental, fibre, fruit, livestock feed, soil binder and timber. The floristic composition of this district is still rich, though most of its habitats and ecosystems are vulnerable to natural disasters. Effective conservation plan and measures should be adopted for the precious flora of this coastal district. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 97-124, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49409819","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}
M. Z. Uddin, A. Shomrat, S. Hasan, Robin Khan, Abdur Rahman Fahad, Al Amin
{"title":"Evaluation of plant species diversity in the road dividers of Dhaka City","authors":"M. Z. Uddin, A. Shomrat, S. Hasan, Robin Khan, Abdur Rahman Fahad, Al Amin","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54214","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aims to evaluate the present status of plant species diversity in the road dividers of Dhaka city. A total of 90 plant species under 73 genera and 42 families have been recorded from the road dividers of Dhaka city. Analysis showed that among the 90 species, the most abundant plant species in the road divider are Mimusops elengi (Bakul) Polyalthia longifolia (Debdaru), Leucaena leucocephala (Epil-epil), Tabernaemontana divaricata (Togor) and Swietenia mahagoni (Mahagoni). In case of dominant analysis based important value index showed that Mimusops elengi is the top dominant plant species followed by Polyalthia longifolia, Leucaena leucocephala, Tabernaemontana divaricata and Swietenia mahagoni respectively. These plant species have also showed the higher relative density, relative frequency and relative abundance. The percentage of native and exotic species was found here 44% and 56%, respectively. Most abundant and dominant plant species in the road dividers are exotics including Mimusops elengi,Polyalthia longifolia, Leucaena leucocephala and Swietenia mahagoni. Species diversity value was found higher in Hatirjeel site whereas lowest in Baridhara- Badda site. A number of recommendations are made based on the present results for the management of plant species diversity in the road dividers of Dhaka city. Some recommended native plant species for plantation according to the width and soil depth in the road dividers are Cassia fistula, Holarrhena pubescens, Firmiana colorata, Shorea robusta, Miliusa valutina, Butea monosperma, Alstonia scholaris, Toona ciliata, Ficus racemosa, Bombax ceiba, Woodfordia fruticosa, Melastoma malabathricum, Sterculia villosa, Grewia microcos, Syzygium cumini, Tabernaemontana divaricata, Ixora coccinea, Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia arjuna and also native seasonal flowers. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 141-154, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46585895","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 composition in the ruderal areas of Southeast Anatolia, Turkey","authors":"Zeynep Zeynep Izgördü, H. Akan","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54220","url":null,"abstract":"Survey on the floral diversity is an important activity to evaluate the existing flora. This study was carried out from 2018 to 2020 to investigate the flora existing in the roadside and ruderal areas between Şanlıurfa and Bozova, nearby Euphrates river. A total of 200 taxa belonging to 138 genera and 41 families were determined. 9 of these taxa are endemic to Turkey. Among the plants identified, there are 5 geophytes, 1 parasite and 14 cultivated plants. The families with the most taxa are Fabaceae (47), Asteraceae (30), Lamiaceae (15), Poaceae (13) and Brassicaceae (7). The genera with the dominant taxa are; Astragalus (7), Medicago (7), Trigonella (7), Vicia (5) and Trifolium (5). In distribution of plants in the study area, the Irano-Turanian elements (38%, 75 taxa) ranks first, Mediterranean elements second (15%, 30 taxa) and Euro-Siberian elements third (1%, 3). The botanical- and vernacular names and habit categories of the recorded plant taxa are cited systematically. Threats to these plants and possible conservation strategies are also discussed briefly. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 241-256, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48575578","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":"Angiospermic flora of Wadi Al Aqiq in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia","authors":"Wael A. Obaid, U. Hameed","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54222","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract not available \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 271-276, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48051259","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":"Climate change, biosystematics and taxonomy","authors":"M. K. Alam","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54223","url":null,"abstract":"The history of biosystematics research and its impacts on climate goes before political ramifications. Climate change is altering the environments and likely to result in changes in the distribution of species, flowering times; migrate and adapt to the new environmental conditions; or extinction. Adaptive capacity is the ability of the plants to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Adaptation process is going in nature through phenotypic plasticity, natural selection or migration or polyploidization. The options are not mutually exclusive. Phenotypic plasticity may be the most efficient way of adaptation to a new environment. Polyploidization may increase tolerance to diverse ecological conditions and the high incidence of polyploidy in plants indicates its adaptive significance. Population having polyploid pillar complex is a good backup support towards microevolution and speciation, a mode of adaptation. The paper discusses about these biosystematics approaches towards adaptation to new environmental conditions resulting from climate change. It also discusses about the role of taxonomists under the changed circumstances. It is evident from the review that a set of biosystematics data along with other ecological and conservation information needs to be included in Flora and Monographs. It reveals that it was as far as worked out at the Paris Botanical Congress 1954 and put up by Stebbins in a series of proposals, termed as “Stebbins’ Ten Points” that needs further enrichment. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 277-287, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48859677","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}
Sohaib Muhammad, S. Malik, Z. Khan, M. Tayyab, A. Sardar, M. Zahid, Nimra Akram
{"title":"Two way indicator species analysis of weed species of potato and wheat in crop fields of Sharqpur Tehsil, Pakistan","authors":"Sohaib Muhammad, S. Malik, Z. Khan, M. Tayyab, A. Sardar, M. Zahid, Nimra Akram","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54219","url":null,"abstract":"This study was carried out to determine the distribution of the weeds in two important cash crops of Pakistan along with their distribution pattern in research area. Total of 56 weed species was recorded belonging to 23 plant families by the quadrat method with random sampling in wheat and potato fields of seven different villages from Tehsil Sharqpur Sharif, Punjab, Pakistan. A multivariate technique, Two Way Indicator Species Analysis (TWINSPAN), using PC-ORD (Version-6.22) classified the weeds into groups and associations. The dominant weed communities were Cichorium-Euphorbia- Cyperus community, Chenopodium-Digera-Fumaria weed community, Poa- Chenopodium-Coronopus weed community, Parthenium-Euphorbia-Veronica weed community, Euphorbia-Achyranthes-Brassica community and Setaria-Polypogon- Solanum community. Phytodiversity of weeds found in this study, remarkably indicated the variable distribution pattern of weeds in both the crop fields. Moreover, communities of weeds emerged can be helpful in better planning of the weed management in crop fields. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 233-240, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44590269","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":"Filamentous cyanobacteria from western ghats of North Kerala, India","authors":"V. Geethu, M. Shamina","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54210","url":null,"abstract":"Cyanobacteria are Gram negative, photosynthetic and nitrogen fixing microorganisms which contribute much to our present-day life as medicines, foods, biofuels and biofertilizers. Western Ghats are the hotspots of biodiversity with rich combination of microbial flora including cyanobacteria. Though cosmopolitan in distribution, their abundance in tropical forests are not fully exploited. To fill up this knowledge gap, the present research was carried out on the cyanobacterial flora of Peruvannamuzhi forest and Janaki forests of Western Ghats in Kozhikode District, North Kerala State, India. Extensive specimen collections were conducted during South-West monsoon (June to September) and North-East monsoon (October to December) in the year 2019. The highest diversity of cyanobacteria was found on rock surfaces. A total of 18 cyanobacterial taxa were identified. Among them filamentous heterocystous forms showed maximum diversity with 10 species followed by non- heterocystous forms with 8 species. The highest number of cyanobacteria were identified from Peruvannamuzhi forest with 15 taxa followed by Janaki forest with 3 taxa. The non- heterocystous cyanobacterial genus Oscillatoria Voucher ex Gomont showed maximum abundance with 4 species. In this study we reported Planktothrix planktonica (Elenkin) Agagnostidis & Komárek 1988, Oscillatoria euboeica Anagnostidis 2001 and Nostoc interbryum Sant’Anna et al. 2007 as three new records from India. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 83-95, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48346380","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":"Rubroboletus himalayensis - A new mushroom from Pakistan","authors":"S. Sarwar, Z. Siddique, A. Bashir, A. Khalid","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54206","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>a</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49304167","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}
Debit Datta, M. Rafii, A. Misran, Mashitah Jusoh, O. Yusuff, Nadzirah M Sulaiman, J. Momodu
{"title":"Genetic diversity, heritability and genetic advance of Solanum melongena L. from three secondary centers of diversity","authors":"Debit Datta, M. Rafii, A. Misran, Mashitah Jusoh, O. Yusuff, Nadzirah M Sulaiman, J. Momodu","doi":"10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v28i1.54215","url":null,"abstract":"Indo-Birmanian is considered as the domesticated region and primary center of eggplant diversity from where it spread to other secondary centers of diversity. In this study, the genetic diversity among 56 eggplant genotypes from three secondary centers of diversity (Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand) was assessed using 11 morphological traits. The experiment was laid in a complete randomized block design with three replications. A wide significant variation was observed for all the morphological traits, and highly significant differences among the three centers of diversity. High heritability and genetic advance was found for different traits i.e. fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit girth, fruit length to width ratio, average fruit weight, number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant, plant height and number of primary branches per plant. The selected best traits i.e. number of fruits per plant, average fruit weight and fruit yield per plant showed high heritability along with high genetic advance and less environmental influence but the high value of PCV and GCV. So these traits could be useful for selection criteria in the future breeding program. These results are relevant for evolutionary studies, breeding programs, and management of eggplant genetic resources. \u0000Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 28(1): 155-169, 2021 (June)","PeriodicalId":55590,"journal":{"name":"Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47858770","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}