The Galium trifidum group (Galium sect. Aparinoides, Rubiaceae)

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (16) ◽  
pp. 1911-1925 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Puff
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Chromosome Counts ◽  
New Classification ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
North Western

By using morphology, karyology, pollen size, leaf flavonoids, ecological observations, and modification experiments, a new classification of the Galium trifidum group is proposed. Nine taxa in five species are recognized: (1) G. tinctorium, with ssp. tinctorium and sap. floridanum (new comb.) in eastern North America; (2) G. brevipes, a rare species centered in the Great Lakes region; (3) G. trifidum, with ssp. trifidum in northern North America. Asia, and Europe, ssp. columbianum (new comb.) in (north)western North America and (north)eastern Asia, and ssp. subbiflorum (new comb.) and ssp. halophilum (new comb.) in northern North America; (4) G. innocuum in southeastern Asia; (5) G. karakulense in central Asia.New chromosome counts of n = 12 and 2n = 24 are reported for G. tinctorium ssp. tinctorium and ssp. floridanum; and G. trifidum ssp. trifidum, ssp. columbianum, and ssp. subbiflorum.

scholarly journals A Review of Recently Discovered Remains of the Pleistocene Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from NE Siberia and Arctic Canada

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
D. Christopher Rogers ◽  
Anton A. Zharov ◽  
Anna N. Neretina ◽  
Svetlana A. Kuzmina ◽  
Alexey A. Kotov
Keyword(s):  
Western North America ◽  
Temporary Wetlands ◽  
Indicator Organisms ◽  
Aquatic Habitats ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Large Branchiopods ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
North Western ◽  
Large Branchiopod

In this study, we examine, identify, and discuss fossil remains of large branchiopod crustaceans collected from six sites across the Beringian region (north-eastern Asia and north-western North America). Eggs and mandibles from Anostraca and Notostraca, as well as a notostracan telson fragment and a possible notostracan second maxilla, were collected from both paleosediment samples and also from large mammal hair. The remains of large branchiopods and other species that are limited to seasonally astatic aquatic habitats (temporary wetlands) could be useful indicator organisms of paleoecological conditions. Different recent large branchiopod species have very different ecological preferences, with each species limited to specific geochemical component tolerance ranges regarding various salinity, cation, and gypsum concentrations. Our purpose is to bring the potential usefulness of these common fossil organisms to the attention of paleoecologists.

Biogeographic relationships between the macrofungi of temperate eastern Asia and eastern North America

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (12) ◽  
pp. 2108-2116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuxin Wu ◽  
Gregory M. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Key Words ◽  
North American ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Key Words Biogeography

Eastern North America and temperate eastern Asia reportedly share a relatively high number of taxa of macrofungi (mushrooms and relatives), including a number of taxa that have putative eastern North America – temperate eastern Asia disjunct distributions. These reports have been used to imply an affinity between the mycota (fungal equivalent of flora and fauna) of the two regions. To date, however, this affinity has not been examined in detail. A comparison of north temperate macrofungal mycotas was undertaken to examine the similarity between these regions. We used two methods in this study: (i) direct comparison of taxon lists and (ii) calculation of the Simpson Coefficient of similarity from lists of selected taxa. These analyses were based on field work, herbarium records, and published taxonomic treatments for Amanita, Lactarius, Ramaria, and Boletaceae. Results of these analyses document that taxonomic similarity between eastern North America and temperate eastern Asia mycotas can be quite high. In all cases, the calculated similarity values for eastern North America – temperate eastern Asia comparisons are higher than those between either region of North America and Europe or between western North America and eastern Asia. Furthermore, the eastern North American and temperate eastern Asian disjunct distributions of macrofungi are usually limited to the level of species or lower. Key words: biogeography, China, disjunct distribution, macrofungi, North America, Simpson Coefficient.

scholarly journals A database of Holocene temperature records for north‐eastern North America and the north‐western Atlantic

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Simon van Bellen ◽  
Anne de Vernal ◽  
Anna To ◽  
Marie‐Michèle Ouellet‐Bernier ◽  
Natasha Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Temperature Records ◽  
North Western

Systematics, Mycogeography, and Evolutionary History of Tylopilus subg. Roseoscarbra in Australia Elucidated by comparison with Asian and American Species

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
CB Wolfe ◽  
NL Bougher
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Pleistocene Glaciations ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
History Of

The discovery of specimens of Tylopilus subg. Roseoscarbra in Australia prompted a comparative study of similar specimens from China, Japan, Costa Rica, and Eastern North America. The subgenus apparently originated in Laurasia. Populations of the subgenus migrated southwards from eastern Asia with their ectomycorrhizal hosts during Miocene/Pleistocene glaciations and subsequently adapted to different hosts in north-eastern Australia. The divergence in Australia is recognised in the new species: T. subchromapes, T. palumanus, T. queenslandianus, and T. propriorichromapes. Northern hemisphere populations disjuncted by the formation of the Atlantic Ocean are now recognised as new species in China — T. chlorinosmus, T. chromoreticulatus, and T. pinophilus — and in Japan, T. hongoi. During Pleistocene glaciation North American populations may have diverged in North and Central America that are recognised in Central America as T. cartagoensis and in North America as T. chromapes.

A chromatographic and cytological study of Dryopteris dilatata in North America and eastern Asia

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl-Johan Widén ◽  
Donald M. Britton
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Chromatographic Analysis ◽  
Cytological Study ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Western North America ◽  
European Studies ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Phloroglucinol Derivatives ◽  
Derivatives Of

A chromatographic analysis of the phloroglucinol derivatives of 123 collections of Dryopteris intermedia Gray (2x), D. assimilis S. Walker (2x) from western North America, D. "dilatata" from eastern North America (2x), D. "austriaca" from Japan and Kamchatka, "Aspidium dilatatum" from Siberia, D. campyloptera Clarkson (4x) from eastern North America, D. spinulosa Watt (4x) from North America, the hybrids D. "dilatata" × campyloptera (3x) and D. intermedia × spinulosa (3x) is presented. D. "dilatata" from eastern North America has an extremely variable phloroglucinol content, which limits the utility of the analysis for taxonomy. The chromatographic and cytological results are discussed in connection with the evolution of the two tetraploid taxa, D. campyloptera and D. spinulosa. The intra-specific variability of each taxon is discussed and compared with the extensive European studies. The material investigated may be considered to belong to the following species: D. intermedia Gray (2x), D. assimilis S. Walker (2x), D. campyloptera Clarkson (4x), and D. spinulosa Watt (4x). Only two different ancestral genomes are considered to be present in these four species, one in the first three species, and two in D. spinulosa.

scholarly journals Variability in Sorbitol : Sucrose Ratio in Mature Leaves of Different Prunus Species

1997 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annick Moing ◽  
Nathalie Langlois ◽  
Laurence Svanella ◽  
Anne Zanetto ◽  
Jean-Pierre Gaudillère
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Geographical Origin ◽  
Soluble Sugars ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
Prunus Species ◽  
Mature Leaves ◽  
Western Asia

Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol, present with sucrose in Rosaceae trees, which seems to have a role in plant response to environmental stress. The aim of this study was to investigate variability in sorbitol : sucrose ratio in source leaves of 53 species or hybrids of Prunus. The studied taxa, representing three subgenera and 11 sections of the Prunus genus, were chosen from the Prunus collection at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Bordeaux, France. Young mature leaves were sampled on three dates in spring and summer and were analyzed for neutral soluble sugars using high-performance liquid chromatography. There were differences in sorbitol : sucrose ratio according to sampling date and according to taxon. Sorbitol content increased and sucrose content decreased from May to July, leading to an increase in sorbitol : sucrose ratio. For each date, there was a high variability within botanical sections for sorbitol : sucrose ratio. The highest variability between species for sorbitol : sucrose ratio was in July, with P. cocomilia having the lowest ratio (1.15, w/w) and P. fremontii having the highest ratio (5.59, w/w). When species were pooled according to their geographical zone of origin, species originating from Japan showed the lowest sorbitol : sucrose ratio for all sampling dates. In July, species originating from Japan, Europe, and central to western North America had sorbitol : sucrose ratio significantly lower than that of species originating from Europe to western Asia, China to eastern Asia, and central to eastern North America. These results indicate that variability in sorbitol : sucrose ratio exists in the Prunus germplasm and seems to be related to the geographical origin of the species. Moreover, variability in sorbitol to sucrose ratio is high in the germplasm of different Prunus taxa.

A classification of the deciduous forest of eastern North America

Vegetatio ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl D. Monk ◽  
Donald W. Imm ◽  
Robert L. Potter ◽  
Geoffrey G. Parker
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Eastern North America

scholarly journals Effects of aerosols on precipitation in north-eastern North America

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 5111-5125 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Mashayekhi ◽  
J. J. Sloan
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Cloud Droplet ◽  
Cloud Microphysics ◽  
Convective Precipitation ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Anthropogenic Aerosols ◽  
Convective Rain ◽  
North Eastern

Abstract. The changes in precipitation in north-eastern North America caused by chemistry – and particularly anthropogenic aerosols – are investigated using the Weather Research Forecasting with Chemistry (WRF/Chem v3.2) model. The simulations were carried out for a five-month period from April to August 2009. The model results show that non-negligible changes in both convective and cloud-resolved (non-convective) precipitation are caused by chemistry and/or aerosols over most parts of the domain. The changes can be attributed to both radiative and microphysical interactions with the meteorology. A chemistry-induced change of approximately −15% is found in the five-month mean daily convective precipitation over areas with high convective rain; most of this can be traced to radiative effects. Total convective rain is greater than total non-convective rain in the domain, but a chemistry-induced increase of about 30% is evident in the five-month mean daily non-convective precipitation over the heavily urbanized parts of the Atlantic coast. The effects of aerosols on cloud microphysics and precipitation were examined for two particle size ranges, 0.039–0.1 μm and 1–2.5 μm, representing the nucleation and accumulation modes respectively. Strongly positive spatial correlation between cloud droplet number and non-convective rain are found for activated (cloud-borne) aerosols in both size ranges. Non-activated (interstitial) aerosols have a positive correlation with cloud droplet number and non-convective rain when they are small and an inverse correlation for larger sizes.

scholarly journals An abdominal stridulation organ in Cyphoderris (Prophalangopsidae) and concerning the systematic classification of the Ensifera (Saltatoria)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjell Ander
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Adaptive Significance ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Systematic Classification ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Stridulatory Apparatus

Ensiferan insects (crickets, katydids, grigs and allies) are well known for rubbing parts of their cuticle together to produce sound: a process called stridulation. In this article Swedish entomologist Kjell Ander describes a novel (at the time) stridulatory apparatus in the great grig, Cyphoderris monstrosa (Prophalangopsidae), a relict ensiferan found in the mountainous regions of western North America. Ander used preserved specimens to predict the sound-producing function of a pair of abdominal file-scraper apparatuses, although he was never able to directly test his proposed mechanism nor did he speculate as to the adaptive significance of the structures. The article concludes with a review of the systematic placement of various higher level taxa within the order Orthoptera, of which Ensifera is one suborder.

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