Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal Latest 23 Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:14:24 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://bdj.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Biodiversity Data Journal https://bdj.pensoft.net/ Checklist of vascular plant species on inselbergs in the Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas, Espírito Santo State, Brazil https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/105688/ Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e105688

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e105688

Authors: Fabiula Arantes, Luiza de Paula, Rafaela Forzza

Abstract: Inselbergs are granitic and/or gneissic rocky outcrops and, in Brazil, the dome-shaped ones in the Atlantic Forest Domain are called sugarloaves (pães de açúcar). They have an extremely specialised vegetation with high levels of endemism. Even though, they are poorly studied and highly degraded. In north-eastern Espírito Santo State, south-eastern Brazil, the Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas (MONAPC) is a federal protected area created to guard some inselbergs mainly threatened by mining, which is one of the main economic activities in the State. In this work, we provide the first checklist of the vascular plant species in this protected area.We recorded 108 species in 36 families and 75 genera that inhabit the vegetation islands on the inselbergs within the official limits of MONAPC. A new species of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) and a new species of Cololobus (Asteraceae) were discovered as new to science and they are being described in other articles.

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Data Paper Tue, 9 Jan 2024 16:43:55 +0200
Inventory of the urban flora of Budapest (Hungary) highlighting new and noteworthy floristic records https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/110450/ Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e110450

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e110450

Authors: Attila Rigó, Ákos Malatinszky, Zoltán Barina

Abstract: The systematic urban floristic research of Budapest was started in 2018 by the authors with detailed methodology. One scope of the research was to gain knowledge on the plant taxa appearing in Budapest and to compile the inventory of the urban flora of Budapest.We have provided the inventory of the urban flora of Budapest, which includes distribution data for all 973 taxa found in Budapest between May 2018 and May 2023. We also provided new detailed occurrence data for 49 species in Budapest. Seven of them are new to the adventive flora of Hungary (Campanula portenschlagiana Roem. & Schult., Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze, Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates, Cyrtomium fortunei J.Sm., Linaria maroccana Hook.f., Talinum paniculatum (Jacq.) Gaertn.), three were rediscovered in Hungary (Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass. ex Spach, Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl., Sisymbrium irio L.) and 18 were recorded for the first time in Budapest. We also provided data for two data-poor (Artemisia scoparia Waldst. & Kit., Polygonum rurivagum Jord. ex Boreau) species and we documented the major expansion of six species.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:06:45 +0200
Pladias platform: Technical description of the database structure https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/80167/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80167

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e80167

Authors: Petr Novotný, Josef Brůna, Milan Chytrý, Vojtěch Kalčík, Zdeněk Kaplan, Tomáš Kebert, Martin Rohn, Marcela Řezníčková, Milan Štech, Jan Wild

Abstract: Digitising and aggregating local floristic data is a critical step in the study of biodiversity. The integrative web-based platform Pladias, designed to cover a wide range of data on vascular plants, was recently developed in the Czech Republic. The combination of occurrence data with species characteristics opens many opportunities for data analysis and synthesis.This article describes the relational structure of the Pladias database service (PladiasDB) and the context of the platform architecture. The structure is relatively complex, as our goal was to cover: (i) species occurrence records, including their management, validation and export of revised species distribution maps, (ii) data on species characteristics with quality control tools using defined data types and (iii) separate user interfaces (UI) for professionals and the general public. We discuss the approaches chosen to model individual elements in PladiasDB and summarise the experience gained during the first five years of operation of the Pladias platform.

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Software Description Fri, 1 Apr 2022 12:04:59 +0300
Yugra State University Biological Collection (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia): general and digitisation overview https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/77669/ Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77669

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e77669

Authors: Nina Filippova, Galina Ganasevich, Ilya Filippov, Anastasia Meshcheryakova, Elena Lapshina, Dmitry Karpov

Abstract: The history of biological collections and digitisation initiatives in northern West Siberia is relatively new due to recent development of the region. The Center for Biodiversity Data Mobilization was established to promote the initiative, led by the Yugra State University. This organisation itself has a relatively young collection of biological specimens, which was, until recently, in a disintegrated state and only partly mobilised. The Yugra State University Biological Collection (YSU BC) currently includes three subdivisions differring by history and taxonomic groups, but also by details of management and storage conditions: the Fungarium, the Bryological collection and the Herbarium collection of YSU.The paper describes the general structure of the Yugra State University Biological Collection, its history, storage conditions, management practices, geographical, temporal and taxonomical coverage. The paper is underlined by three datasets of the collections databases published in GBIF, which are described in detail. The databases are managed in Specify 6 and 7 software and accessed through Specify Web Portal and through GBIF.The Yugra State University Biological Collection made an active reorganisation of physical storage conditions and data management recently, providing the model for other collections in the region. This paper describes the history, general structure, management practices and data management of all three parts of this collection for the first time.Although one part of the collection (Fungarium YSU) was mobilised earlier, last year, we mobilised data of the Bryological and Vascular plants (Herbarium) collections. The three datasets of the corresponding collections in GBIF were increased by about 6000 georeferenced records during the last year.

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Data Paper Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:15:00 +0200
Flora of herbaceous and arboreous plants in Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo, Japan https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/73177/ Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e73177

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e73177

Authors: Seikan Kurata, Naoko Ishikawa, Diego Vasques, Masayuki Saito, Osamu Kurashima, Motomi Ito

Abstract: Recent studies revealed that green spaces in urban areas are critical for conservation of native biodiversity and that assessment of the present flora of green spaces in urban areas is critical for protection of the native biodiversity. The Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo embraces a relevant green area, located in a highly urbanised area in Tokyo Metropolis (35.66 N 139.68 E, Japan). The total area of this Campus is 25.4 ha, from which, 4.5 ha are covered by vegetation. Although intense urbanisation can be observed around the Campus, new insect species had been reported for the Campus area, suggesting that the biodiversity on the Campus still demands some attention. Differently from fauna surveys, no flora survey has been done for more than 30 years on the Campus. In this study, we have extensively surveyed the plants diversity on the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo, aiming for an update of the plants list on this green urban area in Tokyo.The survey covered all herbaceous and arboreous plants growing wild on the Campus. Garden plants were excluded in this survey because these plants were supposed to be cultivated. The final dataset contained, in total, 324 taxa, from which 234 were herbaceous plants and 90 were arboreous plants. The top three taxa are as follows: Poaceae (38 taxa), Asteraceae (34 taxa) and Rosaceae (14 taxa), respectively. This is the first update to the Flora of the Komaba Campus of the University of Tokyo in 30 years and represent an important contribution to conservation of native species in the Tokyo metropolis.

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Data Paper Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:15:00 +0300
"Flora of Russia" on iNaturalist: a dataset https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/59249/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e59249

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e59249

Authors: Alexey Seregin, Dmitriy Bochkov, Julia Shner, Eduard Garin, Igor Pospelov, Vadim Prokhorov, Pavel Golyakov, Sergey Mayorov, Sergey Svirin, Alexander Khimin, Marina Gorbunova, Ekaterina Kashirina, Olga Kuryakova, Boris Bolshakov, Aleksandr Ebel, Anatoliy Khapugin, Maxim Mallaliev, Sergey Mirvoda, Sergey Lednev, Dina Nesterkova, Nadezhda Zelenova, Svetlana Nesterova, Viktoriya Zelenkova, Georgy Vinogradov, Olga Biryukova, Alla Verkhozina, Alexey Zyrianov, Sergey Gerasimov, Ramazan Murtazaliev, Yurii Basov, Kira Marchenkova, Dmitry Vladimirov, Dina Safina, Sergey Dudov, Nikolai Degtyarev, Diana Tretyakova, Daba Chimitov, Evgenij Sklyar, Alesya Kandaurova, Svetlana Bogdanovich, Alexander Dubynin, Olga Chernyagina, Aleksandr Lebedev, Mikhail Knyazev, Irina Mitjushina, Nina Filippova, Kseniia Dudova, Igor Kuzmin, Tatyana Svetasheva, Vladimir Zakharov, Vladimir Travkin, Yaroslav Magazov, Vladimir Teploukhov, Andrey Efremov, Olesya Deineko, Viktor Stepanov, Eugene Popov, Dmitry Kuzmenckin, Tatiana Strus, Tatyana Zarubo, Konstantin Romanov, Alexei Ebel, Denis Tishin, Vladimir Arkhipov, Vladimir Korotkov, Svetlana Kutueva, Vladimir Gostev, Mikhail Krivosheev, Natalia Gamova, Veronica Belova, Oleg Kosterin, Sergey Prokopenko, Rinat Sultanov, Irina Kobuzeva, Nikolay Dorofeev, Alexander Yakovlev, Yuriy Danilevsky, Irina Zolotukhina, Damir Yumagulov, Valerii Glazunov, Vladimir Bakutov, Andrey Danilin, Igor Pavlov, Elena Pushay, Elena Tikhonova, Konstantin Samodurov, Dmitrii Epikhin, Tatyana Silaeva, Andrei Pyak, Yulia Fedorova, Evgeniy Samarin, Denis Shilov, Valentina Borodulina, Ekaterina Kropocheva, Gennadiy Kosenkov, Uladzimir Bury, Anna Mitroshenkova, Tatiana Karpenko, Ruslan Osmanov, Maria Kozlova, Tatiana Gavrilova, Stepan Senator, Maxim Khomutovskiy, Eugene Borovichev, Ilya Filippov, Serguei Ponomarenko, Elena Shumikhina, Dmitry Lyskov, Evgeny Belyakov, Mikhail Kozhin, Leonid Poryadin, Artem Leostrin

Abstract: The "Flora of Russia" project on iNaturalist brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 10,000 people are involved in the data collection.Within 20 months the participants accumulated over 750,000 photo observations of 6,853 species of the Russian flora. This constitutes the largest dataset of open spatial data on the country’s biodiversity and a leading source of data on the current state of the national flora. About 85% of all project data are available under free licenses (CC0, CC-BY, CC-BY-NC) and can be freely used in scientific, educational and environmental activities.

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Data Paper Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:15:00 +0200
A checklist of vascular plants of the W National Park in Burkina Faso, including the adjacent hunting zones of Tapoa-Djerma and Kondio https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/54205/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e54205

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e54205

Authors: Blandine Nacoulma, Marco Schmidt, Karen Hahn, Adjima Thiombiano

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Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 3 Jul 2020 17:15:00 +0300
Sugarloaf Land in south-eastern Brazil: a tropical hotspot of lowland inselberg plant diversity https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/53135/ Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e53135

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e53135

Authors: Luiza de Paula, Luísa Azevedo, Luana Mauad, Leandro Cardoso, João Marcelo Braga, Ludovic Kollmann, Claudio Fraga, Luiz Menini Neto, Paulo Labiak, Renato Mello-Silva, Stefan Porembski, Rafaela Forzza

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Data Paper Fri, 19 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0300
A first checklist of the Pteridophytes of Togo (West Africa) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/24137/ Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24137

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24137

Authors: Komla Abotsi, Kouami Kokou, Jean-Yves Dubuisson, Germinal Rouhan

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Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 6 Jun 2018 15:56:37 +0300
The communities of terrestrial macrofungi in different forest types in vicinities of Khanty-Mansiysk (middle taiga zone of West Siberia) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/20732/ Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e20732

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e20732

Authors: Nina Filippova, Tatiana Bulyonkova

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Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:59:05 +0200
iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/21277/ Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e21277

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e21277

Authors: Vladimir Blagoderov, Malcolm Penn, Mike Sadka, Adrian Hine, Stephen Brooks, Darrell Siebert, Chris Sleep, Steve Cafferty, Elisa Cane, Geoff Martin, Flavia Toloni, Peter Wing, John Chainey, Liz Duffell, Rob Huxley, Sophie Ledger, Caitlin McLaughlin, Gerardo Mazzetta, Jasmin Perera, Robyn Crowther, Lyndsey Douglas, Joanna Durant, Elisabetta Scialabba, Martin Honey, Blanca Huertas, Theresa Howard, Victoria Carter, Sara Albuquerque, Gordon Paterson, Ian Kitching

Abstract: The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects – iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date - the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project.

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Research Article Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:03:45 +0300
iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/19893/ Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e19893

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e19893

Authors: Vladimir Blagoderov, Malcolm Penn, Mike Sadka, Adrian Hine, Stephen Brooks, Darrell Siebert, Chris Sleep, Steve Cafferty, Elisa Cane, Geoff Martin, Flavia Toloni, Peter Wing, John Chainey, Liz Duffell, Rob Huxley, Sophie Ledger, Caitlin McLaughlin, Gerardo Mazzetta, Jasmin Perera, Robyn Crowther, Lyndsey Douglas, Joanna Durant, Martin Honey, Blanca Huertas, Theresa Howard, Victoria Carter, Sara Albuquerque, Gordon Paterson, Ian Kitching

Abstract: The Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK) has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collections. The first phase of this programme was to undertake a series of pilot projects to develop the workflows and infrastructure needed to support mass digitisation of very large scientific collections. This paper presents the results of one of the pilot projects – iCollections. This project digitised all the lepidopteran specimens usually considered as butterflies, 181,545 specimens representing 89 species from the British Isles and Ireland. The data digitised includes, species name, georeferenced location, collector and collection date - the what, where, who and when of specimen data. In addition, a digital image of each specimen was taken. A previous paper explained the way the data were obtained and the background to the collections that made up the project. The present paper describes the technical, logistical, and economic aspects of managing the project.

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Research Article Mon, 25 Sep 2017 12:03:52 +0300
Taxonomic revision of Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/7720/ Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7720

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7720

Authors: Ramona-Elena Irimia, Marc Gottschling

Abstract: Rochefortia is a small taxon of woody plants in the Ehretiaceae (Boraginales) exhibiting coriaceous leaves with cystoliths, small whitish flowers and drupaceous fruits containing four pyrenes. It shares the dioecious sex distribution with its sister group Lepidocordia and can be delimited from the latter (and all other Ehretiaceae) by the presence of thorns. Neotropical Rochefortia is distributed over most Caribbean islands, Central America and northern South America. Twenty-eight validly published names (corresponding to twenty-one typified taxa at the species level and below) are available in Rochefortia, but the precise number of species to be accepted has been elusive before this revision.In the course of the present revision, 353 herbarium collections, comprising approximately 540 Rochefortia specimens, were entried into a BRAHMS data base providing information about protologues and types and retrospective georeferences if possible. Based on the combination of molecular and morphological data we propose to recognise nine species of Rochefortia, namely R. acanthophora, R. bahamensis, R. barloventensis, R. cubensis, R. cuneata, R. lundellii, R. oblongata, R. spinosa and R. stellata (the remaining nineteen validly published names are synonymised under such names). Morphological description of each species and an identification key are provided.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 8 Jun 2016 10:20:55 +0300
PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5848/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5848

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5848

Authors: Yde de Jong, Juliana Kouwenberg, Louis Boumans, Charles Hussey, Roger Hyam, Nicola Nicolson, Paul Kirk, Alan Paton, Ellinor Michel, Michael Guiry, Phillip Boegh, Henrik Pedersen, Henrik Enghoff, Eckhard von Raab-Straube, Anton Güntsch, Marc Geoffroy, Andreas Müller, Andreas Kohlbecker, Walter Berendsohn, Ward Appeltans, Christos Arvanitidis, Bart Vanhoorne, Joram Declerck, Leen Vandepitte, Francisco Hernandez, Róisín Nash, Mark Costello, David Ouvrard, Pascale Bezard-Falgas, Thierry Bourgoin, Florian Wetzel, Falko Glöckler, Günther Korb, Caroline Ring, Gregor Hagedorn, Christoph Häuser, Nihat Aktaç, Ahmet Asan, Adorian Ardelean, Paulo Borges, Dhimiter Dhora, Hasmik Khachatryan, Michael Malicky, Shaig Ibrahimov, Alexander Tuzikov, Aaike De Wever, Snejana Moncheva, Nikolai Spassov, Karel Chobot, Alexi Popov, Igor Boršić, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Urmas Kõljalg, Pertti Uotila, Olivier Gargominy, Jean-Claude Dauvin, David Tarkhnishvili, Giorgi Chaladze, Michael Tuerkay, Anastasios Legakis, László Peregovits, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Erling Ólafsson, Liam Lysaght, Bella Galil, Francesco Raimondo, Gianniantonio Domina, Fabio Stoch, Alessandro Minelli, Voldermars Spungis, Eduardas Budrys, Sergej Olenin, Armand Turpel, Tania Walisch, Vladimir Krpach, Marie Gambin, Laurentia Ungureanu, Gordan Karaman, Roy Kleukers, Elisabeth Stur, Kaare Aagaard, Nils Valland, Toril Moen, Wieslaw Bogdanowicz, Piotr Tykarski, Jan Węsławski, Monika Kędra, Antonio M. de Frias Martins, António Abreu, Ricardo Silva, Sergei Medvedev, Alexander Ryss, Smiljka Šimić, Karol Marhold, Eduard Stloukal, Davorin Tome, Marian Ramos, Benito Valdés, Francisco Pina, Sven Kullander, Anders Telenius, Yves Gonseth, Pascal Tschudin, Oleksandra Sergeyeva, Volodymyr Vladymyrov, Volodymyr Rizun, Chris Raper, Dan Lear, Pavel Stoev, Lyubomir Penev, Ana Rubio, Thierry Backeljau, Hannu Saarenmaa, Sandrine Ulenberg

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Research Article Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:20:36 +0300
Biodiversity inventories in high gear: DNA barcoding facilitates a rapid biotic survey of a temperate nature reserve https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/6313/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e6313

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6313

Authors: Angela Telfer, Monica Young, Jenna Quinn, Kate Perez, Crystal Sobel, Jayme Sones, Valerie Levesque-Beaudin, Rachael Derbyshire, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Rodolphe Rougerie, Abinah Thevanayagam, Adrian Boskovic, Alex Borisenko, Alex Cadel, Allison Brown, Anais Pages, Anibal Castillo, Annegret Nicolai, Barb Mockford Glenn Mockford, Belén Bukowski, Bill Wilson, Brock Trojahn, Carole Ann Lacroix, Chris Brimblecombe, Christoper Hay, Christmas Ho, Claudia Steinke, Connor Warne, Cristina Garrido Cortes, Daniel Engelking, Danielle Wright, Dario Lijtmaer, David Gascoigne, David Hernandez Martich, Derek Morningstar, Dirk Neumann, Dirk Steinke, Donna DeBruin Marco DeBruin, Dylan Dobias, Elizabeth Sears, Ellen Richard, Emily Damstra, Evgeny Zakharov, Frederic Laberge, Gemma Collins, Gergin Blagoev, Gerrie Grainge, Graham Ansell, Greg Meredith, Ian Hogg, Jaclyn McKeown, Janet Topan, Jason Bracey, Jerry Guenther, Jesse Sills-Gilligan, Joseph Addesi, Joshua Persi, Kara Layton, Kareina D'Souza, Kencho Dorji, Kevin Grundy, Kirsti Nghidinwa, Kylee Ronnenberg, Kyung Min Lee, Linxi Xie, Liuqiong Lu, Lyubomir Penev, Mailyn Gonzalez, Margaret Rosati, Mari Kekkonen, Maria Kuzmina, Marianne Iskandar, Marko Mutanen, Maryam Fatahi, Mikko Pentinsaari, Miriam Bauman, Nadya Nikolova, Natalia Ivanova, Nathaniel Jones, Nimalka Weerasuriya, Norman Monkhouse, Pablo Lavinia, Paul Jannetta, Priscila Hanisch, R. Troy McMullin, Rafael Ojeda Flores, Raphaëlle Mouttet, Reid Vender, Renee Labbee, Robert Forsyth, Rob Lauder, Ross Dickson, Ruth Kroft, Scott Miller, Shannon MacDonald, Sishir Panthi, Stephanie Pedersen, Stephanie Sobek-Swant, Suresh Naik, Tatsiana Lipinskaya, Thanushi Eagalle, Thibaud Decaëns, Thibault Kosuth, Thomas Braukmann, Tom Woodcock, Tomas Roslin, Tony Zammit, Victoria Campbell, Vlad Dinca, Vlada Peneva, Paul Hebert, Jeremy deWaard

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Taxonomy & Inventories Sun, 30 Aug 2015 00:03:09 +0300
The Pteridaceae family diversity in Togo https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/5078/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5078

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5078

Authors: Komla Abotsi, Aboudou Radji, Germinal Rouhan, Jean-Yves Dubuisson, Kouami Kokou

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Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:32:07 +0300
Vigna pandeyana (Fabaceae), a new species from northern Western Ghats, India https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4606/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4606

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4606

Authors: Sayajirao Gaikwad, Ramchandra Gore, Sonali Randive

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Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 6 Mar 2015 09:36:32 +0200
Thirteen new records of ferns from Brazil https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/4421/ Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4421

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4421

Authors: Thais Almeida, Alexandre Salino

Abstract: Thirteen fern species are reported for the first time for Brazil. Among the new records, eight are from Acre state (Cyathea subincisa, Cyclodium trianae, Elaphoglossum stenophyllum, Hypoderris brauniana, Pleopeltis stolzei, Thelypteris arcana, Thelypteris comosa, Thelypteris valdepilosa), two are from Pará state (Polypodium flagellare, Tectaria heracleifolia), one from Minas Gerais state (Alsophila salvinii), one from Ceará state (Campyloneurum costatum) and one from Bahia state (Thelypteris rolandii). Part of the species shows a disjunct occurrence or illustrates floristic relations between Brazilian and Andean Mountains or Central American Mountains.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:23:15 +0200
Trends in access of plant biodiversity data revealed by Google Analytics https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1558/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1558

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1558

Authors: Timothy Jones, David Baxter, Gregor Hagedorn, Ben Legler, Edward Gilbert, Kevin Thiele, Yalma Vargas-Rodriguez, Lowell Urbatsch

Abstract: The amount of plant biodiversity data available via the web has exploded in the last decade, but making these data available requires a considerable investment of time and work, both vital considerations for organizations and institutions looking to validate the impact factors of these online works. Here we used Google Analytics (GA), to measure the value of this digital presence. In this paper we examine usage trends using 15 different GA accounts, spread across 451 institutions or botanical projects that comprise over five percent of the world's herbaria. They were studied at both one year and total years. User data from the sample reveal: 1) over 17 million web sessions, 2) on five primary operating systems, 3) search and direct traffic dominates with minimal impact from social media, 4) mobile and new device types have doubled each year for the past three years, 5) and web browsers, the tools we use to interact with the web, are changing. Server-side analytics differ from site to site making the comparison of their data sets difficult. However, use of Google Analytics erases the reporting heterogeneity of unique server-side analytics, as they can now be examined with a standard that provides a clarity for data-driven decisions. The knowledge gained here empowers any collection-based environment regardless of size, with metrics about usability, design, and possible directions for future development.

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Research Article Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:31:55 +0200
Guide to the Vascular Flora of the Savannas and Flatwoods of Shaken Creek Preserve and Vicinity (Pender & Onslow Counties, North Carolina, U.S.A.) https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1099/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1099

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1099

Authors: Robert Thornhill, Alexander Krings, David Lindbo, Jon Stucky

Abstract: Shaken Creek Preserve (“SCP”) is a 2,448 ha (6,050 ac) natural area in Pender and Onslow Counties, North Carolina (U.S.A). Best known for its high-quality longleaf pine savanna habitat, the site contains seven savanna or savanna-like plant community types (i.e., flatwoods or sandhills), three of which are globally critically imperiled (G1): Sandy Pine Savanna (Rush Featherling subtype), Wet Loamy Pine Savanna, and Very Wet Loamy Pine Savanna. SCP hosts three Federally Endangered plant species and six Federal Species of Concern. Formerly a private hunting club, the site was virtually unknown to scientists until the 1990s; consequently, few biological inventories of SCP have been conducted. In particular, no systematic floristic inventories of the species-rich savannas have been undertaken, despite the fact that floristic data is critical to the effective management of any natural area. The goals of this study were to (1) inventory the vascular flora of the savannas, flatwoods, and sandhill community types on site through the collection of voucher specimens; (2) provide a comprehensive checklist of the flora based on collections and reports made from the site and from the same or similar habitats in the vicinity (i.e., within 2 miles of SCP); and (3) create an illustrated guide based on the checklist. In order to increase the usefulness of the guide, taxa not currently known from SCP but collected or reported from the same or similar habitats within two miles of SCP, are included in the guide. Eighty-three families containing 450 taxa, including thirty-two Significantly Rare and thirty-eight Watch List taxa, were collected or reported from SCP; an additional seven families containing a total of 102 taxa, including eighteen Significantly Rare and seven Watch List taxa, were collected or reported from the vicinity. In total, ninety families containing 552 taxa, including fifty Significantly Rare and forty-five Watch List taxa, are treated in the guide. Dichotomous keys are provided to all vouchered or reported families, genera, and species. The following features are provided for all species and infraspecific taxa: flowering and fruiting phenology; synonymy with Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, the Flora of North America, and Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States; relevant voucher information; and, for most taxa, line drawings and/or photographs. For taxa collected from SCP, community types in which the taxa occur and estimates of abundance on site are also provided.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 16 May 2014 08:34:54 +0300
Chromosome studies in the aquatic monocots of Myanmar: A brief review with additional records https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1069/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1069

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1069

Authors: Yu Ito, Nobuyuki Tanaka

Abstract: Myanmar (Burma) constitutes a significant component of the Indo-Myanmar biodiversity hotspot, with elements of the Indian, the Indochina, and the Sino-Japanese floristic regions, yet thus far only a few reliable sources of the country's flora have been available. As a part of a contribution for the floristic inventory of Myanmar, since it is important in a floristic survey to obtain as much information as possible, in addition to previous two reports, here we present three more chromosome counts in the aquatic monocots of Myanmar: Limnocharis flava with 2n = 20, Sagittaria trifolia with 2n = 22 (Alismataceae), and Potamogeton distinctus × P. nodosus with 2n = 52 (Potamogetonaceae); the third one is new to science. A brief review of cytological researches in the floristic regions' 45 non-hybrid aquatic monocots plus well investigated two inter-specific hybrids that are recorded in Myanmar is given, indicating that the further works with a focus on species in Myanmar that has infra-specific chromosome variation in the floristic regions will address the precise evolutionary history of the aquatic flora of Myanmar.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 13 May 2014 08:45:42 +0300
DNA barcoding reveals a new record of Potamogeton distinctus (Potamogetonaceae) and its natural hybrids, P. distinctus × P. nodosus and P. distinctus × P. wrightii (P. ×malainoides) from Myanmar https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1073/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1073

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1073

Authors: Yu Ito, Norio Tanaka, Rachun Pooma, Nobuyuki Tanaka

Abstract: Indo-China floristic region is among the 34 richest floristic regions of the world, and its plant diversity is still under investigation. Here we report a new record of an aquatic plant, Potamogeton distinctus, from Myanmar, a part of the region, that is detected by means of DNA barcoding method. The molecular method further identified the other specimens as hybrids of Potamogeton: one is P. ×malainoides (P. distinctus × P. wrightii), and the other is P. distinctus × P. nodosus. The first of these was thus far genetically confirmed in China, but the parental combination of the hybrid in Myanmar was reciprocal to those reported from China. The second hybrid was also recorded from China, but the maternal lineage was revealed for the first time, in this case it was P. distinctus. The present study showed that 1) nrITS is useful to distinguish closely related Potamogeton species as well as hybrids among them and 2) atpB-rbcL has higher utility than other frequently used plastid DNA markers. We thus propose nrITS and atpB-rbcL as DNA barcoding markers for future Potamogeton studies.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:30:00 +0200
New records in vascular plants alien to Kyrgyzstan https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/1018/ Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1018

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1018

Authors: Georgy Lazkov, Alexander Sennikov

Abstract: A series of brief notes on distribution of vascular plants alien to Kyrgyzstan is presented. A further expansion of Anthemis ruthenica (Asteraceae), Crambe orientalis (Brassicaceae) and Salvia aethiopis (Lamiaceae) in northern and northwestern Kyrgyzstan is recorded. The first record of Chenopodium vulvaria (Amaranthaceae) from the northern side of Kyrgyz Range is confirmed, and the species was found for the second time in Alay Range. The ephemerous occurrence of Hirschfeldia incana (Brassicaceae) in Central Asia is recorded for the first time from Fergana Range. Tragus racemosus (Poaceae) is first recorded from the Chüy Depression as an ephemerous alien. Arrhenatherum elatius, escaped from cultivation and locally established, is new to the country. The second record of established occurrence of Centaurea solstitialis (Asteraceae) and an ephemerous occurrence of Glaucium corniculatum (Papaveraceae) are presented. Complete information is collected about the occurrence of every mentioned species in Kyrgyzstan.

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Taxonomy & Inventories Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:36:58 +0200