"Era costa brava é mal país en tierra”: wayfarers and navigators to the northwest of the New Spain

A mediados del siglo XVI el Virrey de la Nueva España, Antonio de Mendoza, envía dos expediciones al noroeste en busca de las Siete Ciudades de Cíbola: un grupo por tierra al mando de Vásquez de Coronado y un grupo por mar al mando de Hernando de Alarcón. Las dos Relaciones que narran estos viajes se analizan ilustrando el discurso de los navegantes y el discurso de los caminantes.In the middle of the 16th century the Viceroy of the New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza, sends two expeditions to the northwest in search of Seven Cíbola's Cities: a group for land supervised by Vásquez de Coronado and a group by sea supervised by Hernando de Alarcón. Both Relations that narrate these trips are analyzed illustrating the speech of the navigators and the speech of the wayfarers

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Premiers pycnogonides cótiers du détroit de Gibraltar (coté ibérique)

Ha estat estudiada una col•lecció de 107 picnogònides costaners, recollits entre la superfície i els 12 m de fondària (nivells mediolitoral i infralitoral) sobre substrats diversos, que ban proporcionat 11 espècies pertanyents a 7 gèneres i 5 famílies. Les espècies més abundants són Achelia echinata, Ammothella longipes i Callipalene emaciata. Hom comenta llur distribució europea. Aquesta fauna sembla totalment mediterrània.A faunistic study of 107 coastal Pycnogonida, sampled to 12 meters deep, is realized on various substrates in the medio-littoral and infralittoral zones. Eleven species have been detected, belonging to 5 families and 7 genera. Achelia echinata, Ammothella longipes and Callipalene emaciata are the most frequent taxa. Their European distribution is presented. This fauna is similar to the Mediterranean one

Two new liverworts for Europe in Macaronesia : Odontoschisma prostratum (Sw.) Trevis. on the Azores and Jungermannia callithrix Lindenb. & Gottsche on the Azores and Madeira

Odontoschisma prostratum (Sw.) Trevis. and Jungermannia callithrix Lindenb. et Gottsche, two liverworts mainly distributed in the Neotropics, are reported at hand of many collections from Macaronesia. O. prostratum occurs on 8 of the 9 Azorean islands, growing on all type of substrates, even epiphyllous, but rarely in bogs. J. callithrix is known from 8 Azorean islands and from Madeira, growing epigeic. The phytogeographical interest of the occurrence on the Azores of some 39 liverworts (among 147) belonging to the neotropical and/or paleotropical elements is discussed. Most of the neotropical species may have been easily transported to the Azores by the frequent depressions (or occasionally storms) moving rapidly at relatively low altitude (3,000 m) from the North or Central American eastern coasts or from the Caribbean islands and Bermuda to Western Europe in a few days. Only a few of these species could have been be introduced by human activities, mainly along the coast

Checklist of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the eastern tropical Pacific

Literature dealing with brachyuran crabs from the east Pacific is reviewed. Marine and brackish water species reported at least once in the Eastern Tropical Pacific zoogeographic subregion, which extends from Magdalena Bay, on the west coast of Baja California, Mexico, to Paita, in northern Peru, are listed and their distribution range along the Pacific coast of America is provided. Unpublished records, based on material kept in the author's collections were also considered to determine or confirm the presence of species, or to modify previously published distribution ranges within the study area. A total of 450 species, belonging to 181 genera, are included in the checklist, the first ever made available for the entire tropical zoogeographic subregion of the west coast of America. A list of names of species and subspecies currently recognized as invalid for the area is also included

Ecological adaptation of wild peach palm, its in situ conservation and deforestation-mediated extinction in Southern Brazilian Amazonia.

The Arc of Fire across southern Amazonia seasonally attracts worldwide attention as forests are cut and burned for agricultural expansion. These forests contain numerous wild relatives of native South American crops, such as peach palm

Contributo para o conhecimento da biodiversidade marinha da ilha das Flores

XIII Expedição Científica do Departamento de Biologia - Flores e Corvo 2007.No âmbito da XIII Expedição Científica Flores e Corvo/2007, organizada pelo Departamento de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores, efectuaram-se várias observações e recolhas de organismos marinhos, utilizando 3 metodologias: mergulho (bentos), arrasto (plâncton) e prospecção no intertidal

Sur une espèce nouvelle de Langouste des îles du Cap vert, Palinurus charlestoni sp. nov.

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Hiraea cuneata, H. macrophylla, and four new species confused with them: H. hatschbachii, H. occhionii, H. reitzii, and H. restingae (Malpighiaceae)

Specimens of Hiraea (Malpighiaceae) from the Brazilian states of eastern Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, and Santa Catarina that had been determined as H. cuneata Griseb. and H. wiedeana A.Juss. were found to include four undescribed species. The assemblage traditionally named Hiraea cuneata includes, in addition to H. cuneata (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), two novelties: H. hatschbachii C.E.Anderson (Paraná) and H. occhionii C.E.Anderson (Rio de Janeiro). The gatherings labelled Hiraea wiedeana comprise specimens of H. reitzii C.E.Anderson (Paraná, Santa Catarina) and H. restingae C.E.Anderson (Rio de Janeiro), here newly described, and of H. macrophylla (Colla) P.L.R.Moraes & Guglielmone (Rio de Janeiro), the earlier and correct name for the species also known as H. wiedeana. In all, the flowers are borne in a single 4-flowered umbel instead of a compound arrangement, as is often characteristic of other species of Hiraea. Specimens assigned to Hiraea cuneata have the laminas abaxially sericeous initially but glabrous at maturity. In those assigned to H. wiedeana the laminas are abaxially velutinous (eventually glabrescent in H. restingae). Full descriptions and synonymies are supplied, and all species are illustrated.NSF: DEB-0543909Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109402/1/EJB71-HirCuMa.pdfDescription of EJB71-HirCuMa.pdf : Entire articl

Tipos nomenclaturais de Angiospermae do Herbário IAN da Embrapa Amazônia Oriental: Aristolochiaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Bombacaceae, Compositae, Gesneriaceae, Lecythidaceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Rubiaceae e Sapotaceae.

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