Typyfications of the names of Iberian accepted species of Narcissus L. (Amaryllidaceae)

Tipificación de los nombres aceptados de las especies ibéricas del género Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae). En el curso de la preparación del tratamiento taxonómico del género Narcissus para Flora Ibérica, catorce nombres de taxa aceptados han sido encontrados sin designación de tipo nomenclatural. Trece lectotipos y un neotipo han sido designados para estos taxa. Adicionalmente, cinco epitipos se han seleccionado para las especies aceptadas con ilustración como tipos y uno para un nombre de Linneo que presenta un deficiente especímen como lectotipo

Allium ursinum L. subsp. ursinum: confirmação da presença em Portugal

Com a intenção de prospectar a brioflora de um território até então ignorado pelos especialistas, o casal Allorge herborizou em algumas localidades do Distrito de Bragança, no ano de 1931. Desta excursão resultou a publicação: P. ALLORGE & V. ALLORGE [Sur quelques aspects de la végétation aus environs de Bragança. Port. Acta Biol., vol. J. Hen.: 63-86, 1949]. Bem ao gosto da época ALLORGE & ALLORGE (op. cit.) incluem um relato pormenorizado da sua viagem, com referências abundantes à vegetação e à flora vascular da Serra de Nogueira (Trás-os-Montes, Concelho de Bragança, Freguesia de Rebordãos

Can a 12th Century Monk Teach Today’s Non-Profit Leaders?

Is it possible that a 12th century monk can teach anything of relevance to today’s non-profit leaders and their organizations? The monk, Bernard of Clairvaux, was an exemplary monastery leader throughout Western Europe. Bernard’s successes during the 12th century could serve as a model for non-profit organizations and their leaders due to the challenges that some non-profit institutions face today. Additionally, a Bernardine model is more applicable in connection between Bernard’s ideas and non-profit organizations since they each have altruistic similarities. One of the similarities is that they both have a “higher-calling” based on core values, whether for God or a greater mission for a community or particular cause. Furthermore, both monasteries and non-profit organizations are not trying to make a profit and mostly have non-paid members that work there. Although they each have non-or-low-paid workers, they still have or should have an organization structure with defined key roles and duties. Between the 12th century and today, there has been an evolution from the understanding and application of Bernard’s ideas that can be leveraged to enhance today’s organizations. This is shown in several of Bernard’s early letters along with commentaries about him and his monastic leadership. Given my thirty-year experience in volunteering for regional and national non-profit organizations I see an opportunity to improve those institutions with applicable aspects from Bernard’s many successes. Bernard’s background, his monastery’s core values, and monastic roles will be reviewed and will help demonstrate that Bernard’s model can be applicable to many of today’s religious and secular non-profit organizations. In conclusion, even though Bernard lived in the 12th century, many aspects of his flourishing monastery can be useful or should be at least considered to elevate today’s non-profit leaders and their organizations. The foremost lessons-learned are from Bernard’s core values and key monastic roles that helped grow the monasteries and ultimately influenced institutions around the world from the 12th century through present day. Furthermore, both religious and secular non-profit groups today can leverage Bernard’s models of core values and structured roles and evaluate if there are applicable areas that could be customized to enhance their institutions. In addition to these Bernardine areas, today’s non-profit leaders could benefit by further exploring Bernard’s other approaches of leading complex global organizations. The other aspects that can be considered are in his monastic models of finance, recruiting, and community relations since Bernard used them also to grow his monasteries. Nevertheless, after a careful understanding of Bernard’s monastic models around core values and structured roles, I have found that their application would clearly help several regional and national non-profit groups. The goal would be to help strengthen those organizations by creating new opportunities so that the groups continue to prosper much like Bernard and his monasteries did in the 12th century

Anthos.es: 10 years showing Spanish plant diversity information in the Internet

Anthos is a scientific and technological program that shows Spanish plant biodiversity information in Internet through the open web page www.anthos.es. The program has been developed since 1999 with the support of the Fundación Biodiversidad and the Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas – Real Jardín Botánico and offers 1.3 million plant data with c. 100.000 annual visitors

Geranium dodecatheoides, a new species from New Mexico, U.S.A.

Geranium dodecatheoides P.J. Alexander & Aedo (Geraniaceae), a new species from the Sierra Blanca in Lincoln Co., New Mexico, is described and illustrated. This new species is related to North American species of sect. Caespitosa R. Knuth, which have dichasial inflorescences and petals that are hairy on the adaxial surface. It is distinguished from other members of Caespitosa primarily by having narrow, reflexed petals.This work was partly financed by the Spanish Dirección General de Investigación through the research project CGL2010-19747.Peer reviewe

Taxonomic Revision of Trisetum Section Acrospelion (Poaceae: Pooideae: Aveninae) from Eurasia

Abstract—A taxonomic revision of Trisetum sect. Acrospelion is presented. We include descriptions and synonyms of each taxon from a study of 670 vouchers from 45 herbaria. Detailed morphometric descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, identification key, and habitat data are given for each taxon. Twelve names are lectotypified: Aira halleri Honck., Avena argentea Willd., Avena brevifolia Host, Avena daenensis Boiss., Avena dis- tichophylla Vill., Trisetum argenteum var. parviflorum Parl., Trisetum cavanillesianum Borja & Font Quer, Trisetum distichophyllum subsp. delphinense Beauverd, Trisetum macrotrichum Hack., Trisetum rigidum var. molle Somm. & Levier, Trisetum rigidum var. ovale Somm. & Levier, and Trisetum teberdense var. brevifolium Kharadze. We recognize seven species of Trisetum into the section, which is endemic to Eurasia: T. argenteum, T. buschianum Seredin, T. distichophyllum (Vill.) P. Beauv., T. macrotrichum, T. rigidum (M. Bieb.) Roem. & Schult., T. tamonanteae Marrero Rodr. & S. Scholz, and T. velutinum Boiss. Morphometric variation of the main characters is shown by box plots. The highest diversity is located in the Caucasian Mountains and the Alps, where two species were found in each area. Additionally, one species is endemic to the Canary Islands, a second to southeastern Spain, and a third to the Carpathian Mountains. In contrast with some regional treatments, T. persicum Chrtek is considered a synonym of T. rigidum (M. Bieb.) Roem. & Schult., and T. cavanillesianum Borja & Font Quer a synonym of T. velutinum Boiss. Trisetum rigidum subsp. teberdense (Litv.) Tzvelev and T. buschianum subsp. transcaucasicum (Seredin) Mosul. are recognized as subspecies. Vegetative propagation has been observed for the first time in specimens of T. rigidum and T. velutinum.Ministerio de Economía y CompetitividadUnión EuropeaFEDE

Taxonomic revision of Trisetum sect. Trisetum (Poaceae: Pooideae: Aveninae) from Eurasia and North Africa

A taxonomic revision of Trisetum Pers. sect. Trisetum is presented. We include descriptions and synonyms of each taxon from a study of 894 vouchers from 45 herbaria. Detailed morphometric descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, an identification key, and habitat data are given for each taxon. Morphometric variation of the main characters is shown by box plots. Thirty-one names are lectotypified. Two neotypes are designated. We recognize eight species of Trisetum in the section: T. alpestre (Host) P. Beauv., T. altaicum Stephan ex Roshev., T. bertolonii Jonsell, T. flavescens (L.) P. Beauv., T. fuscum Schult., T. glaciale (Bory) Boiss., T. gracile (Moris) Boiss., and T. laconicum Boiss. & Orph. Two infraspecific taxa of T. flavescens are recognized (T. flavescens subsp. flavescens and T. flavescens subsp. griseovirens (H. Lindb.) Dobignard). Six of the eight species of Trisetum sect. Trisetum are endemic to the different European mountain ranges, while T. altaicum grows in the Altai and Tian Shan Mountains, and in the mountains of northern Mongolia and southern Russia, and T. flavescens is widespread in temperate regions of Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. Vegetative propagation by pseudoviviparism is observed for the first time in specimens of T. flavescens subsp. flavescens.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2014–52787–C3–1–P, CGL2012–32914, CGL2015–66161–

Nolletia chrysocomoides (Desf.) Less. (Compositae), especie a excluir de la flora europea.

Nolletia chrysocomoides (Desf.) Less. (Compositae), species to be excluded to the European floraPalabras clave: Nolletia, corología, Europa.Key words: Nolletia, chorology, Europe

Annotated checklist and identification keys of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni)

This study provides a checklist of the Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) present in Equatorial Guinea, comprised of 18 genera and 49 taxa. Identification keys have been added for genera and species of the subfamily. The best represented genus is Macaranga with ten species. Bibliographical references for Acalyphoideae (Euphorbiaceae) from Equatorial Guinea have been gathered and checked. Eight taxa are recorded for the first time from the country. One species is included based on literature records, because its distribution ranges suggest it may occur in Equatorial Guinea, and two introduced species could be naturalized.This work was financed by the Spanish Government through the Research Projects “Flora de Guinea” CGL2012-32934 and “Flora iberica” CGL2011-28613-C03-01Peer reviewe