Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte (Asteraceae), especie alóctona invasora en Andalucía (sur de España)

Artemisia verlotiorum Lamotte (Asteraceae), an allocthonous invasive species in Andalusia (southernSpain)Palabras clave. Corología, Jaén, provincia Luso-Extremadurense, plantas invasoras, vegetación riparia.Key words. Chorology, Jaen, Luso-Extremadurensian province, invasive plants, riparian vegetation

Contribución al catálogo florístico del Parque Natural de la Sierra de Baza (Granada, España), II

Contribution to the floristic check-list of the Sierra de Baza natural park (Granada, Spain) IIPalabras clave. Sierra de Baza, corología, ecología, cultivos abandonados, forestaciones.Key words. Sierra de Baza, corology, ecology, old fields, afforestations

FloraSNevada: a trait database of the vascular flora of Sierra Nevada, southeast Spain

The complete data sets corresponding to abstracts published in theData Papers section in the journal are published electronically asSupportingInformationintheonlineversionofthisarticleat http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3091/suppinfoAssociated data are also available at PANGAEA: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.910792Providing a complete data set with species and trait information for a given area is essential for assessing plant conservation, management, and ecological restoration, for both local and global applications. Also, these data sets provide additional information for surveys or data collections, establishing the starting point for more detailed studies on plant evolution, vegetation dynamics, and vegetation responses to disturbance and management. This data base covers Sierra Nevada mountains (southeastern Spain), a recognized plant biodiversity hotspot within the Mediterranean context. According to previous available data (before this augmented compilation), these mountains host 7% of the 24,000 Mediterranean vascular plants, despite covering just 0.01% of its area. Another characteristic of the Sierra Nevada is the great singularity of its flora, with 95 taxa being endemic to the high-mountain area of Sierra Nevada and surroundings. From these endemic taxa, 70% are endangered by different threats, global warming being a leading cause. We seek to provide a complete and updated database of the flora of the Sierra Nevada mountains (southeast Spain). The goal of the present data set is to compile the names of all the vascular plant taxa inhabiting Sierra Nevada, together with relevant features including taxonomical, morphological-ecological traits, distribution, habitats, abundance, and conservation status. The data were compiled according to all the available information sources on taxonomy, ecology, and plant-species distribution. The resulting data set includes 2,348 taxa belonging to 1,937 species, 377 subspecies, and 34 hybrids, from a total of 756 genera and 146 families represented in the collection. For each taxa, together with taxonomical information (Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Taxa), we compiled plant traits (life form, spinescence, flower symmetry, flower sexuality, plant gender, androecium:ginoecium ratio, flower color, perianth type, pollinator type, flowering, seed dispersal, and vegetative reproduction), and their environmental association (origin, endemic character, general distribution, substrate, elevation, habitat, local abundance, hygrophilous behavior, and conservation status). All these traits were compiled from all the available information sources, resulting in a complete and updated database for Sierra Nevada vascular flora. This data set provides valuable information on plant traits in an outstanding micro hotspot within the Mediterranean hotspot. This data set can be freely used for non commercial purposes

Assessing effectiveness of exclusion fences in protecting threatened plants

We thank David Cuerda (Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park) and Sandra Garcia de Lucas (Andalusian Network of Botanical and Mycological Gardens in Natural Areas) for their assistance at field work. We also thank the General Directorate of Environment (Junta de Andalucia) for allowing us access to FAME database. Project B1-RNM-163-UGR18-Programa Operativo FEDER 2018, partially financed this research.Overgrazing stands out as threat factors on biodiversity, being especially harmful in the Mediterranean, due to strong human pressure and an accelerated climate change acting synergistically. Fencing is a common tool used in conservation biology to tackle this problem. Advantages of fences are usually fast, intuitive, and easy to evaluate. However, disadvantages could also arise (increasing interspecific competition, disturbing habitat structure, limiting pollination, reducing dispersion). Together with management issues (maintenance, conflicts with stakeholders, and pulling effect). Effectiveness of fencing for conservation has been frequently assessed for animals, while it is almost a neglected topic in plants. We evaluated the outcome of fencing three threatened and narrow-endemic plants. Selected 5 populations were only partly fenced, which allowed comparing different variables inside and outside the fence. For evaluating the fencing effects, we sampled several habitats (vegetation cover, composition, density of target species), and target-species features (individual size, neighbouring species, and fruit-set). Fencing had strong effects on the habitat and on target-species individuals, showing contrasting responses at species and population level. Particularly, for Erodium cazorlanum, fence had a positive effect in one case, and negative in another. In Hormathophylla baetica effect was positive in all populations. Finally, fencing negatively affected Solenanthus reverchonii by increasing competition and limiting seed-dispersal. Fencing outcome was different in assessed species, highlighting the need to a case-by-case evaluation to determine the net balance (pros vs. cons), also its suitability and most favourable option (i.e. permanent vs. temporary fences).Programa Operativo FEDER 2018 B1-RNM-163-UGR1

Aportaciones al conocimiento de la flora halófila de Andalucía (S. España)

Como resultado del estudio de la flora de los ecosistemas halófilos de Andalucía, se muestran 13 taxones halófitos de los cuales 9 constituyen primeras citas provinciales, 1 es citado por primera vez en Andalucía, 2 son primeras citas para Andalucía Oriental, y 6 amplían considerablemente su área de distribución fitogeográfica conocida. Otras 3 citas provinciales, aún no siendo totalmente novedosas, se han incluido en este trabajo por refrendar con pliego de herbario y localidad exacta su presencia en algunas provincias andaluzas Los pliegos de referencia a los que corresponden estas citas, se encuentran depositados en las instalaciones de los herbarios de las universidades de Granada (GDA) y/o Jaén (JAEN). La nomenclatura empleada ha sido la establecida por Flora iberica (Castroviejo et al., 1986-2009) para aquellas familias botánicas actualmente publicadas, y en su defecto, la utilizada en Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972-1980). Para la comprobación del área ocupada por los taxones citados se ha usado la información aportada por Flora iberica, y las bases de datos del Proyecto Anthos (http://www.anthos.es) y Global Biodiversity Information Facility in Spain (GBIF) (http://www.gbif.es), así como las diversas revisiones y notas corológicas existentes en la bibliografía. De cada una de las especies se indican provincia y localidad de herborización, coordenadas UTM, altitud, fecha de recolección, número de registro de herbario, colector, determinador y, en su caso, revisor. Además, se hace una breve descripción de su ecología y se mencionan las unidades fitogeográficas donde han sido colectadas, siguiendo los criterios de Rivas-Martínez et al. (1997)

Tres plantas de interés corológico en Andalucía oriental

Three plants of chorological interest in Eastern AndalusiaPalabras clave. Vegetación halófila, Fitogeograffa, provincia Betica, distrito Guadiciano- Bastetano, España.Key words. Halophilous vegetation, Phytogeography, Baetic province, Guadiciano-Bastetano district, Spain

Algunos elementos de interés en la flora edafófila de la provincia de Granada (S. España)

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Aportaciones al conocimiento de la flora hidrófila de Andalucía Oriental (sur de España)

New records of five water-related flora taxa representing interesting novelties or chorological contributions to the vascular flora of Eastern Andalusia (Granada and Jaén provinces) are presented, and their known distribution area is updated.Se presentan citas de cinco taxones de flora ligada al agua que suponen novedades o aportaciones corológicas interesantes para la flora vascular de Andalucía Oriental (provincias de Granada y Jaén), y se actualiza su área de distribución conocida