El complejo Agave victoriae-reginae (Agavaceae)

The name Agave victoriae-reginae has been applied to a group of plants endemic to northern Mexico which are easily distinguished from other species of Agave by having leaves with corneous, entire margins, white lines on both faces and flowers with short, funnelform tubes. A taxonomic revision reveals that A. victoriae-reginae represents a complex of three species, one of them with two subspecies: 1a) Agave victoriae-reginae subsp. victoriae-reginae (western Nuevo León and eastern extreme of Coahuila; 1b) A. victoriae-reginae subsp. swobodae (southern Coahuila and northeastern Durango); 2) Agave nickelsiae (microendemic to southeastern Coahuila); and 3) Agave pintilla (the most westernly distributed species in the group, restricted to southeastern Durango). Agave pintilla is here described as new, the name of A. nickelsiae is reinstated, and A. victoriae-reginae is circumscribed. A key to the taxa as well as ammended descriptions for A. victoriae-reginae subsp. victoriae-reginae, A. victoriae-reginae subsp. swobodae and A. nickelsiae are provided. No natural hybrids were found among the taxa of the Agave victoriae-reginae complex but three natural hybrids with other species are recorded: Agave nickelsiae x A. asperrima, A. nickelsiae x A. lechuguilla, and A. pintilla x A. salmiana subsp. crassispina.El nombre de Agave victoriae-reginae se ha aplicado a un grupo de plantas endémicas al norte de México fácilmente distinguibles de otras especies de Agave por tener hojas con márgenes córneos sin dientes, bandas blancas sobre ambas caras y flores con tubos cortos en forma de embudo. Su revisión taxonómica revela que lo que se conoce como A. victoriae-reginae es un complejo que incluye tres especies, una de ellas con dos subespecies: 1a) A. victoriae-reginae subsp. victoriae-reginae (del occidente de Nuevo León y extremo oriental de Coahuila; 1b) A. victoriae-reginae subsp. swobodae (sur de Coahuila y noreste de Durango); 2) Agave nickelsiae (microendémica al sureste de Coahuila); y 3) Agave pintilla (la de distribución más occidental del grupo, sureste de Durango). En este trabajo se describe Agave pintilla como entidad nueva, se reinstala A. nickelsiae como nombre correcto de una de las especies y se presentan descripciones enmendadas de A. victoriae-reginae subsp. victoriae-reginae, A. victoriae-reginae subsp. swobodae y A. nickelsiae, así como claves para distinguir entre taxa. No se encontraron híbridos naturales entre los miembros del complejo A. victoriae-reginae pero se registran tres con otras especies: Agave nickelsiae x A. asperrima, A. nickelsiae x A. lechuguilla, y A. pintilla x A. salmiana subsp. crassispina

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Cost-based industrial enterprise human capital management

The paper focuses on importance of human capital in development of industrial enterprises, issues of their management and methods of achieving balance between interests of owners and employees. Difference between such concepts as human and labor potential as well as human and working capital is clarified. The special attention is paid to the fact that an effective system of motivation and incentivation of labor is to serve as means of rapprochement of human and labor capital. The authors point out the limited scope of the traditional forms of labor motivation and incentivation mechanisms and highlight the complexity of their encouragement for collective work results. The authors suggest using the cost-based approach to workforce management, which is based on assessment of market and intrinsic value of human capital in view of investment and quality characteristics. The proposed approach is attended by methodological support and operational calculations. The study states that the suggested human capital management model can be introduced into practice, as well as substantiates the necessity for boosting the performance of industrial enterprises and their cost by increasing production, stimulating the staff for selfrealization and self-improvement by bringing the owners’ corporate interests closer to the interests of the employees

Sinopsis de Scirpus s.l. (cyperaceae) para México

Scirpus sensu lato is a heterogeneous group from which several segregate genera have been recognized. From those, six are known from México: Scirpus sensu stricto, Amphiscirpus, Bolboschoenus, Cypringlea, Isolepis and Schoenoplectus. Two additional genera: Karinia and Oxycaryum, have been considered as a part of Scirpus but their affinity is within the tribe Cypereae. A synopsis of the group in Mexico is presented, as well as a key to the genera and their species, and data on their distribution, habitat and conservation status. Among the new records for some states are Scirpus microcarpus, previously known from Baja California and now recorded for Durango, and Schoenoplectus acutus, from northern México, which is recorded here for Michoacán.Scirpus sensu lato es un grupo heterogéneo de Cyperaceae del que actualmente se reconocen diversos géneros segregados. De éstos, para México se conocen seis: Scirpus sensu stricto, Amphiscirpus, Bolboschoenus, Cypringlea, Isolepis y Schoenoplectus. Otros dos géneros: Karinia y Oxycaryum, fueron originalmente considerados como parte de Scirpus pero su afinidad es con la tribu Cypereae. Se presenta una sinopsis del grupo para México, con claves para distinguir los géneros y las especies y con anotaciones sobre su distribución, hábitat y estado de conservación. Entre los nuevos registros a nivel estatal están Scirpus microcarpus, conocido previamente para Baja California y encontrado ahora en Durango y Schoenoplectus acutus que se conocía sólo del norte de México y ahora se cita para Michoacán

Cambios y tendencias sucesionales en ecosistemas de Durango

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SINOPSIS DE SCIRPUS S.L. (CYPERACEAE) PARA MÉXICO

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SINOPSIS DE SCIRPUS S.L. (CYPERACEAE) PARA MEXICO

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