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Informateur OPTIMANewsletter
OPTIMA Newsletter 32(e) / Informateur OPTIMA 32(e)
Printed version ISSN 0376-5016 32 (1997), published
by the Secretariat of OPTIMA.
Contents of N°.
32(e)
Part I
Introduction
Nouvelles de l’OPTIMA;
OPTIMA News; Gold and Silver Medals - Participate
and send your proposals
Chromosome News
Karyological Investigation as a Contribution
to Systematic and Taxonomic Aspects of Italian Flora;
News
from CROMOCAT
Conservation News
MEDUSA Network;
IUCN
Mediterranean Programme
Herbarium News
The BCB: A Great Bryophyta Herbarium;
The Spanish Algae Herbaria
Web News
Internet Directory for Botany
- Subject Category List
Projects
Announcing a Test and Trial Phase
for the Registration of New Plant Names;
A
Call to Everyone;
Registration as a Positive Step;
Seeds of Digitalis atlantica ,
D. nervosa and D. subalpina from Wild Accessions
Needed
Meetings
Le IXème Colloque
OPTIMA - The IX OPTIMA Meeting in Paris,11-17 May 1998;
The XVI
International Botanical Congress in Saint Louis, 1-7 August
1999;
Annnouncements
Part II
Notices of Publications:
(by W. Greuter)
OPTIMA;
Dicotyledones;
Monocotyledones;
Floras;
Flower
Books;
Floristic Inventories
and Checklists;
Excursions;
Chorology;
Regional Studies
of Flora and Vegetation;
Applied
botany;
Conservation Topics,
Red Data Books;
Gardens;
Bibliography and Documentation;
Biography and historical
subjects;
Reprints;
Symposium Proceedings;
New Periodicals
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NOUVELLES
DE L’OPTIMA
Une quantité impressionnante de données sur les comptages de
chromosomes de la région méditerranéenne est en cours de collecte
dans différentes institutions. C’est pourquoi nous rendons
compte dans ce numéro des activités orientées dans cette direction.
Nous voulons attirer votre attention sur la proximité du IXème
Colloque de l’Optima qui doit se tenir à Paris en Mai 1998.
Nous vous prions de veiller à bien respecter les dates limites
d’inscription et de remise des résumés. N’hésitez pas
à prendre contact avec le Pr. Moret à Paris ou avec le secrétariat
de l’OPTIMA à Madrid si vous avez besoin d’informations
supplémentaires. Les nouvelles les plus fraîches sur le Colloque
seront disponibles sur le Web à l’adresse: http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/OPTIMA/.
Nous souhaiterions également vous inviter à participer au processus
d’attribution des Médailles d’Or et d’Argent qui
doivent être décernées au IXème Colloque en envoyant vos propositions
au Secrétariat de l’OPTIMA.
Le Comité d’Edition voudrait tout particulièrement évoquer
le décès du Pr. Dr. Stefan Kozuharov et manifester sa plus profonde
sympathie à cette occasion. Stefan fut l’un des membres fondateurs
de l’OPTIMA et était un membre actif du Comité International.
Ce fut quelqu’un d’exceptionnel aussi bien au plan professionnel
qu’humain. Il nous manquera beaucoup à tous.
J.M. Iriondo
DÉCÈS
† Pr. Dr. Stefan Kozuharov, Sofia, Bulgarie, décédé le 24.08.1997.
Il était membre fondateur de l’OPTIMA et membre du Comité
International.
NOUVELLES DES COMMISSIONS
IXème COLLOQUE DE L’OPTIMA
La première circulaire pour le IXème Colloque qui doit se dérouler
à Paris en Mai 1998 a été diffusée au printemps dernier. La seconde
circulaire a été envoyée en Octobre à tous ceux qui avaient répondu
à la première. Le délai pour le paiement des droits d’inscription
a été prolongé jusqu’au 31 Décembre 1997.
L’élaboration du Programme Scientifique est maintenant achevée,
et le Secrétariat du Comité et le Comité d’Organisation coopèrent
activement à la préparation de cet événement.
Pour plus d'informations, vous êtes priés de vous reporter à
la rubrique d'annonces de ce bulletin ou de prendre contact avec
le Pr. Jacques Moret, Conservatoire Botanique du Bassin Parisien,
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 61, rue Buffon, F-75005
Paris, France.
CARYOSYSTÉMATIQUE
La Commission pour la caryosystématique travaille activement
à la création d'une base de données méditerranéennes sur les chromosomes.
Malgré l'échec d'une tentative de financement de la saisie sur
une grande échelle, des efforts plus modestes sont en cours pour
collecter les données cytologiques. Vous êtes priés de consulter
la rubrique Chromosome News de ce bulletin pour une description
détaillée des réalisations en cours.
CARTOGRAPHIE DES ORCHIDÉES DE LA RÉGION MÉDITERRANÉENNE
Des progrès très importants ont été accomplis dans la cartographie
de différents pays méditerranéens tels que la Grèce, l'Italie,
la Turquie, l'Espagne, le Maroc, la Tunisie et les îles (Mer Égée,
Canaries, Sicile).
Tout ce travail de recherche a débouché sur une quantité d'informations
nouvelles et a considérablement amélioré les connaissances de
base sur les orchidées méditerranéennes. Ces informations ont
fait l'objet de publications, essentiellement dans le Journal
Europäische Orchideen et dans Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen
Heimische Orchideen.
COMMISSION DES PRIX
Médailles d'Or et d'Argent de l'OPTIMA:
Participez et envoyez vos suggestions!
Au prochain Colloque de l'OPTIMA de Paris, la Médaille d'Or de
l'OPTIMA sera décernée à un botaniste dont on estime que l'activité
a apporté une contribution exceptionnelle à la phytotaxinomie
de la région méditerranéenne. Par ailleurs, trois Médailles d'Argent
de l'OPTIMA seront décernées aux auteurs des meilleurs articles
ou livres sur la phytotaxinomie de la région méditerranéenne publiés
en 1995, 1996 et 1997.
La Commission des Prix est d'ores et déjà ouverte aux suggestions
sur les éventuels bénéficiaires des Médailles d'Or et d'Argent
de l'OPTIMA. Pour la Médaille d'Or, vous êtes priés d'envoyer
simplement le nom de votre candidat et d'exposer brièvement les
raisons justifiant votre proposition. Pour les Médailles d'Argent,
présentez pour examen les articles ou les livres publiés en 1995,
1996 ou 1997. Vous êtes priés d'envoyer vos propositions à :
José M. Iriondo, Dpto. Biología Vegetal, E.U.I.T. Agrícola, Universidad
Politécnica, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; Fax: +34 1 336 5656; E-mail:
iriondo@ ccupm.upm.es.
Les règles d'attribution des Médailles d'Or et d'Argent de l'OPTIMA,
modifiées par décision du Conseil de l'OPTIMA le 10.3.1978, sont
les suivantes:
Médailles d'Argent de l'OPTIMA
- Les prix seront décernés tous les trois ans aux auteurs des
meilleurs articles ou livres portant sur la phytotaxinomie de
la région méditerranéenne et publiés pendant la période précédente
de trois ans.
- Les prix prendront la forme de médailles en argent.
- Les lauréats seront choisis par une Commission des Prix dont
les recommandations seront soumises au Conseil de l'organisation
pour ratification et approbation.
- Le prix sera décerné à l'occasion d'une réunion triennale
de l'Organisation.
- En principe, un prix est attribué pour chaque année de la
période de trois ans, mais la Commission des Prix est libre
de proposer l'attribution de plus d'un prix pour une même année,
ou qu'aucun prix ne soit attribué une année.
- Les auteurs dont les articles ou les livres seront soumis
à la Commission des Prix peuvent être choisis parmi les membres
de l'organisation ou non.
- Aucun membre en activité de la Commission des Prix ou du Comité
International ne pourra être désigné pour le prix.
Médaille d'Or de l'OPTIMA
- Un prix sera décerné tous les trois ans à un(e) botaniste
dont on estime que l'activité a apporté une contribution exceptionnelle
à la phytotaxinomie de la région méditerranéenne.
- Le prix consistera en une médaille en or.
- Le lauréat sera choisi par une Commission des Prix dont la
recommandation sera soumise au Comité International de l'Organisation
pour ratification et approbation.
- Le prix sera décerné à l'occasion d'une réunion triennale
de l'Organisation.
- Aucun membre de la Commission des Prix ne pourra être proposé.
PUBLICATIONS
Le Volume 5(2) de Bocconea, avec les posters présentés
au VIIème Colloque de l'OPTIMA tenu à Borovetz en 1993, et le
volume 7, avec les Actes des ateliers sur la conservation des
parents sauvages des plantes cultivées d'Europe, ont été publiés
en Mai 1997.
Les Actes du VIIIème Colloque de l'OPTIMA tenu à Séville en 1995
viennent d'être publiés dans Lagascalia.
Vous trouverez dans la liste des publications disponibles, en
tête de ce numéro du Bulletin de l'OPTIMA, des informations
plus détaillées sur les remises particulières consenties aux membres
de l'OPTIMA pour ces publications ainsi que d'autres.
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OPTIMA NEWS
An impressive amount of data on Mediterranean chromosome records
is currently being gathered at different institutions. In this
issue, we report on some of the activities taking place in this
direction.
We want to call your attention to the forthcoming IX OPTIMA Meeting
to be held in Paris in May 1998. Please, make sure you register
and submit the abstracts in due time. Do not hesitate to contact
Prof. Moret in Paris or the OPTIMA Secretariat in Madrid if you
need further information. The latest news on the meeting will
be available on the Web at: http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/OPTIMA/.
We would also like to invite you to participate in the process
of designation of the OPTIMA Gold and Silver Medals to be awarded
at the IX OPTIMA Meeting by sending your proposals to the OPTIMA
Secretariat.
At the Editorial Board we would like to make a special mention
and express our deepest sympathy on the death of Prof. Dr. Stefan
Kozuharov. Stefan was one of the founding members of OPTIMA and
was an active member of our International Board. He was an outstanding
person both professionally and humanely. We shall all miss him
very much.
J.M. Iriondo
DEATHS
† Prof. Dr. Stefan Kozuharov, Sofia, Bulgaria, died on 24.08.1997.
He was a founding member of OPTIMA and a member of the International
Board.
UPDATES ON COMMISSIONS
IX OPTIMA MEETING
The first circular for the IX OPTIMA Meeting to take place in
Paris in May 1998 was issued last spring. The second circular
was distributed in October to all those who answered the first
circular. The deadline for payment of registration fees has been
postponed till 31 December 1997.
The elaboration of the Scientific Programme is now complete and
the Committee’s Secretary together with the Organizing Committee
are actively working on the preparation of the event.
For further information, please check the meetings section of
this newsletter and/or contact Prof. Jacques Moret, Conservatoire
Botanique du Bassin Parisien, Muséum National d’Histoire
Naturelle, 61, rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.
KARYOSYSTEMATICS
The Commission for Karyosystematics is actively working on the
creation of a Karyosystematic database for Mediterranean chromosome
records. Although a proposal for funding data input on a large
scale has been unsuccessful, smaller scale efforts are being carried
out for the collection of cytological data. Please, check the
Chromosome News section in this newsletter for a detailed
description of current achievements.
MAPPING OF ORCHIDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
Very good progress has been made on mapping in many Mediterranean
countries such as Greece, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia
and islands (Aegean, Canary Islands, Sicily).
All this research work has resulted in plenty of new information
and has considerably improved the current knowledge about Mediterranean
orchids. This information has been published mainly in Journal
Europäische Orchideen and Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen
Heimische Orchideen.
PRIZE COMMISSION
OPTIMA Gold and Silver Medals:
Participate and send your proposals!
At the forthcoming IX OPTIMA Meeting in Paris the OPTIMA Gold
Medal will be awarded to a botanist who, by his or her activity,
is considered to have made an outstanding contribution to the
phytotaxonomy of the Mediterranean area. Moreover, three OPTIMA
Silver Medals will be awarded to the authors of the best papers
or books on the phytotaxonomy of the Mediterranean area that were
published in 1995, 1996 and 1997.
The Prize Commission is now open to proposals for recipients
of the OPTIMA Gold Medal and the OPTIMA Silver Medals. For the
OPTIMA Gold Medal please, simply send the name of your candidate
and briefly state the reasons that support your proposal. For
the OPTIMA Silver Medals, submit papers or books published in
1995, 1996 or 1997 for consideration. Please, send your proposals
to: José M. Iriondo, Dpto. Biología Vegetal, E.U.I.T. Agrícola,
Universidad Politécnica, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; Fax: +34 1 336
5656; E-mail: iriondo@ ccupm.upm.es.
The regulations of the OPTIMA Gold and Silver Medals, as amended
by the Executive Council of OPTIMA by decision of 10.3.1978, are
as follows:
OPTIMA Silver Medals
- Prizes will be awarded every three years to the authors of
the best papers or books on the phytotaxonomy of the Mediterranean
area published in the preceding three-year period.
- The prizes will take the form of silver medals.
- The prize winners will be selected by a Prize Commission and
its recommendations will be submitted to the Council of the
Organization for ratification and approval.
- The prize will be awarded at a triennial meeting of the Organization.
- Normally, one prize is available for each year of the triennium;
the Prize Commission is free however to propose that in single
years more than one prize, or no prize at all, be attributed.
- Both members and non-members are eligible to submit papers
or books for consideration by the Prize Commission.
- No current member of the Prize Commission or International
Board will be eligible for the prize.
OPTIMA Gold Medal
- A prize will be awarded every three years to a botanist who,
by his or her activity, is considered to have made an outstanding
contribution to the phytotaxonomy of the Mediterranean area.
- The prize will consist of a gold medal.
- The prize winner will be selected by a Prize Commission and
its recommendation will be submitted to the International Board
of the Organization for ratification and approval.
- The prize will be awarded at a triennial meeting of the Organization.
- No member of the Prize Commission will be eligible for consideration.
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PUBLICATIONS
Volume 5(2) of Bocconea, with the posters presented at
the VII OPTIMA Meeting held in Borovetz in 1993 and volume 7,
with the Proceedings of the workshops on conservation of the wild
relatives of European cultivated plants were published in May
1997.
The Proceedings of the VIII OPTIMA Meeting held in Sevilla in
1995 have just been published in Lagascalia.
Please check the publications offer sheet at the beginning of
this issue of OPTIMA Newsletter to get further information
on special discounts for OPTIMA members on these and other publications.
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CHROMOSOME NEWS
KARYOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
AS A CONTRIBUTION TO
SYSTEMATIC AND TAXONOMIC ASPECTS OF ITALIAN
FLORA.
by F. GARBARI
The Botanic Garden of Pisa has traditionally been a seat of cultivation
and study of many geophytes, particularly those of horticultural
interest, since the XVI century. This is the main reason why today
many genera of monocots of the Mediterranean area have been taken
into consideration by the Biosystematic Unit of the Department
of Botanical Sciences in Pisa.
Cytotaxonomic (and embryological) investigations are a tradition
in Pisa, started by A. Chiarugi, G. Martinoli and E. Battaglia
and ongoing today. Obviously, karyological research oriented to
systematics does not focus exclusively on bulbous plants, but
covers groups of particular phytogeographic value, such as endemics
or relics of the Apuan Alps and Apennines, which have been reported
in various published papers.
Critical genera - both of monocots and of dicots - and floras
of ecological or phytogeographic interest are also studied.
The following list summarizes the current main interests:
- Gen. Allium: a biosystematic revision of Italian populations
of unclear taxonomic circumscription is progressing. Groups belonging
to A. sect. Rhizirideum from North-Eastern and North-Western
Italy are particularly taken into account. A. lehmannii
(Sicilian populations with various ploidy levels), A. chamaemoly
and A. dentiferum. are also under investigation.
- Gen. Muscari: numerous specimens belonging to M.
atlanticum-neglectum complex were collected from Spain (with
the cooperation of B. Valdés) to Turkey (with the collaboration
of N. Özhatay), showing different karyological levels and karyotype
patterns. Contrary to previous statements, M. atlanticum
does not seem to be present in Italy. M. kerneri, M.
lelievrii and M. longifolium - all related to the M.
botryoides group - are also under investigation.
- Gen. Urtica: the revision of Italian taxa is in progress,
by using morpho-anatomical, histological and karyological characters,
together with microcharacters related to stinging hairs and other
cellular structures of relevant bioecological interest. This research
is carried out in cooperation with G. Corsi.
- Gen Salvia: the systematic and taxonomic revision of
S. sect. Plethiosphacein Italy is about to be concluded.
Among the main results hitherto obtained, we can point out the
clear specificity of S. haematodes with respect to S.
pratensis and the presence of S. clandestina
in Italy (syn. of S. multifida Sibth. et Smith, nom. illeg.).
Moreover, S. bertolonii Vis. must be excluded from the
flora of Italy, S. virgata Jacq. is to be cancelled from
Sardinian flora and S. ceratophylloides Arduino is unfortunately
to be considered extinct. A group of populations formerly a variety
of S. pratensis will need a new taxonomic ranking. All
the cited taxa have been thoroughly investigated from a karyological
point of view. This research is being carried out with the cooperation
of F. Del Carratore.
- Gen. Cerastium: cytogeographic studies of populations
referred to as "C. arvense" (with diploids, tetraploids
and hexaploids), "C. tomentosum"(with the same
ploidy levels) and "C. banaticum" (with diploid
and tetraploid taxa, some of them with relic value) are at a final
stage. Karyological investigations have been correlated to nomenclatural
and typification problems, to geographical distribution and diagnostic
evaluations. This research is being carried out by N. Bechi and
P. Miceli with the cooperation of P. Barberis (Genoa).
Floristic and cytosystematic research on the flora of Wadi Rum,
Jordan, is in progress with the participation of D. Al-Eisawi
(University of Jordan, Amman) and A. Borzatti von Löwenstern.
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NEWS FROM
CROMOCAT:
A CHROMOSOME DATABASE OF THE CATALAN COUNTRIES
by J. SIMON & C. BLANCHÉ
At the OPTIMA Meeting held in Borovec in 1993, the idea of a
network of chromosome databases was proposed. At the Commission
of Karyosystematics at the following Meeting held in Sevilla in
1995, we presented our project of a Chromosome Database, covering
the taxa of higher plants of the Catalan Countries. The adopted
methodology and the current state of progress of the database
is now presented.
SCOPE AND GOALS
The territorial basis of CROMOCAT is the land known as the Catalan
Countries (which include the regions of Valencia and Catalonia,
the Balearic Islands and the Northern -French- Catalonia, corresponding
to the OPTIMA territories of Hs, Bl and Ga, respectively).
Although some chromosome counts coming from our country belong
to the first period of cytogenetics (i.e., a report for Diplotaxis
erucoides by Baez (1933) appeared in the historical journal
Cavanillesia), the current development of karyology began
under the influence of the school of Neuchâtel, through the contributions
of A.M. Cauwet (Perpinyà), M.A. Cardona (Menorca) and the visits
to the Pyrenees of Ph. Küpfer, during the late 60's and beginning
of the 70's. Until now, no attempt to summarize the karyological
knowledge of the Flora of the Catalan Countries has been reported.
Although some taxa and regions have been thoroughly studied, a
large number of gaps still have to be filled.
From this starting point, the following goals were designed
for CROMOCAT:
- To include chromosome numbers but also the associated chromosomal
data (karyotypes, photographs, banding, etc.). This leads to
a necessary image database linked to the main tables and a more
complete record card design.
- To include both complete cards of the chromosome studies coming
from populations inside the country and reference cards
of reports belonging to our taxa from outside populations
for comparative purposes.
- To offer researchers the original publication of the
data, as a large amount of complementary information cannot
be included in the general cards and as an important error source
is the transfer of information from papers to computer files.
- To design a system of image information able to introduce
data directly from microscope as well as from CD-ROM or remote
databases.
- To produce a database of free access through the Internet
.
As a supplementary (but very important) decision, a taxonomic
scheme had to be chosen. From the available floristic literature,
the only complete list of taxa from the Catalan Countries at present
is the Flora Manual dels Països Catalans (Bolòs et al.,
1993). It was thereby selected for CROMOCAT. As this flora was
also chosen as a basis for the Chorologic Database (Font, 1996),
a further integrated system of Plant Information Databases could
be implemented in the future.
STRUCTURE AND DESIGN
Hardware
The multi-unit pack of interconnected machines comprises a Pentium
compatible computer, a Hewlett Packard ScanJet 4c/T scanner, two
laser printers, an Axiolab E Zeiss microscope, a Hitachi VideoDeck
VT-S80E video recorder equipped with an Averkey Plus system and
completed with a Sony TV monitor and a CD-ROM duplicator-recorder
Philips CDD-2000 IPW.
Software
The database structure has been built through the relational
database manager Access 2.0 and the image digitalization has been
processed through Corel Photo-Paint 5.0 and the Visioner Paper-Port
3.0 programmes.
Tables, fields and structure
The relational characteristic of the Access software allows the
building of a system of 7 tables with some fields in common, then
running as a global system but facilitating the completion of
records in individual tables.
There are two main and five complementary tables. Their field
structure comprises the major fields defined by the OPTIMA Commission
of Karyosystematics included in the tables named CHRODATA, CHROTAXON
and CHROBIBLIO (Kamari, 1996) and thus, in the near future, a
network of OPTIMA databases could be organized.
Main tables
- CRO-IN.- This is the longest file, comprising 35 fields of
information on any chromosome data from the Catalan Countries.
All cards of bibliographic origin are linked to the digitalized
original document.
- CRO-OUT.- This is a 9-field table including all the reports
of the taxa present in the Catalan Countries coming from outside
the study area.
Complementary tables
- BIBLIOGRAFIA, which includes the standard data of a recorded
bibliographic unit and the link to the digitalized copy of each
paper.
- TÂXONS PPCC, including the taxonomic ascription (and code
number) of each record, following Bolòs et. al. (1993).
The main synonyms (i.e.: Med-Checklist, Flora Europaea and Flora
Iberica) have also been incorporated.
- FAMÍLIES, which is linked to the table above and which is
generated according to the codes from Bolòs et al. (l.c.).
- MUNICIPIS, comprising a thesaurus of municipalities of the
Catalan Countries, following the same codification adopted by
Font (1996) to permit further connections.
- DEMARCACIÓ which includes a code for the several administrative
and geographical units allowing for different types of listing
and consulting (i.e.: "comarca", province, OPTIMA
unit, etc.)
RESULTS AND CURRENT STATE OF CROMOCAT
After a first phase of design, a second phase of database implementation
was started in 1996, in which a Secretariat composed of Maria
Bigordà, Marta Margelí and Míriam Galisteo began to introduce
the first package of chromosome data, mainly from literature,
helped by the indexes produced by the Real Jardín Botánico de
Madrid and the University of Sevilla, to which we are indebted.
This Secretariat is based at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University
of Barcelona and incorporated in the Research Group on Plant Biodiversity
and Biosystematics (GReB). A first report on the progress of our
database was presented at the IVth Conference on Plant Taxonomy
(Simon et al., 1996).
At present (June 1997), nearly 14,800 chromosome records are
included in CROMOCAT, 2,300 belonging to CRO-IN and the remainder
to CRO-OUT. Although the database information is currently being
checked by an internal security system, the finished CRO-IN cards
belong to 801 taxa and 4 interspecific hybrids from 345 genera
and 63 vascular plant families of the Catalan Countries. This
means that 18.4 % of the total flora has been studied karyologically,
according to our present state of knowledge. The major geographic
origin of data in CRO-IN are the Balearic Islands and the Pyrenaean
region.
The next step in CROMOCAT development is the organization of
a Scientific Committee to ensure the quality of the information
contained in the database and to guide the forthcoming steps.
These include the availability of information through Internet,
and the design of chromosome research projects in the taxonomic
groups or regions in which a low level of cytotaxonomic knowledge
has been detected.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank Philippe Küpfer, Anne Maria Cauwet, Xavier Font, Julià
Molero, Joan Vallès and Carles Benedí, for their technical advice
and suggestions. We also thank the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid
and G. Nieto Feliner, as well as the Departamento de Botánica
of the Universidad de Sevilla and J. Pastor, respectively, for
kindly allowing us to use their computer files as reference indexes
for our work.
References:
Baez, A. (1933). Estudio cariológico de algunas
crucíferas y su interpretación en la sistemática. Cavanillesia
6: 59-103
Bolòs, O. de, Vigo, J., Masalles, R.M. & Ninot,
J. (1993). Flora Manual dels Països Catalans (2nd
Ed.). Pòrtic, Barcelona.
Font, X. (1996). Els bancs de dades de la
Flora i la Vegetació de Catalunya. IVth Conference on Plant
Taxonomy Abstracts Book: 60. Barcelona
Kamari, G. (1996). Report of the OPTIMA
Comission for Karyosystematics. In: http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/OPTIMA/activities/caryosystematics.htm
Simon, J., Bigordà, M. & Blanché, C. (1996).
Projecte CROMOCAT: Banc de dades citogenètiques de la flora
dels Països Catalans. IVth Conference on Plant Taxonomy Abstracts
Book: 61. Barcelona
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CONSERVATION NEWS
MEDUSA NETWORK
by VERNON HEYWOOD
The MEDUSA Network of the Mediterranean Region was established
by CIHEAM-MAICh, with the support of the European Union Directorate
General I, for the identification, conservation and sustainable
use of the wild plants of the Mediterranean Region. The Network
comprises National Focal Point Coordinators from the countries
of the region and also includes representatives of international
organizations (CIHEAM-MAICh, IUBS, FAO, IPGRI-WANA, LEAD) that
form the Steering Committee. It has already held two regional
workshops, the first in Chania, Greece on 28-29 June 1996 on ‘Identification
of wild food and non-food plants of the Mediterranean Region’
and the second in Hammam-Sousse, Tunisia on 1-3 May 1997 on ‘Wild
food and non-food plants – Information Networking’.
At this workshop a series of country profiles were presented and
will be included in the Proceedings of the meeting. The Proceedings
of the first Workshop have just been published. A list of priority
species has been compiled and that too will be available shortly.
Plans are in hand for the design and establishment of an Interactive
Regional Information System (MEDUSA IRIS) that will include the
following kinds of information on the useful plants of the region:
scientific plant name and authority, vernacular names, plant description,
distribution, habitat, chemical data, uses, conservation status,
present and past ways of trading, marketing and dispensing, and
indigenous knowledge and practice (ethnobiology and ethnopharmacology),
including references to literature sources.
A MEDUSA Newsletter will be published annually. The first number
was issued in August 1997. It contains information on the activities
of the Network and news of national and international activities
on plant resources of the Mediterranean region and reports on
recent and forthcoming events, and book reviews.
For further information, please contact:
Ms Melpo Skoula-Johnson
Executive Secretary of MEDUSA, Mediterranean Agronomic
Institute of Chania
Department of Natural Products
PO Box 85, 73100 Chania - Greece
Fax: 30 821 81154
E-mail:
melpo@zorbas.maich.gr
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CONSERVATION NEWS
IUCN
MEDITERRANEAN PROGRAMME
IUCN Mediterranean members met in Malaga, Spain from October
23 to 25, 1997 to discuss the future IUCN Mediterranean Programme.
An IUCN Office for the Mediterranean Region will established in
Malaga with the initial support of local, regional and central
Spanish administrations.
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HERBARIUM NEWS*
edited by PALOMA BLANCO
THE BCB: A GREAT BRYOPHYTA
HERBARIUM
by ROSA M. CROS & MONTSERRAT BRUGUÉS
The Bryophyta Herbarium (BCB) is located at the Unitat de Botánica
de la Dpto. de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología de
la Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (Bellaterra). It started
in 1971, right after the foundation of our University, when Professor
Cruz Casas donated all her collections carried out since 1942.
These collections included many specimens collected in Catalonia,
essentially in the Pyrennee Mountains, from Ordesa to the cap
de Creus, and in the mountains of Montseny, Montserrat y Prades
as well as in Mallorca. The collections carried out by M. Losa
and P. Montserrat in Cantabria and by P. Montserrat in Mallorca
were also included. Moreover, it contained an abundant collection
of the SEM (Societé d’Echanges des Muscineés) exchange and
from other exchanges with other European and American bryologists.
Since 1971, Cruz Casas and her collaborators Rosa M. Cros and
Montserrat Brugués have built up a team that has been able to
form the present Herbarium. It currently holds over 50,000 specimens,
a figure which is continuously increasing as a result of the collections
and studies in new areas of Spain and Portugal. Most accessions
come from Sistema Ibérico, Sistema Central and Sierra Nevada as
well as the region of Extremadura, the Monegros and Cabo de Gata.
The specimens are kept in labelled and numbered envelopes located
on numbered sheets which are stored in herbarium boxes. In order
to facilitate the access, the genera and the species in each genus
are ordered alphabetically. Mosses, hornworts and liverworts are
kept separately, each one with its own alphabetical order.
Annex to the herbarium BCB is a collection, Brioteca Hispánica,
that holds over 1,600 specimens. It is the result of an exchange
that is annually carried out with Spanish bryologists. The accessions
are numbered according to the date of reception and not alphabetically
as in the general herbarium. A genus indexed file allows for the
fast location of the accessions.
The specimens held at the Herbarium are representative of the
exceptional and complex diversity of environments found in Catalonia
and the Iberian Peninsula, as since 1982, numerous accessions
have been added from studies carried out in Portugal. The high
bryological richness of the Iberian Peninsula is patent as it
has about 1,100 species.
In this herbarium, four types and most Iberian endemics are kept.
Some accessions belong to localities or environments that may
be presently lost.
Recently, the herbarium funds have been increased by the donations
of the Herbario Seró, which included the exsiccata Dismier,
and of the Herbario Vives with material mostly from Catalonia.
They have both been incorporated into the general herbarium.
In the last few years, BCB data is being computerized. The herbarium
does not have a Curator but counts on the effort and motivation
of a team of bryologists that with Cruz Casas, emeritus professor,
make possible its operation.
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THE SPANISH ALGAE
HERBARIA
by TOMÁS GALLARDO
Most Spanish herbaria have algae specimens in their collections,
above all, marine benthic algae. Nevertheless, the number of algae
specimens stored is usually small. The herbaria with the largest
collections of algae are those located in coastal areas or those
corresponding to the eldest Spanish botanical institutions such
as the Real Jardín Botánico (MA) or the Facultad de
Farmacia de la Universidad Complutense (MAF) in Madrid.
Some herbaria hold algae that were collected more than 50 years
ago. These "historical" herbaria were first studied
by Gallardo et al. (1993). Since then, other authors have
also made several contributions to the knowledge of these collections
(Cremades, 1995; Bárbara et al., 1995; Dosil et al.,
1997).
Recent funds held at the Spanish herbaria were collected in numerous
floristic campaigns that have taken place over the last 30 years,
mostly as a result of doctoral thesis. Since 1986, the Dirección
General de Investigación, Ciencia y Tecnología (DGICYT) has
provided financial aid for the publication of a Marine Benthic
Flora of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. This
has allowed for the exploration of little known geographic areas
of the Iberian Peninsula and is responsible for the increase of
marine algae at the Spanish herbaria. We hope that a similar program
will soon be carried out with continental algae.
A non-exhaustive list of the existing algae collections at different
Spanish herbaria is now presented. Data have been, in most cases,
checked with the curators, keepers or owners of the algae collections.
Institutional herbaria are indicated by their Index Herbariorum
abbreviations and private herbaria by the names or abbreviations
used by their owners. The present location of the herbaria is
indicated in parenthesis following the abbreviation of the herbarium.
- BC (Instituto Botánico, Barcelona). The funds from
this institution come, almost exclusively, from the collections
of continental algae carried out by Ramón Margalef. Thus, over
2,000 specimens of continental algae are preserved in formaldehyde
on glass slides and in vials. Moreover, a collection comprising
350 sheets of macroscopic marine algae of Catalonia and the
Balearic Islands and, a folder with 102 sheets of Mediterranean
marine algae sent by J. Rodríguez Femenías, are also kept at
this institution.
- BCC (Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona)
comprises around 2,500 collected accessions of continental algae
from Spain and several European countries. They are mainly preserved
in formaldehyde in glass vials.
- BCF (Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona)
comprises around 15,000 sheets of benthic marine algae from
Spain, several European countries, North Africa and Namibia.
Additionally, a collection of continental algae preserved in
formaldehyde or on slides is also kept.
- BCM (Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de las
Palmas de Gran Canarias) contains around 6,500 sheets of benthic
marine algae, mostly from the Macaronesian region and from the
African coast. It includes the herbarium previously deposited
at the Jardín Botánico Viera y Clavijo.
- BIO (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del País Vasco)
holds 500 sheets of macroscopic marine algae of the Basque Country.
- COA (Jardín Botánico de Córdoba) keeps 100 sheets of
macroscopic marine algae of Spain.
- FCO (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Oviedo) has
500 sheets of macroscopic marine algae of the Cantabric Sea.
- GDAC (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada)
comprises over 5,000 accessions of Spanish continental algae,
preserved in slides and vials with formaldehyde or lugol . It
also contains a collection of macroscopic marine algae of Andalucia
collected at the beginning of this century and 150 sheets of
Characeae.
- HGI (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Girona) keeps
over 3,000 sheets of macroscopic marine algae, mostly Mediterranean.
- JAEN (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Jaén) has
200 sheets of Spanish macroscopic marine algae.
- MA (Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid) contains about 11,000
accessions preserved in sheets or in glass vials with formaldehyde.
The Herbarium Cavanilles can be considered the base of the section
MA-Algae (Gallardo et al., 1993). Initiated by his disciples
Clemente and Lagasca, this collection received a new impulse
50 years later thanks to Comeiro and Lázaro e Ibiza. At the
beginning of this century the funds increased thanks to grant
holders of the Junta de Ampliación de Estudios. Among them,
Pedro González Guerrero should be noted, as he dedicated a great
part of his life to the study and preservation of numerous accessions
of Spanish continental algae (Álvarez Cobelas & Gallardo,
1985). In recent years the new funds correspond to macroscopic
algae from Spanish coasts. Most accessions of section MA-Algae
belong to benthic marine algae and are preserved in sheets.
Only about 250 accessions of mostly continental algae are preserved
in glass vials with formaldehyde. Additionally, around 500 accessions,
coming from a diatom collection of H. van Heurck are preserved
on slides. About 2,000 accessions belong to exotic macroscopic
marine algae.
- MACB (Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense
de Madrid) holds 450 sheets of macroscopic marine algae from
the Iberian Peninsula.
- MAF (Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense
de Madrid). Section MAF-Algae contains a collection of Blas
Lázaro e Ibiza of 230 sheets of Spanish algae; a folder with
150 specimens of Pourret, with algae collected by Antoine Gouan
that may come from the surroundings of Marseille; the personal
herbarium of Faustino Miranda (300 sheets) with marine algae
from Galicia and several localities of the Cantabric Sea; and
finally, a folder holding the exsiccata of fresh water French
algae of C. Rouneguère, M. Dupray and A. Mougeot. Additionally
there are about 400 recently collected sheets of benthic marine
algae of the Iberian Peninsula.
- MGC (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga).
The algae section of this herbarium holds over 3,600 sheets
of benthic marine algae, mostly from Spain. Around 800 of them
come from the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, Europe and Antarctica.
In this section there are also 215 sheets from the Herbarium
of the Sociedad Malagueña de Ciencias collected in the XIX century
with algae from Spain, Tanger and other European countries (Conde,
1992).
- MUB (Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia) contains
350 accessions of continental algae preserved in glass vials
with formaldehyde and 950 microscopic slides mostly of diatoms.
Moreover, it also keeps 485 sheets of continental algae and
macroscopic marine algae of the Spanish Mediterranean coast.
- ORT (Jardín Botánico de la Orotava, Tenerife) holds
150 sheets of macroscopic marine algae from the Canary Islands.
- PAMP (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Pamplona)
keeps 150 sheets of macroscopic marine algae from Spain.
- SANT (Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago
de Compostela) holds about 12,000 sheets of macroscopic marine
algae from Spain and other European countries.
- SEVF (Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla)
maintains 200 sheets of macroscopic marine algae from Spain.
- TFC (Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Las Palmas,
Tenerife) contains over 8,000 sheets of macroscopic marine algae
mostly from the Canary Islands. The collection also keeps specimens
from the African coast and Europe.
- TFMC (Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Tenerife) keeps
about 200 sheets of macroscopic marine algae, mostly from the
Canary Islands.
- VAB (Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Valencia,
Burjassot) holds over 2,500 accessions of macroscopic marine
algae from Spain, 1,500 as sheets and 1,000 in glass vials with
formaldehyde.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
- Ballesteros (Enrique Ballesteros, Centro de Estudios
Avanzados de Blanes, CSIC). holds 600 sheets of benthic marine
algae from Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and 200 sheets
of exotic algae from the Atlantic African coasts and Mauritius.
- Fermín Bescansa Casares (Laboratorio de Ficología,
Dpto. Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de
La Coruña). This historic herbarium of 1,000 sheets of benthic
marine algae has been recovered for Science thanks to the search
carried out by members of the Laboratory.
- Mª Consolación Fernández (Dpto. Ecología, Facultad
de Ciencias, Universidad de Oviedo) maintains 500 sheets of
benthic marine algae from the Cantabric Sea.
- ITAC (Laboratorio de Ficología, Facultad de Biología,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid) holds 2,500 sheets and microscopic
slides of mostly benthic marine algae of the Iberian Peninsula
and a collection of algae of 1,500 sheets from Europe, the Pacific
Ocean and Antarctica.
- Victor López Seoane (Instituto José Cornide de Estudios
Coruñeses, La Coruña). This collection comprises 312 sheets
of benthic marine algae collected between 1856 and 1985 from
the Galician coasts. Some specimens were reviewed by K. Rosenvinge
(Dosil et al., 1997).
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid) holds
a collection of diatoms of marine species from Galicia and,
fossil diatoms elaborated by Ernesto Caballero Bellido between
1891 and 1927 . They are stored in microscopic slides and glass
vials. Most accessions have no taxonomic determination. Unfortunately,
a great part of this collection, donated by its author, seems
to have been lost (Sánchez Moreno, 1992; Appendix 47).
- Joan Rodríguez Femenías (Ateneo de Mahón, Menorca).
About 3,000 sheets from the 7,248 sheet collection of this naturalist
carried out at the end of last century is deposited at the cultural
association Ateneo de Mahón. Unfortunately, this implies
a difficult access to this material by Mediterranean ficologists.
Most specimens come from the coasts of the Balearic Islands
and the rest from several European countries.
References:
Álvarez Cobelas, M. & Gallardo, T. (1985)
In memoriam Pedro González Guerrero. Anales Jardín Bot.
42:3-7.
Bárbara, I., Cremades, J. & Pérez-Cirera, J.L.
(1995) La contribución de Fermín Bescansa Casares a la ficología
española. Datos biográficos, estudio de su obra y herbario.
Stvdia Bot. 13:39-45.
Conde Poyales, I. (1992) Sobre la colección
de algas del Herbario de las Sociedad Malagueña de Ciencias
(S. XIX). Acta Bot. Malacitana 17:29-55.
Cremades, J. (1995) El herbario de algas bentónicas
marinas de Antonio Cabrera (1762-1827) en el Real Jardín Botánico
de Madrid. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 52:139-144.
Dosil, F.X., Cremades, J. & Bárbara, I.
(1997) El herbario de algas de Victor López Seoane (1832-1900).
Actas XII Siposio de Botánica Criptogámica 70-71.
Gallardo, I., Margalef, J.L. & Pérez-Ruzala, I.
(1993) Las colecciones históricas de algas españolas. Int.
Simp. & First World Congress on Presrv. and Conserv. of
Nat. Hist. Col. 2:163-176.
Sánchez Moreno, P.M. (Ed.) (1992) Agustín
Barreiro. El Museo de Ciencias Naturales (1771-1935). Museo
Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.
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WEB NEWS*
INTERNET DIRECTORY
FOR BOTANY - SUBJECT CATEGORY LIST
A branch of: Lampinen, R., Liu, S., Brach, A.R.
& McCree, K. (1996-).The Internet Directory for Botany. -
(http://herb.biol.uregina.ca/liu/bio/idb.html)
Anyone who searches the web for botany subjects ends up sooner
or later at the Internet Directory for Botany - Subject Category
List. Its URL address is worth keeping at the bookmark section
of our browser for easy access. The home of the IDB SC List is
at http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botmenu.html in the Botanical
Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki University,
Finland. The subject category list has been maintained by Raino
Lampinen since Autumn 1993. It started as a personal bookmark
list of botanical gopher sites and www sites, and was made available
via WWW in December 1994. In October, 1997, there were about 3,700
botany related links in this index.
The links on this site are divided by subject into the following
18 files: 1. Arboreta and botanical gardens. 2. Biologists’
addresses. 3. Botanical museums, herbaria, natural history museums.
4. Botanical societies, international botanical organizations.
5. Checklists and floras, taxonomic databases, vegetation. 6.
Conservation, threatened plants. 7. Economic botany, ethnobotany.
8. Gardening. 9. Images. 10. Journals, books, literature databases,
publishers. 11. Link collections, resource guides. 12. Listservers
and newsgroups. 13. Lower plants. 14. Other resources. 15. Paleobotany,
palynology, pollen. 16. Software. 17. University departments,
other institutes. 18. Vascular plant families.
There are mirror sites of the IDB-SC in other European servers
(Croatia, Germany, Russia, Spain and Sweden) that can help you
get a faster connection.
The other branch of the Internet Directory for Botany is the
Alphabetical List (http://herb.biol. uregina.ca/liu/bio/botany.html).
The Internet Directory for Botany has received recognition and
awards from 3-Star Site Magellan, Education Index Topsite, Iway
500, Next Guide Gold Site and Look Smart Editor’s Choice.
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PROJECTS
ANNOUNCING
A TEST AND TRIAL PHASE FOR THE
REGISTRATION OF NEW PLANT NAMES (1998-1999)
by L. BORGEN, W. GREUTER, D. L. HAWKSWORTH, D. H. NICOLSON
& B. ZIMMER
Officers of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy
(IAPT)
INTRODUCTION
From the 1st of January 2000, and subject to ratification
by the XVI International Botanical Congress (St Louis, 1999) of
a rule already included in the
International
code of botanical nomenclature (Art. 32.1-2 of the Tokyo
Code), new names of plants and fungi will have to be registered
in order to be validly published. To demonstrate feasibility of
a registration system, the
International
Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) undertakes a trial of
registration, on a non-mandatory basis, for a two-year period
starting 1 January 1998. The co-ordinating centre will be the
secretariat of IAPT, currently at the Botanic Garden and Botanical
Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germany. Co-ordination with present indexing
centres for major groups of plants is being sought, in view of
their possible active involvement at the implementation stage.
The International Mycological Institute in Egham, U.K., has already
accepted to act as associate registration centre for the whole
of fungi, including fossil fungi.
Registration procedure
The co-ordinating registration centre (IAPT secretariat), and
any associated centre operating under its auspices, will register
and make available all names of new taxa, all substitute names,
new combinations or rank transfers that are brought to their attention
in one of the following ways:
- by being published in an accredited journal or serial;
- by being submitted for registration (normally by the author
or one of the authors), either directly or through a national
registration office;
- or (for the non-mandatory trial phase only) as a result of
scanning of other published information by the registration
centres’ own staff.
Registration by way of publication in accredited journals
or serials
For a journal or serial to be accredited, its publishers must
commit themselves, by a signed agreement with the IAPT, to
- point out any nomenclatural novelties in each individual issue
of their journal or serial, either by including a separate index
of novelties or in another suitable, previously agreed way;
- submit each individual issue, as soon as published and by
the most rapid way, to a pre-defined registration office or
centre.
Accredited journals and serials will be entitled, and even encouraged,
to mention that accreditation on their cover, title page or in
their impressum.
A permanently updated list of accredited journals and serials
is being placed on the World Wide Web (http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/registration/).
This list will be published annually in the journal
Taxon.
Registration by way of submission to registration offices
Authors of botanical nomenclatural novelties that do not appear
in an accredited journal or serial (but e.g. in a monograph, pamphlet,
or non-accredited periodical publication) are strongly encouraged
to submit their names for registration – and will be required
to do so once registration becomes mandatory – in the following
way:
- all names to be registered are to be listed on an appropriate
registration form, using a separate form for each separate publication;
- the form (in triplicate) must be submitted together with two
copies of the publication itself, either to a national registration
office (see below) or, optionally, directly to the appropriate
registration centre. Reprints of articles from books or non-accredited
periodicals are acceptable, provided their source is stated
accurately and in full;
- one dated copy of each form will be sent back to the submitting
author in acknowledgement of effected registration.
Registration forms can be obtained free of charge (a) by sending
a request to any registration office or centre, by letter, fax
or e-mail, or (b), preferably, by printing and copying the form
as available on the World Wide Web (see above).
Registration offices are presently being established in as many
different countries as possible. They will serve (a) as mailboxes
and forwarding agencies for registration submissions and (b) as
national repositories for printed matter published locally in
which new names appear.
A permanently updated address list of all functioning national
registration offices is being placed on the World Wide Web (see
above). This list will be published annually in the journal
Taxon.
Registration date
The date of registration, as here defined, will be the date of
receipt of the registration submission at any national registration
office or appropriate registration centre. For accredited journals
or serials (and, for the duration of the trial phase, for publications
scanned at the registration centres), it will be the date of receipt
of the publication at the location of the registration centre
(or national office, if so agreed).
For the duration of the trial phase, i.e. as long as registration
is non-mandatory, the date of a name will, just as before, be
the date of effective publication of the printed matter in which
it is validated, irrespective of the date of registration. Nevertheless,
the registration date will be recorded, for the following reasons:
- to make clear that the name was published on or before that
date, in cases when the date of effective publication is not
specified in the printed matter;
- to assess the time difference between the (effective or stated)
date of the printed matter and that of registration, since it
is envisaged that the date of registration be accepted as the
date of names published on or after 1 January 2000.
It is therefore in the interest of every author to submit nomenclatural
novelties for registration without any delay, and by the most
rapid means available.
Access to registration data
Information on registered names will be made publicly available
as soon as feasible, (a) by placing it on the World Wide Web without
delay in a searchable database, (b) by publishing non-cumulative
lists biannually, and (c), hopefully, by issuing cumulative updates
on a CD-Rom-type, fully searchable data medium at similar intervals.
A CALL TO
EVERYONE: HELP TESTING THE SYSTEM SO AS TO MAKE IT WORK
To make the test effective and significant, it is important that
everyone publishing nomenclatural novelties on or after 1 January
1998 should participate by registering all new names and combinations
on a voluntary basis. Please help (a) by doing so yourself and
(b) by spreading the message to others!
Do not be put off if shortcomings or errors occur in the initial
months. Remember, this is a test phase. Let us know of any bug
or crinkle in the system, and we will iron it out. What matters
is that everything operates smoothly by the end of 1999, and that
by the next Congress all have satisfied themselves that it will.
We believe that registration of new names, once implemented in
a functional way, will be a great benefit for all concerned with
but little inconvenience for cost – and so did the Nomenclature
Section at Yokohama in 1993 feel. Nomenclature must be fit for
a good start into the next millennium. Let us work together to
make it happen.
Contact address:
IAPT Secretariat
Botanischer Garten & Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8
D-14191 Berlin, Germany.
E-mail
IAPT page
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REGISTRATION
AS A POSITIVE STEP
by K. L. WILSON
Registration of nomenclatural novelties seems to me a natural
way to go, heading into the 21st Century. It will enable us to
find quickly what new names have been published, and to be sure
that we have not missed any new name hidden in the paper mountain
of botanical literature that comes out each year around the globe.
This is particularly important for one-off publications (floras,
field guides, etc.), which are notorious for `hiding' new names.
Some people seem to think that registration implies censorship,
but this is wrong. As in the current Index kewensis all
names will be listed, and without comment as to status, and as
soon as received at one of the registration centres. My only caution
to those looking at the mechanisms for making registration effective
is that they should ensure there is a large network of registration
centres or offices spread evenly around the world. This is necessary
to make it easy to submit novelties for registration, given the
apparently worsening state of mail services in all areas.
Contact address:
Royal Botanic Gardens
Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney
N.S.W. 2000, Australia.
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SEEDS
OF Digitalis atlantica, D. nervosa AND D. subalpina
FROM WILD ACCESSIONS NEEDED
Study of phytogeography and evolution of
Isoplexis (Lindl.) Benth. and Digitalis
L.
by JOSÉ A. CARVALHO & ALASTAIR CULHAM
This project involves the study of the evolutionary processes
and relationships among all species of Isoplexis and Digitalis.
Isoplexis (Lindl.) Benth. is an endemic genus from Macaronesia
with four species. Three of them occur in the Canary Islands,
I. canariensis (L.) G.Don, I. isabelliana (Webb
& Berth) Masf. and I. chalcantha Svent. & O’Shanahan,
and the fourth one occurs in Madeira, I. sceptrum (L.fil.)
Loud.
The genus Digitalis L., owes its name to the digitus (=finger)
flower shape of the species. It is commonly believed to be closely
related to Isoplexis, with an African-Eurasian distribution.
In Macaronesia, a number of genera and species have interesting
disjunctions in their distributions. One of the aims of this project
is to clarify and explain in a better way the Macaronesian / West
Mediterranean disjunctions (Bramwell, 1976), represented in this
study by the Iberian-Moroccan endemics, Digitalis obscura
and Digitalis laciniata, and the species of Isoplexis.
The Isoplexis species are restricted to islands; therefore,
conservation issues are being taken into consideration with a
present study on the micro-scale variation between / within populations.
The analysis of population genetic variability has been carried
out and is an important tool towards the understanding of the
past and present evolution processes within Isoplexis and
in relation to Digitalis.
Seeds from most of the species of Isoplexis and Digitalis
have been gathered with exception of three species :
Digitalis atlantica Pomel, D. subalpina
Br.-Bl.( D. lutea L. var. atlantica Ball.[ non
D. atlantica Pomel]) and D. nervosa Steud.
et Hochst. ex Benth. with a geographical area of occurrence predominantly
in Algeria, Morocco and in Iran, respectively.
In order to complete this study we are requesting seeds of these
two species from wild accessions.
References:
Bramwell, D. 1976. The endemic flora of the
Canary Islands: Distribution, Relationship and Phytogeography.
In: Biogeography and Ecology in the Canary Islands (G.Kunkel,
ed.), 207-240. Monogr. Biol., 30. Junk, The Hague.
Werner, K. 1965. Taxonomie und Phylogenie
der gattungen Isoplexis (Lindl.)Benth. und Digitalis
L. Feddes Repertorium, 70: 109-135.
Contact address:
José A. Carvalho & Alastair Culham
School of Plant Sciences
The University of Reading/ Whiteknights
PO Box 221/ Reading/ U.K.
E-mail:
sbrcarva@reading.ac.uk
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MEETINGS
Le IXème
Colloque OPTIMA - The IXth colloquium OPTIMA
LIEU ET DATES DU COLLOQUE - LOCATION AND DATES
OF THE MEETING
Le IXème Colloque OPTIMA se tiendra à Paris, au
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle du 11 au 17 mai 1998.
Il sera suivi de deux excursions, au choix, d’une durée de
6 jours.
Les Commissions d’OPTIMA, le Comité international et le
Conseil exécutif se rassembleront les 9 et 10 mai.
Les séances plénières se tiendront dans la Galerie de Botanique
du Muséum. Les séances non plénières se tiendront dans l’auditorium
de la Grande Galerie de l’Evolution du Muséum.
The IXth colloquium OPTIMA will be held in Paris,
in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, from the
11th through the 17th of May, 1998. It
will be followed by two excursions of the participant’s
choice, each lasting 6 days.
OPTIMA's commissions, the international board and the executive
council will meet the 9th and the 10th of
May.
Plenary lectures will be held in the Galerie de Botanique
in the Museum. Other talks will be held in the auditorium of the
Grande Galerie de l'Evolution of the Museum.
LANGUES OFFICIELLES.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
Français et Anglais. French and English
ENREGISTREMENT. REGISTRATION
L’enregistrement des participants et des accompagnateurs
aura lieu au Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57 rue
Cuvier, 75005 PARIS, de 9h00 à 17h00 le 10 et le 11 mai.
The registration of participants and accompanying persons
will take place at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle,
57 rue Cuvier, 75005 PARIS, from 9 a.m to 5 p.m on May 10th
and 11th.
PROGRAMME SCIENTIFIQUE. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Lundi. Monday 11:
Séance d’ouverture. Opening session
|
Allocutions de bienvenue. Welcome
greetings |
| Prof. Francesco di Castri (Montpellier,
France) |
Conférence inaugurale. Plenary
lecture : Biodiversité méditerranéenne dans le contexte
d’une économie globale. Mediterranean biodiversity
in the context of a global economy |
Mardi. Tuesday 12:
Symposium 1 : Les activités françaises en botanique.
French activities in Botany.
Organisateur. Organizer : Prof. J. Moret (Paris).
| Prof. J. Moret |
Introduction |
| Prof. M. Barbero, Prof. R. Loisel,
Dr. F. Medail, Prof. P. Quezel (Marseille) |
Biodiversité et signification biogéographique
des forêts du Bassin méditerranéen. Biodiversity and biogeographical
significance of forests in the Mediterranean basin |
| Dr. J. Gamisans (Toulouse) |
Progrès enregistrés dans les connaissances
sur la flore et la végétation de la Corse durant les 25 dernières
années. Progress in the understanding of corsican flora
and vegetation during the last 25 years. |
| Dr. D. Petit (Limoges), J. Mathez,
A. Quaid (Montpellier) |
Données récentes sur la phylogénie
des Cardueae (Asteracea). Recent data on
the phylogeny of the Cardueae (Asteraceae). |
| Prof. Ch. Boudouresque (Marseille) |
Les algues en Méditerranée :
Combien ? Où ? Quelle origine ? Mediterranean
Algae : How many ? Where ? Where from ? |
| Prof. J. Moret |
Conclusion |
Symposium 2 : Connaissance et conservation de la biodiversité
dans les îles méditerranéennes. Knowledge and conservation
of biodiversity in Mediterranean islands.
Organisateurs. Organizers : Dr. L. Olivier,
Dr. J.-P. Henry, Hyères (France).
| Dr. L. Olivier, Dr. J.-P. Henry |
Introduction |
| Prof. W. Greuter (Berlin, Allemagne) |
Diversité des flores insulaires
méditerranéennes. Diversity of the Mediterranean insular
flora. |
| Dr. I. Aguinagalde (Madrid, Espagne) |
Diversité infraspécifique de la
flore des îles méditerranéennes. Intraspecific diversity
of the Mediterranean island flora. |
| Dr. D. Jeanmonod (Genève, Suisse) |
Conservation de la diversité végétale
en Corse. Conservation of the plant diversity in Corsica. |
| Dr. G. Iatrou (Patras, Grèce) |
Phytodiversité, spéciation et microendémisme
dans les îles et îlots méditerranéens. Phytodiversity,
speciation, and microendemism in Mediterranean islands
and islets. |
| Dr. L. Olivier, Dr. J.-P. Henry |
Conclusion |
Symposium 3 : Taxonomie, distribution et écologie des
Bryophytes méditerranéennes. Taxonomy, distribution and ecology
of Mediterranean Bryophytes.
Organisateur. Organizer : Prof. F.M. Raimondo,
Palermo (Italia).
| Prof. F.M. Raimondo |
Introduction |
| Dr. R. Ros (Murcia, Espagne) |
Le genre Aloina (Pottiaceae,
Musci) dans le Bassin méditerranéen : taxonomie
et distribution. The genus Aloina (Pottiaceae,
Musci) in the Mediterranean Basin : taxonomy
and distribution |
| Dr. C. Sergio (Lisboa, Portugal) |
Investigation bryophytique comme
base pour la validité de la zone isoclimatique méditerranéenne
au Portugal. Bryophytes survey as a basis for the validity
of the Mediterranean isoclimatic area in Portugal |
| Dr. J.-P. Hébrard (Marseille, France) |
Titre non communiqué. Title
to be announced |
| Prof. F.M. Raimondo |
Conclusion |
Mercredi 13. Wednesday 13:
Symposium 4 : Fungal diversity in the Mediterranean
area. Diversité fongique dans la région méditerranéenne.
Organisateur. Organizer : Prof. S. Onofri, Viterbo
(Italia).
| Dr. X. Llimona, Barcelona (Espagne) |
Introduction : Mycodiversity
in the Mediterranean area. Diversité fongique en Méditerranée |
| Dr. G. Zervakis, (Kalamata, Greece) |
Mycodiversity in Greece.
Mycodiversité en Grèce. |
| Dr. W. Rossi (Italia) & Dr.
S. Santamaria (Barcelone, Espagne) |
Laboulbeniales in the Mediterranean
area. Laboulbéniales de la région méditerranéenne. |
| Dr. G. Moreno Horcajada (Madrid,
Espagne) |
L’importance de la diversité
fongique dans la Péninsule ibérique pour l’Europe. Importance
of the Iberian Peninsula fungal diversity for Europe |
| Dr. J. Mouchacca (Paris, France) |
Biodiversité des découvertes fongiques
lors des dernières décades, dans les états arides de l’est
méditerranéen. Biodiversity of fungal novelties in the
arid east Mediterranean states in the last decades. |
| Prof. S. Onofri |
Conclusion |
Symposium 5 : Plantes et formations serpentinicoles
en Méditerranée. Plants and serpentine formations in the
Mediterranean.
Organisateur. Organizer : Prof. N. Tadic, Belgrade
(Yougoslavie).
| Prof. N. Tadic’ |
Introduction |
| Dr. P. D. Marin & Prof. B.
D. Tadic’ (Beograd, Yugoslavia) |
Serpentine soil and plant diversity.
Les sols serpentiniques et la diversité végétale |
| Dr. N. Diklic & Dr. O. Vasic
(Beograd, Yugoslavia) |
The investigation of the flora
and vegetation of the serpentine area in Serbia (Yugoslavia).
Prospection de la flore et de la végétation de la zone à serpentine
en Serbie (Yougoslavie) |
| Dr. Stevanovic (Beograd, Yugoslavia)
& Dr. G. Iatrou (Patras, Greece) |
Endemisme and relicts of the
serpentine flora of the balkan peninsula. Endémisme et
reliques de la flore serpentinique dans la péninsule balkanique |
| B. Stevanovic, B. Petrokovic, O.
Glisic & G. Djelic (Beograd, Yugoslavia) |
Morphophysiological adaptations
of the balkan serpentinophytes. Adaptations morphophysiologiques
des serpentinophytes des Balkans |
| Prof. N. Tadic’ |
Conclusion |
Première séance des posters. Posters session 1.
Organisateurs. Organizers : Prof. F. Ehrendorfer,
Wien (Austria), Dr. S. Siljak-Yakovlev, Orsay (France).
Jeudi. Thursday 14:
Symposium 6 : Phylogénies moléculaires de groupes méditerranéens.
Molecular phylogenies of Mediterranean groups.
Organisatrice. Organizer : Prof. N. Galland,
Lausanne (Suisse).
| Prof. N. Galland |
Introduction |
| Dr. M. Dolores Lledo (Oxford, UK),
M.B. Crespo, M.W. Chase |
Is Limonium monophyletic ?
Evidence from plastid DNA sequence data and morphology.
Le genre Limonium est-il monophylétique ? Evidence
à partir de séquences d’ADN chloroplastique et de la
morphologie. |
| Dr. M. Cerbah (Orsay, France) |
Phylogénie moléculaire et évolution
chromosomique du genre Hypochoeris. Molecular phylogeny
and chromosome evolution of the genus Hypochoeris. |
| Prof. B. Corrias (Sassari, Italia),
Luciano Bullini |
Molecular Systematics of Mediterranean
Orchids. La systématique moléculaire d’Orchidées
méditerranéennes |
| Dr. H. Cotrim (Lisboa, Portugal) |
The use of RAPD and AFLP markers
in the study of genetic diversity within Silene
of the Western Mediterranean. L’utilisation de marqueurs
RAPD et AFLP dans l’étude de la diversité génétique dans
le genre Silene en Méditerranée occidentale. |
| Prof. N. Galland |
Conclusion |
Deuxième séance des posters. Posters session 2.
Organisateurs. Organizers : Prof. F. Ehrendorfer,
Wien (Austria), Dr. S. Siljak-Yakovlev, Orsay (France).
Vendredi. Friday 15:
Excursion du colloque. Meeting excursion.
Samedi. Saturday 16:
Symposium 7 : Les activités françaises en botanique
méditerranéenne. French activities in Botany.
Organisateur. Organizer : Prof. J. Moret (Paris).
| Prof. J. Moret |
Introduction |
| Dr. S. Siljak-Yakovlev (Orsay) |
Etude du genre Reichardia
par des outils de la cytogénétique moderne (C- et fluorochromes
banding, hybridation in situ). Study of the genus
Reichardia using modern cytogenetic tools (C-
and fluorochromes banding, in situ hybridization). |
| Dr. M. De-Bussche, Dr. J. Thompson
(Montpellier) |
Biogéographie, écologie et biologie
du genre Cyclamen. Biogeography, ecology and biology of
Cyclamen. |
| Prof. I. Olivieri (Montpellier) |
Aspects démographiques et génétiques
en biologie de la conservation : l’exemple de la
Centaurée de la Clape. Demographic and genetic factors
in conservation biology : Example of Centaurea
corymbosa Pourret |
| Dr. N. Machon, Prof. J. Moret (Paris) |
Comment sauver Arenaria grandiflora
de la dépression ?. How to save Arenaria
grandiflora from inbreeding depression ? |
| Prof. J. Moret |
Conclusion |
Symposium 8 : Data ressources for Mediterranean
botanists. Les bases de données pour les botanistes méditerranéens.
Organisateur. Organizer : Dr. Walter G. Berendsohn,
Berlin (Germany).
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