Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica    
(ANN. XLIII - 1998 - PARS 1)

CONTENTS

Dariusz L. SZLACHETKO, Hanna B. MARGOŃSKA & Piotr RUTKOWSKI: Fingardia yamapensis, a new species of Orchidaceae from New Guinea. 3. <abstract>

Dariusz L. SZLACHETKO & Hanna B. MARGOŃSKA: Tree new species of the genus Crepidium (Orchidaceae) from South-east Asia. 7. <abstract>

Tomasz S. OLSZEWSKI & Dariusz L. SZLACHETKO: A provisional checklist of the orchids of Equatorial Guinea. 13. <abstract>

Nicolas HALLE, Dariusz L. SZLACHETKO, Piotr RUTKOWSKI & Hanna B. MARGOŃSKA: Distribution of the orchids in West and South-West Pacific islands – a preliminary report. 39. <abstract>

Piotr KOSIŃSKI & Jerzy ZIELIŃSKI: Rubus canadensis (Rosaceae) – a new alien species in the flora of Poland. 59. <abstract>

Teresa LESIAK: Desmids of the Zbyszek peat-bog, Central Poland. 65. <abstract>

Ewa FUDALI: Investigations of mosses in Polish towns – a review of the bryological research and data. 77. <abstract>

Ryszard OCHYRA: New names and combinations in Schistidium (Musci, Grimmiaceae). 103. <abstract>

Mbokuyo MOSANGO & Wenge ISOSI: Edible plant species used by the human population around Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo). 109. <abstract>

Stefan ZERBE & Tammo SCHACHT: Vegetation and successional stages in chalk quarries on Jasmund (Rügen Island, NE Germany). 117. <abstract>

Krystyna TOWPASZ & Helena TRZCIŃSKA-TACIK: Distribution and ecology of Sisymbrium polymorphum (Cruciferae). 147. <abstract>

Barbara GODZIK: Ozone concentrations in Kraków Province, southern Poland. 159. <abstract>

Barbara GODZIK: Tropospheric ozone concentrations in mountain national parks in Poland and their effects on the plants. 169. <abstract>

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ABSTRACTS - XLIII (1)

Fingardia yamapensis, a new species of Orchidaceae from New Guinea.

Abstract: A new species of the orchid genus Fingardia Szlach. - F. yamapensis Marg., Szlach. & Rutk., sp. nov. - is described and illustrated. The taxonomic position of Fingardia is briefly discussed. A key to the Australasian genera of Malaxidinae is provided.

Key words: Magnoliophyta, Orchidaceae, Malaxidinae, Fingardia, taxonomy, New Guinea

  • Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Hanna B. Margońska and Piotr Rutkowski; Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Gdańsk University, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 3-6, 1998

Three new species of the genus Crepidium (Orchidaceae) from South-east Asia.

Abstract: Three new species of the genus Crepidium Bl. - C. sundaicum Szlach. & Marg., sp. nov., from Lesser Sunda, C. comberi Szlach. & Marg., sp. nov., from Sumatra, and C. woodianum Szlach. & Marg., sp. nov., from Borneo - are described and illustrated. Their taxonomic positions are discussed.

Key words: Magnoliophyta, Liliopsida, Orchidaceae, Crepidium, taxonomy, Australasia

  • Dariusz L. Szlachetko and Hanna B. Margońska, Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Gdańsk University, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 7-12, 1998

A provisional checklist of the orchids of Equatorial Guinea.

Abstract: A checklist of the orchids of Equatorial Guinea is provided. 123 species in 42 genera and 6 doubtful species are listed.

Key words: Magnoliophyta, Orchidaceae, checklist, Equatorial Guinea

  • Tomasz S. Olszewski and Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Department of Plant Ecology and Nature Protection, Gdańsk University, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 13-38, 1998

Distribution of the orchids in West and South-West Pacific islands - a preliminary report.

Abstract: A list and localities of 44 species representing 24 orchid genera from West and South-West Pacific islands are given and 16 species are illustrated. One new combination - Calanthe triplicata (Willemet) Ames var. gracillima Halle, comb. et stat. nov. - is proposed.

Key words: Magnoliophyta, Liliopsida, Orchidaceae, flora, West and South-West Pacific islands

  • Nicolas Halle, Laboratoire de Phanerogamie, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 16, rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France;
  • Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Piotr Rutkowski and Hanna B. Margońska, Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Gdańsk University, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 39-58, 1998

Rubus canadensis (Rosaceae) - a new alien species in the flora of Poland.

Abstract: Rubus canadensis L., a North American species, is recorded for the first time as naturalized in SW Poland.

Key words: Rosaceae, Rubus subsect. Rubus, neophyte, Poland

  • Piotr Kosiński and Jerzy Zieliński, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Parkowa 5, PL-62-035 Kórnik, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 59-63, 1998

Desmids of the Zbyszek peat-bog, Central Poland.

Abstract: From 1984-1995 desmids were investigated in the Zbyszek peat-bog (Central Poland). Over the study period the water of the peat-bog was acidic (pH 3.6-4.2). 56, mainly acidobiontic, desmid taxa were recorded; they were of 14 genera, comprising 48 species and 8 varieties. The most abundant were the genera Cosmarium and Closterium (with 9 and 8 taxa, respectively), less abundant Euastrum (6), Micrasterias, Staurastrum, Staurodesmus, Xanthidium (5), Cosmoastrum (4),  Pleurotaenium (3) and Netrium (2). Actinotaenium, Bambusina, Cylindrocystis and Penium were represented by a single taxon each. Taxa were classified into absolutely constant, accessory and accidental. The number of taxa varied over the study period, depending mostly on water conditions and the stability of other environmental parameters related to the impact of the “Bełchatów Industrial Region”.

Key words: Zygnematales, Desmidiales, taxonomy, ecology, peat-bog, Poland

  • Teresa Lesiak, Department of Algology and Mycology, Institute of Ecology and Conservation, University of Łódź, ul. Banacha 12/16, PL-90-237 Łódź, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 65-76, 1998

Investigations of bryophytes in Polish towns - a review of the bryological research and data.

Abstract: This paper systematizes the bryological data (mainly relating to mosses), both historical and present-day, from Polish towns. The extent of our knowledge of the bryophytes in Polish towns must be regarded as unsatisfactory. Historical data concern mainly the outskirts (now entirely suburban) of 32 towns. In total this historical data comprises 382 moss species. Present-day research (since 1970) has provided information about 266 bryophytes (236 mosses and 32 liverworts) from 15 towns. However, only two towns, Oświęcim and Szczecin, have been studied over their entire areas. Most research has been concentrated on the species composition in selected areas within towns (parks, Botanical Gardens or city centres) and the nature of their substrata. From three towns, Lublin, Oświęcim and Przemyśl, some bryophyte communities have been described. A complete bibliography of all the available bryological research, consisting of both published and unpublished data (typescripts of masters' dissertations) as well as a list of the bryophytes found in Polish towns are also provided.

Key words: Bryophytes, urban area, urban ecology, Poland

  • Ewa Fudali, Department of Ecology and Environment Protection, Agricultural University, ul. Słowackiego 17, PL-71-434 Szczecin, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 77-101, 1998

New names and combinations in Schistidium (Musci, Grimmiaceae).

Abstract: Forty-six species, mostly originating from the Southern Hemisphere and traditionally classified in Grimmia Hedw., have been transferred to Schistidium Bruch & Schimp. in B., S. & G. The following new names and combinations are proposed: Schistidium absconditum (Card.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. alfredii (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. antipodum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. aquaticum (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. atrichum Ochyra. nom. nov. (for Grimmia atricha Müll. Hall.), S. australiense Ochyra, nom. nov. (for Grimmia mutica Hampe), S. beckettianum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. boschbergianum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. caffrum (Rehm. ex Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. calycinum (Herz.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. canterburiense Ochyra, nom. nov. (for Grimmia gracilis R. Br. ter., hom. illeg.), S. chubutense (Card. & Broth.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. coloradense (Aust.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. cupulare (Müll. Hal.) ­Ochyra, comb. nov., S. cyathiforme (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. depile (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. flexicaule (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. flexi­folium (Hampe) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. fuliginosum (Schimp. ex Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. gracillimum (Bartr.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. hedwigiaceum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. laingii (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. macrotylum (Card. & Broth.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. minimeperichaetiale (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. maoricum (Par.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. mitchellii (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. oamaruense (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. oranicum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. pachyneu­rulum (Müll. Hal. & Kindb. in Macoun & Kindb.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. pacificum (Lawt.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. perplexum (Thér.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. pseudorivulare (Kindb.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. revisum (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. rivulariopsis (R. S. Williams) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. saxa­tile (Mitt.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. searellii (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. serrato-mucronatum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. sinensi-apocarpum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. stirlingii (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov.,  S. subincurvum (Aust.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. subflexifolium (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. torreyanum (Brid.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. truncato-apocarpum (Müll. Hal.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. turbinatum (R. Br. ter.) Ochyra, comb. nov., S. urceolare (Schleich. ex Nees & Hornsch.) Ochyra, comb. nov. and S. wrightii Ochyra, nom. nov. (for Grimmia wrightii R. Br. ter., hom. illeg.).

Key words: Bryophyta, Musci, Schistidium, Grimmia, Grimmiaceae, nomenclature, Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North America, South Africa, South America, Subantarctica

  • Ryszard Ochyra, Laboratory of Bryology, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; E-mail: r.ochyra@ib-pan.krakow.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 103-108, 1998

Edible plant species used by the human population around Kisangani (Democratic Republic of Congo).

Abstract: Studies on the plant foods used by the human population living around the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex Zaire) revealed the existence of 97 native and 25 introduced edible species. Among the native species, 46 are consumed as fruit and 51 as vegetables. A list of the native and introduced plants is presented with reference to their habitats and the different parts consumed.

Key words: edible plants, habitats, life forms, chorology, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Mbokuyo Mosango, Botany Department, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda;
  • Wenge Isosi, ISEA/Bengamisa, B.P.202, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo (ex Zaire)
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 109-115, 1998

Vegetation and successional stages in chalk quarries on Jasmund (Rügen Island, NE Germany).

Abstract: Easy access to the cretaceous sediments on Rügen Island led to the development of numerous chalk quarries and a brief account of the history of chalk extraction is given. The vegetation in 6 quarries on the Jasmund peninsula (NE Rügen) has been investigated. Five of the most frequent and typical successional stages are described, namely Poo-Tussilaginetum farfarae and Dauco-Picridetum hieracioidis as pioneer and ruderal communities, Onobrychido-Brometum erecti as a slightly arid grassland community, Dauco-Arrhenatheretum elatioris as a mesophytic grassland community of the lowlands and Rhamno-Cornetum sanguinei as the initial stage of forest development. Species diversity in the quarries is quite high. The different successional stages, depending on site conditions, duration of abandonment, and features of the surrounding vegetation as sources of potential colonizers, are characterized.

Key words: chalk quarries, Jasmund (Rügen Island), succession, Poo-Tussilaginetum, Dauco-Picridetum, Onobrychido-Brometum, Dauco-Arrhenatheretum, Rhamno-Cornetum

  • Stefan Zerbe, Institut für Ökologie, Technische Universität Berlin, Schmidt-Ott-Str. 1, D-12165 Berlin, Deutschland;
  • Tammo Schacht, Hinrichsfelder Straße 11, D-17139 Gielow, Deutschland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 117-146, 1998

Distribution and ecology of Sisymbrium polymorphum (Cruciferae).

Abstract: The principal aims of the present investigations were to establish for Sisymbrium polymorphum (Murray) Roth. its general distribution in Europe and Asia and localized distribution in Poland. It is mainly to be found in the northern part of the Irano-Turanian geobotanical region. Groups of localities outside its principal area of distribution form isolated “islands” in Poland, Hungary, eastern Siberia, the Far North, and on the border between China and Mongolia. Only scattered natural localities, and a few synanthropic ones, are known from elsewhere. In Poland this steppe-arctic species is known from only 8 localities (4 new), in the Wyżyna Małopolska region, S Poland. It occurs there on gypsum outcrops in the vicinity of Busko, and Proszowice within phytocoenoses of Sisymbrio-Stipetum capillatae (Dziub.) Medw.-Korn. 1959. Seeds germinate in autumn, so young plants survive their first winter as seedlings. Mature individuals overwinter in the form of rosettes developed the previous autumn on the persistent roots. Thus in Poland it behaves as a perennial species.

Key words: Sisymbrium polymorphum, persistent populations, morphological-developmental stages, phenology, life history, Irano-Turanian element, distribution, Poland, Europe, Asia

  • Krystyna Towpasz and Helena Trzcińska-Tacik, Department of Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, ul. Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 147-157, 1998

Ozone concentrations in Kraków Province, southern Poland.

Abstract: During 1996 the concentration of ground ozone in Kraków Province was measured. According to active measurements the mean monthly 03 concentration in the period from March to August was higher than 50 ľg/m3, becoming much lower towards the end of the year. The maximum 30-minute 03 concentration occurred in June, and equalled 227 ľg/m3. The highest two-week 03 concentration measured with passive samplers was recorded in May and the first part of June, and reached 137.7 ľg/m3. Great variations in the tropospheric 03 concentrations (measured by the passive method) were recorded from different measuring stations. The lowest concentrations were recorded from Kraków itself and the areas west and north-west of the city, and the highest concentrations from areas north and south of the city. Significantly greather damage to tobacco Bel-W3 leaves occurred in plants exposed at Szarów (30 km east of Kraków) than in plants exposed in the city centre.

Key words: ozone concentrations, ground level, tobacco bioindicators, Kraków Province, Poland
  • Barbara Godzik, Department of Ecology, Laboratory of Environmental Ecology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 159-168, 1998

Tropospheric ozone concentrations in mountain national parks in Poland and their effects on the plants.

Abstract: In 1996, passive method measurements of tropospheric ozone concentrations were made in six mountain national parks: Karkonosze NP (Sudety Mts), Babia Góra NP, Tatry NP, Pieniny NP, Magura NP, and Bieszczady NP (Carpathian Mts). Comparative measurements were made in Kampinos NP located in the centre of Poland and in Białowieża NP located in north-eastern Poland. At all stations the highest ozone concentrations (ca 42-100 ľg/m3 depending on the station) were recorded in the first part of June with subsequent gradual decrease. Over the course of the sampling season the three highest ozone concentrations in mountainous places were recorded, in descending order, in Bieszczady NP, Sudety, and Babia Góra NP. Differences in 03 concentrations among stations and subsequent measurement periods were statistically significant. A statistically significant gradient of 03 concentrations was determined in the transect from Babia Góra NP (southern Poland - the highest 03 concentrations), through Kampinos NP (central Poland - moderate values) up to Białowieża NP (north-eastern Poland - lowest values).

Key words: ozone concentrations, passive samplers, mountain forest, air pollution, national parks, bioindicators, Carpathian Mts, Poland

  • Barbara Godzik, Department of Ecology, Laboratory of Environmental Ecology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 43(1): 169-179, 1998
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