Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica    
(ANN. XLV - 2000 - PARS 1-2)

Kazimierz Zarzycki Festschrift

CONTENTS

ZBIGNIEW MIREK: Professor Kazimierz Zarzycki, Member of the Academy. On the occasion of his seventieth birthday. 9. <abstract>

URSZULA KORZENIAK, JERZY WOŁEK & JAN J. WÓJCICKI: Bibliography of Kazimierz Zarzycki. 13. <abstract>

KRYSTYNA M. URBANSKA: Positive interactions in communities: a central issue in restoration. 33. <abstract>

ZBIGNIEW DZWONKO & STEFANIA LOSTER: Testing of Ellenberg and Zarzycki indicator values as predictors of soil and light conditions in woodlands. 49. <abstract>

MICHAEL MUEHLENBERG, JOLANTA SLOWIK, RAWJICH SAMIYA, CHOIMAA DULAMSUREN,  CHULUUNBAATAL GANTIGMAA & MICHAŁ WOYCIECHOWSKI: The conservation value of West-Khentii, North Mongolia: evaluation of plant and butterfly communities. 63. <abstract>

KRYSTYNA FALIŃSKA: Seed bank pattern and floristic composition of vegetation patches in a meadow abandoned for 20 years. 91. <abstract>

FRANK KLÖTZLI & GIAN-RETO WALTHER: The behaviour and dynamics of some dominant herbaceous plants of Swiss deciduous forests. 111. <abstract>

KRYSTYNA GRODZIŃSKA, URSZULA KORZENIAK, GRAŻYNA SZAREK-ŁUKASZEWSKA & BARBARA GODZIK: Colonization of zinc mine spoils in the southern Poland - preliminary studies on vegetation, seed rain and seed bank. 123. <abstract>

MARTIN TANGHE & SANDRINE GODEFROID: Road verge grasslands in southern Belgium and their conservation value. 147. <abstract>

JERZY FABISZEWSKI & BRONISŁAW WOJTUŃ: Loss of floristic diversity in the Karkonosze Mts (SW Poland). 165. <abstract>

JERZY WOŁEK & ADAM WALANUS: Co-occurrence of lemnids in the Argentina: a null model analysis. 179. <abstract>

PAWEŁ ADAMSKI, KATARZYNA MARGIELEWSKA & ZBIGNIEW WITKOWSKI: Compensation and induced defence in response to herbivory in Sedum maximum (Crassulaceae). 193. <abstract>

JAN HOLEKSA: Distribution of Sorbus aucuparia (Rosaceae) regeneration in relation to trees in a subalpine spruce forest (W Carpathians, Poland). 203. <abstract>

MAREK KRYWULT & MARIUSZ KLICH: Nitrate reductase activity as an indicator of nitrate fixation and assimilation by tropical forest species in St. Thomas Island. 213. <abstract>

ELIAS LANDOLT: Contribution on the Lemnaceae of Ecuador. 221. <abstract>

ANNA KRAHULCOVÁ & FRANTIŠEK KRAHULEC: Offspring diversity in Hieracium subgen. Pilosella (Asteraceae): new cytotypes from hybridization experiments and from open pollination. 239. <abstract>

JIŘÍ DANIHELKA & OLGA ROTREKLOVÁ: Achillea distans (Asteraceae) confirmed as native in the Bieszczady Mts (SE Poland). 257. <abstract>

WALDEMAR ŻUKOWSKI & MARLENA LEMBICZ: Carex pseudobrizoides (Cyperaceae) in Poland: patterns of isozymatic phenotypes. 265. <abstract>

KAZIMIERZ BROWICZ: Where is the place of origin of Morus nigra (Moraceae)? 273. <abstract>

PAUL FREDERICK MAYCOCK, JANUSZ GUZIK, JAROSLAV JANKOVIC, MIROSLAV SHEVERA & TERENCE J. CARLETON: Composition, structure and ecological aspects of Mesic Old Growth Carpathian Deciduous Forests of Slovakia, Southern Poland and the Western Ukraine. 281. <abstract>

KONSTANTIN KOROTKOV & ELENA BELONOVSKAYA: Syntaxonomical survey of Alpine meadows in the Great Caucasus. 323. <abstract>

ANNA KOZŁOWSKA: The forest communities in the Przemyśl Foothills, south-east Poland. 345. <abstract>

JAN MAREK MATUSZKIEWICZ & ANNA KOZŁOWSKA: “Orchidaceous” beech forests in the Góry Krowiarki range (Eastern Sudety Mountains). 373. <abstract>

WŁADYSŁAW MATUSZKIEWICZ: The systematic position of thermophilous beechwoods (Cephalanthero-Fagenion) in Poland. 393. <abstract>

MARIA ZAJĄC & ADAM ZAJĄC: Phytogeographical and syntaxonomical dependence of species reaching their western and north-western limits of distribution in Poland. 413. <abstract>

ADAM BORATYŃSKI & YAKIV PETROVICH DIDUKH: The genus Empetrum (Empetraceae) in Ukraine. 423. <abstract>

JAN J. WÓJCICKI & KAROL MARHOLD: Cardamine dentata (Brassicaceae) in Poland. 431. <abstract>

ZOFIA SOTEK: Distribution of Triglochin maritimum L. (Juncaginaceae) in Poland. 445. <abstract>

HALINA PIĘKOŚ-MIRKOWA, ZBIGNIEW MIREK & ANNA MIECHÓWKA: Distribution and habitats of Lloydia serotina (Liliaceae) in the Tatra Mts. 457. <abstract>

KAZIMIERZ A. NOWAK, WOJCIECH BORKOWSKI & IRENEUSZ R. MORACZEWSKI: First record of Pedicularis kaufmannii (Scrophulariaceae) from Poland. 471. <abstract>

JERZY SZWEYKOWSKI & KATARZYNA BUCZKOWSKA: Sphagnum-Polytrichum hummocks - a bryologically neglected plant formation. 475. <abstract>

STANISŁAW CIEŚLIŃSKI: Białe Ługi Reserve: a refuge of the forest lichen flora of the Góry Świętokrzyskie Mountains. 485. <abstract>

URSZULA BIELCZYK & JÓZEF KISZKA: Contribution to the lichen flora of Western Ukraine. 493. <abstract>

WŁADYSŁAW WOJEWODA: Punctularia strigosozonata (Fungi, Corticiaceae) in Poland and North Korea. 501. <abstract>

BARBARA GUMIŃSKA: Resupinatus kavinii (Tricholomataceae), a fungus species newly noted in Poland. 509. <abstract>

BOTANICAL NOTES:

JANUSZ GUZIK & WOJCIECH PAUL: Veronica peregrina (Scrophulariaceae) in Kraków - rediscovered after a century. 513. <abstract>

TERESA NOWAK: New locality of Cerastium brachypetalum (Caryophyllaceae) on the Silesian Upland. 520. <abstract>

ANDRZEJ URBISZ & ALINA URBISZ: Ruppia maritima (Ruppiaceae) in Poland. 521. <abstract>

TERESA NOWAK: New locality of Dictamnus albus (Rutaceae) in Poland. 524. <abstract>

MARTIN KUKWA: New and noteworthy species of Lepraria and Leproloma to Ukraine. 526. <abstract>

MARTIN KUKWA: The first records of two lichenicolous fungi, Lichenoconium pyxidatae and Taeniolella beschiana, in Poland. 529. <abstract>

MARTIN KUKWA: Some new and noteworthy lichenicolous fungi to Ukraine. 532. <abstract>

MARTIN KUKWA: Lepraria lesdainii, a lichen species new to Poland. 534. <abstract>

MARCIN PIĄTEK & ANNA MIŚKIEWICZ: Botryobasidium aureum (Fungi, Stereales) in the Tatra Mts and review of its distribution in Poland. 536. <abstract>

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ABSTRACTS - XXXVII (1)

Professor Kazimierz Zarzycki, Member of the Academy. On the occasion of his seventieth birthday.

  • Zbigniew Mirek, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, ­Poland; e-mail: mirek@ib-pan.krakow.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 9-12, 2000

Bibliography of Kazimierz Zarzycki.

  • Urszula Korzeniak, Jerzy Wołek & Jan J. Wójcicki, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: korzenia@ib-pan.krakow.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 13-31, 2000

Positive interactions in communities: a central issue in restoration.

Abstract: Positive interactions within and among species are important forces in organisation of communities yet they still do not seem to be sufficiently recognised in community ecology. They are representative of self-sustaining communities and should accordingly be given a special attention in restoration, because they may significantly accelerate the assisted site recovery. To illustrate this approach, selected interactions related to dispersal and recruitment are considered. At the dispersal phase, mutualisms are the most frequent. They often include multiple species associations and various organisms. The best known are associations between foraging animals and plants which offer nutritional rewards. Commensalisms are typically recognisable in epizoochory, and un-intended dispersal by man; the importance of the latter phenomenon has substantially increased in recent years. Commensalistic interactions among plants at the dispersal phase are little known but seem to be relevant in wind-influenced ecosystems. A particularly interesting category of positive interactions represent cases in which dispersal is primarily influenced by mutualism but ultimately controlled by commensalism. In such cases, frugivores bring the collected seed into another site which they use to perch and deposite the seeds there. At the establishment phase, commensalistic interactions among plants clearly play the most important role, and the nurse effect is presently known from a wide range of ecosystems. The nurse effect may be maternally-mediated, it may involve neighbour conspecifics, or different species. The latter category most frequently includes multiple species associations.The nurse effect may in time turn into competition, but frequently it is cyclic. Of a special interest is a little known reciprocal nurse association between two species which may be regarded as a mutualism. In extreme environments, some nurse plants have substantial effect on species diversity, and possibly fulfill a keystone function. In conclusion, the author shows how the understanding of positive interactions may be used in planning and implementation of restoration schemes, and also in post-restoration monitoring.

Key words: positive interactions, mutualism, commensalism, restoration

  • Krystyna M. Urbanska, Geobotanical Institute SFIT, Zürichbergstrasse 38, CH-8044 Zürich, Switzerland; e-mail: urbanska@geobot.umnw.ethz.ch
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 33-48, 2000

Testing of Ellenberg and Zarzycki indicator values as predictors of soil and light conditions in woodlands.

Abstract: Many authors have successfully applied mean Ellenberg and Zarzycki indicator values to evaluate environmental conditions on the basis of the species composition of plant communities. Using data collected from ancient deciduous woods and recent woods of various ages, we tested whether and to what degree the assessment of soil and light quality using these indicators depends on the age and stability of the communities. We found that the mean Ellenberg and Zarzycki indicator values for light, reaction, nitrogen and fertility provided almost equally good predictions of measured light intensity, soil pH and nutrient availability in ancient woods, where they can be used interchangeably. They were poorer indicators of environmental conditions in recent woods with much less adjusted floristic compositions. This suggests that mean indicator values for such communities should be interpreted with caution. The mean Ellenberg and Zarzycki indicator values for nitrogen and fertility were the best predictors of cation exchange capacity and much weaker indicators of total nitrogen in deciduous woods. In the ancient woods, the mean Ellenberg and Zarzycki indicator values for reaction, nitrogen and fertility, based on the presence/absence of species, correlated better with soil pH and cation exchange capacity than did the mean indicator values based on cover/abundance. Weighted mean indicators for light were better predictors of light intensity than unweighted mean indicators were.

Key words: ancient and recent woodlands, indicator values, secondary succession, southern Poland

  • Zbigniew Dzwonko & Stefania Loster, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: ubdzwonk@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 49-62, 2000

The conservation value of West Khentii, North Mongolia: evaluation of plant and butterfly communities.

Abstract: We established a research station in the western buffer zone of the Strictly Protected Area of Khan Khentii, North Mongolia. The study site is situated in the forest steppe, the southern strip of the Siberian taiga forest. The southern slopes with high insolation are covered with steppe vegetation. It is the first time the flora and fauna of that region have been investigated systematically. So far, 538 of the 2823 plant species known from Mongolia have been identified at our study sites (an area of ca 100 km2 is investigated), and 132 of Mongolia's 207 known butterfly species. The high species richness in our region may be attributed to the spatial heterogeneity of habitats, the overlapping of habitats along gradients, and the naturalness of the region. We classified 8 types of vegetation surrounding our research station. Sixteen species of plants at our study sites are listed in the Mongolian Red Book as threatened, out of 37 endangered species in the Khentii mountains (nearly 48000 km2). Approximately half of the species of plants and butterflies are palaearctic species; of these, 30% of the plant species and 47% of the butterfly species are listed in Germany as threatened species. We assume that West Khentii harbors high biodiversity, which in Central Europe is at risk. We highlight the naturalness of the landscape in the buffer zone as an important reference area where palaearctic species under natural ecological conditions can be compared with Central European studies in human-dominated landscapes.

KEY WORDS: forest steppe, butterfly and plant communities, species richness, protection, Mongolia

  • Michael Muehlenberg & Jolanta Slowik, Center for Nature Conservation (CNC), Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 2, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany; e-mail: mmuehle@gwdg.de and jslowik@gwdg.de;
  • Rawjich Samiya, Choimaa Dulamsuren & Chuluunbaatal Gantigmaa, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar (NUM), Faculty of Biology, Mongolia; e-mail: biology@ses.edu.mn;
  • Michał Woyciechowski, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 3, PL-33-397 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: rowoycie@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 63-90, 2000

Seed bank pattern and floristic composition of vegetation patches in a meadow abandoned for 20 years.

Abstract: The similarity between seed bank and vegetation species composition was analyzed in relation to changes in composition over time and the spatial pattern of the vegetation of a Cirsium rivularis meadow abandoned for 20 years. The study was performed between 1996 and 1998, in four patches dominated by Carex acutiformis, Filipendula ulmaria, Betula pendula and Salix cinerea. The patches developed in periods of 5 to 9 years after abandonment and persisted for the next 15 years even though forest regrew around them. The seed banks of the four patches differed in size and species richness. The highest seed density was noted in the Betula pendula (19940/m2) patch, and the lowest in the Salix cinerea patch (8610/m2). High species diversity was observed in the seed banks of the patches with Filipendula ulmaria (H' = 3.4) and Carex acutiformis (H' = 3.0); in the other two it was lower (H' = 2.9, H' = 2.8). The highest similarity between the floristic compositions of the seed bank and the vegetation was in the patch with Filipendula ulmaria (IS = 0.80). It was confirmed that the floristic composition of the Cirsietum rivularis community plays an essential role in determining the seed bank on the meadow abandoned for 20 years. Seeds of the majority of meadow species were present in the seed bank although these species had not occurred in the vegetation for many years (e.g., Lychnis flos-cuculi, Ranunculus acris, Cardamine pratensis, Cerastium holosteoides, Campanula patula). The paper discusses the reliability of seed bank assessment by one of three methods: (a) seed separation, (b) seedling emergence from soil samples in the greenhouse, and (c) seedling emergence in the patches after removal of plants. The most reliable results were obtained when the three methods were used simultaneously. The seed bank pattern of the patchy vegetation of the abandoned meadow was characterized by diversity, heterogeneity, and similarity between the compositions of the seed bank and the vegetation.

Key words: seed bank pattern, seed longevity, patchiness of vegetation, wet meadow, species composition

  • Krystyna Falińska, Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Warsaw University, PL-17-230 Białowieża, Poland; e-mail: falinska@tilia.bsg.bialowieza.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 91-110, 2000

The behavior and dynamics of some dominant herbaceous plants of Swiss deciduous forests.

Abstract: In the late sixties, K. Zarzycki investigated the behavior of some forest herbs in different beech communities near Zürich. In 1994 we examined four of the herbs, Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin., Carex pilosa Scop., Mercurialis perennis L. and Galium odoratum (L.) Scop., with respect to their behavior and dynamics. We compared the data obtained, in the context of global warming and “forest decline,” with those of K. Zarzycki as well as with data from 1950 ­-1970 taken from Swiss sources by other authors. The results of these comparisons suggest several conclusions. (1) Generally the four forest herbs behaved similarly regarding their trends of major changes and their steadiness; (2) In the field the examined species are becoming rarer in terms of both abundance and constancy. Abundance is somewhat lower, but the species generally have not disappeared from those old plots. So far no physiognomic adaptations to the somewhat changing environment have been detected. (3) Until now acid rain has been buffered in most soils and acidity indicators have not increased; they have even decreased in many cases (Luzula). ­Nutrient flux has increased due to input by rain, but many indicators have not really responded. (4) Changes in terms of species abundance and constancy are probably due to the light factor. Forest cover values have become denser but the crowns are thinner. However, the tendencies are not quite clear. (5) All four species follow their typical site preferences, with the exception of Luzula. Mercurialis is more frequent on nutrient-rich and basic soils, Galium odoratum is on more mesic sites, and Carex pilosa occurs in more acid conditions. (6) There is no special trend regarding gains/losses of the species examined in any of the forest associations. The dynamics of these species are discussed as to the predictability of their fluctuations in the herb layer. The species clearly behave according to the rules of models of chaotic development.

Key words: species dynamics, forest herbs, plant indicators, environmental changes, nutrient flux, predictability, models of chaos

  • Frank Klötzli, Geobotanisches Institut ETH Zürich, Zürichbergstrasse 38, CH-8044 Zürich, Switzerland;
  • Gian-Reto Walther, Geobotanisches Institut ETH Zürich, Zürichbergstrasse 38, CH-8044 ­Zürich, Switzerland & Institut für Geobotanik, Universität Hannover, Nienburger Strasse 17, ­D-30167 Hannover, Germany; e-mail: walther@geobotanik.uni-hannover.de
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 111-121, 2000

Colonization of zinc mine spoils in southern Poland - preliminary studies on vegetation, seed rain and seed bank.

Abstract: Zinc mine spoils of different ages were studied in southern Poland. Surveyed were (1) the species composition and community structure of the resident vegetation, (2) the seed rain (3) the germinable fraction of the soil seed reserve. The plant cover totalled 93 species; species composition varied between the study plots, and there were between-plot differences in species abundance. The seed rain varied seasonally, with an increase in density corresponding mostly to early autumn. Differences in abundance of seeds between plots (old and recent spoils) were observed. The density of the soil seed reserve varied from 6000 to 20000 in different plots. Species richness differed between plots. The lowest richness (5 species) was noted on recent spoils covered with imported material. The preliminary results suggest that early colonization of mine spoils is basically determined by the availability of seeds for establishment.

Key words: Zinc mine spoils, southern Poland, seed rain, seed bank, vegetation, restoration

  • Krystyna Grodzińska, Urszula Korzeniak, Grażyna Szarek-Łukaszewska & Barbara Godzik, Department of Ecology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, ­Poland; e-mail: grodzin@ib-pan.krakow.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 123-145, 2000

Road verge grasslands in southern Belgium and their conservation value.

Abstract: In Belgium, like in most countries of north western Europe, wildlife habitats are quite well studied, but also rather fragmented as a consequence of the 40 year productivist Common Agricultural Policy. Therefore, even roadside vegetation is gaining a value as wildlife refuges because they escape the negative effects of intensification. Classical phytosociological methods have been used in order to survey, identify and assess conservation value of road verge grassland communities linked to the southern Belgian road network, from highways to small rural roads. The results for four distinct ecological sectors (natural regions) are displayed and discussed. Wild flora and spontaneous grassland vegetation of road verges reflect in a very sensitive way regional and local climate and substrate variations, which is expressed through ecological spectra. Within a given ecological sector, plant associations reflect quite well, through their structure and species combination, the various soil conditions and human influences. Considered as indicator parameters of ecosystem biological quality, species richness and species rarity of road verge grasslands are (1) higher than those of intensively used grasslands thanks to their marginal location; (2) higher than those of little improved or unimproved grasslands scattered through the rural landscape as areal remnants. Moreover, road verges may contain most of the total grassland flora at local or regional scale.

Key words: road verges, road ecology, grassland vegetation, biodiversity, ecological network

  • Martin Tanghe & Sandrine Godefroid, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Laboratoire de Botanique Systématique et de Phytosociologie C.P. 169, Avenue F. Roosevelt, 50, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; ­e-mail: mtanghe@ulb.ac.be;  sagodefr@ulb.ac.be
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 147-163, 2000

Loss of floristic diversity in the Karkonosze Mts (SW Poland),

Abstract: The paper presents the transformations of species composition in the main plant communities of the Karkonosze Mts subalpine and alpine belts during the last 35 years. Floristic changes in the associations Carici (rigidae)-Nardetum, Carici-Festucetum supinae, Crepidi-Calamagrostietum villose and Empetro-Vaccinietum were investigated, and some vegetation transformations in the remaining belts were also indicated. The progressive floristic degradation of plant communities in the subalpine and alpine belts consists in (a) expansion of grasses, (b) decline of rare vascular plants and (c) elimination of terricolous bryophytes and lichens. In spruce forest belts, species connected with old-growth spruce forests such as Listera cordata and Moneses uniflora are declining. The changes in plant communities of low mountain swards (Nardetalia) caused by cessation of pasture and mowing is the cause of retreat of many rare plants such as Arnica montana. The main cause of the community transformations still occurring in the Karkonosze Mts is change in the soil environment connected with anthropogenic nitrogen fertilization. The large inflow of mineral nitrogen from the atmosphere (1138 mg/m2 total for the vegetative season) accelerates decomposition of organic matter and intensifies nitrification. The high content of nitrates in soil (5 times higher than in Tatra Mts swards) is the reason for expansion of graminoids, mainly Deschampsia flexuosa, Calamagrostis villosa and Carex bigelowii subsp. rigida. Overfertilization of habitats makes rare high mountain vascular plants retreat and terricolous bryophytes and lichens decline.

Key words: Karkonosze Mts, flora, biodiversity, nitrogen mineralization, nitrification

  • Jerzy Fabiszewski & Bronisław Wojtuń, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Agricultural University, Cybulskiego 32, PL-50-205 Wrocław, Poland; e-mail: jfab@ozi.ar.wroc.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 165-178, 2000

Co-occurrence of lemnids in Argentina: a null model analysis.

Abstract: Sixteen pleustonic species from northern Argentina were examined for co-occurrence. A set of 156 relevés was used in the null model analysis. Presence-absence date was taken into account. The results suggest that the species combinations found in the sample analyzed may be treated as random. In this respect, pleustonic assemblages from the Argentine correspond to those from Poland.

Key words: species co-occurrence, lemnids, Argentina, null model analysis

  • Jerzy Wołek, Department of Plant Ecology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: wolek@ib-pan.krakow.pl;
  • Adam Walanus, Grota-Roweckiego 39/55, PL-30-348
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 179-192, 2000

Compensation and induced defense in response to herbivory in Sedum maximum (Crassulaceae).

Abstract: Sedum maximum (L.) Hoffm. often sprouts laterally after excision of the apex by herbivores. An experiment with apex removal showed that the compensatory mechanism involves principally the aboveground organs of a plant. It consists in a statistically significant increase of the assimilative surface and of the area of inflorescences in plants with excised apices, compared to control plants. In the field, browsing on leaves by Parnassius apollo (L.) caterpillars is of rather moderate intensity and does not exceed 3-7% of the leaf area. This suggests an induced chemical defense of leaves in response, which has been confirmed by other authors studying caterpillar browsing on mature leaves on this and a closely relative plant species (Sedum album L.). Investigations of the whole stonecrop plant (above- and underground organs) showed that the mass of underground organs is strongly negatively correlated with the total area of inflorescences. If so, the growth of inflorescence size after apical herbivory suggests energy trade-offs between the underground and generative organs in response to herbivory.

Key words: Sedum maximum, Parnassius apollo, herbivory, compensation response, shift of energy allocation, chemical defense

  • Paweł Adamski, Katarzyna Margielewska & Zbigniew Witkowski, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Mickiewicza 33, PL-31-120 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: nowitkow@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 193-202, 2000

Distribution of Sorbus aucuparia (Rosaceae) regeneration in relation to trees in a subalpine spruce forest (W Carpathians, Poland).

Abstract: The distribution of rowan (Sorbus aucuparia L.) saplings was analyzed within and around a large windthrow in a subalpine spruce forest of Babia Góra National Park. Rowan sapling density was higher under the spruce canopy than in the open. Young rowans accumulated under trees in the understory of the spruce stand around the windthrow, and their density decreased with the distance from trunk bases. Seed dispersal by birds and spatial differentiation of ground vegetation are suggested as possible factors determining the distribution of rowan saplings. It is suggested that the rowan, a pioneer species, does not necessarily invade gaps in this subalpine forest but rather forms a bank of suppressed individuals in the understory, which are released after stand breakup.

Key words: canopy gap, regeneration, spatial structure, Plagiothecio-Piceetum

  • Jan Holeksa, Department of Geobotany and Nature Conservation, Silesian University, Jagiellońska 28, PL-40-032 Katowice
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 203-212, 2000

Nitrate reductase activity as an indicator of nitrate fixation and assimilation by tropical forest species on St. Thomas Island.

Abstract: Measurements of nitrate in precipitation and nitrate reductase (NR) activity in green tissues of plants were taken in the remote crater lake area in Sao Tome Obo National Park. The nitrate concentrations in rainfall varied from 0.15 to 0.78 mg per dm-3. Five tropical plant species (both endemic and common) growing under tropical forest canopy were investigated. NR activity in green tissues of plants was measured. NR activity differed greatly between the investigated plants. The lowest NR activity, close to null, was found in Asplenium africanum Desv. and Cycloporus spissus Desv. The highest was found in endemic Begonia crateris Exell., up to 1800 nmol of nitrite synthesized per g of dry mass per hour.

Key words: nitrate reductase activity, nitrogen deposition, nitrogen fixation, assimilation, tropical forests

  • Marek Krywult, Department of Ecology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: krywult@ib-pan.krakow.pl;
  • Mariusz Klich, Department of Freshwater Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, PL-31-016 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 213-220, 2000

Contribution on the Lemnaceae of Ecuador.

Abstract: In August 1999, a field trip through different regions of Ecuador was undertaken, and distribution and ecology of the various species of Lemnaceae were studied. Fourteen species were found: Spirodela intermedia W. Koch, S. polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid., Landoltia punctata (G. F. W. Meyer) Les & Crawford [Spirodela punctata (G. F. W Meyer) Thompson], Lemna gibba L., L. obscura (Austin) Daubs, L. aequinoctialis Welw., L. valdiviana Phil., L. minuta H. B. K., Wolffiella welwitschii (Hegelm.) Monod, W. lingulata (Hegelm.) Hegelm. W. oblonga (Phil.) Hegelm., Wolffia brasiliensis Weddell, W. columbiana Karsten, and W. globosa (Roxb.) den Hartog & van der Plas. Landoltia punctata, and Wolffia globosa were recorded in Ecuador for the first time. The only visited area in the Amazon region (Cuyabeno Lake) was void of Lemnaceae due to very low nutrient content of the water. In the central region of the Andes, standing waters are rather rare. Lemna gibba, L. minuta, L. valdiviana, Wolffia brasiliensis, and Spirodela intermedia were observed. Only rarely were the wet rocks of the west side of the Andes covered by fronds of L. valdiviana s.l. The coastal region between Esmeraldas and Machala proved to be especially rich in Lemnaceae. An unexpected high frequency of S. polyrrhiza was observed. About 50 relevés of pleustonic communities were recorded and grouped in various vegetation units.

Key words: distribution, duckweeds, Ecuador, Lemnaceae, pleustonic vegetation

  • Elias Landolt, Geobotanisches Institut ETHZ, Zürichbergstr. 38, CH-8044 Zürich, Switzerland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 221-237, 2000

Offspring diversity in Hieracium subgen. Pilosella (Asteraceae): new cytotypes from hybridization experiments and from open pollination.

Abstract: The progeny derived from experimental crosses, in which the following species of Hieracium L. subgen. Pilosella (Hill.) S. F. Gray were used as parents, was analyzed with respect to chromosome numbers: diploid H. lactucella Wallr., tetraploid H. pilosella L., H. caespitosum Dumort. and H. aurantiacum L., pentaploid H. glomeratum Froel. and H. piloselliflorum Nägeli & Peter. In addition, some of selected F1 hybrids as well as the hexaploid hybridogenous species H. rubrum Peter were open pollinated and their offspring was studied. In most crosses the sexuals served as seed parents, while the pollen donors were usually facultative apomicts. A considerable karyological diversity was recorded within the progeny of some of individual seed parents, hybridizing easily due to (at least facultative) sexuality. In addition, the haploid parthenogenesis and the participation of unreduced gametes (probably the fertilization of unreduced egg cell) contributed to offspring diversity. These reproduction modes, together with apomictic reproduction and fertilization of reduced egg cell, caused the rise of extremely diverse progeny of H. rubrum. The haploid parthenogenesis connected with aneuploidy was recorded as a new observation. Although the aneuploids are very rare in nature in Europe, the abundant and viable aneuploid progeny can be easily obtained from experimental crosses. Similarly, the viable triploids arising frequently from the crosses between diploid and tetraploid species, are in contrast to sparse occurrence of triploid cytotypes in the field. The reasons for these disproportions are discussed. Whereas the reduced competitive ability is expected in polyhaploids in the field, the natural polyploids originated spontaneously from the unreduced gametes may be more common. The possibilities to reveal the contribution of particular species comprising hybrid polyploids in the field are discussed.

Key words: Asteraceae, Hieracium subgen. Pilosella, aneuploids, cytotypes, haploid parthenogenesis, heteroploid crosses, hybridization, triploids, unreduced gametes

  • Anna Krahulcová & František Krahulec, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic; e-mail: krahulcova@ibot.cas.cz
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 239-255, 2000

Achillea distans (Asteraceae) confirmed as native in the Bieszczady Mts (SE Poland).

Abstract: Achillea distans Waldst. et Kit. ex Willd., found in the Bieszczady Mts (SE Poland), is confirmed as a native species of the Polish flora, and several localities of this taxon in NE Slovakia and the NW part of the Ukrainian Carpathians are reported. The plants from the Biesz­czady Mts are briefly described, and other records of the A. distans group from Poland are discussed. The hexaploid chromosome number 2n = 54 was recorded in the Polish populations of A. distans.

Key words: Achillea millefolium group, taxonomy, chromosome number, distribution, Eastern Carpathians, Slovakia, Ukraine

  • Jiří Danihelka & Olga Rotreklová, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: danihel@palava.cz; orotrekl@sci.muni.cz
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 257-263, 2000

Carex pseudobrizoides (Cyperaceae) in Poland: patterns of isozymatic phenotypes.

Abstract: The genetic differences among three species - Carex pseudobrizoides Clavaud, C. brizoides L. and C. arenaria L. - were assessed on the basis of isozymatic phenotypes determined by electrophoresis of enzymatic protein. Four enzymes putatively encoded by the eight loci PX-1, PX-2, DIF-1, DIF-2, DIF-3, GOT-1, GOT-2 and IDH were studied. Five of them were polymorphic while the others were monomorphic for all the species studied. The highest numbers of isozymatic phenotypes were noted for PX-1 and IDH. Different phenotypic patterns were found for PX-1, DIF-1 and DIF-3 in populations of C. pseudobrizoides The same phenotypic patterns of C. pseudobrizoides and C. brizoides ramets were found for DIF-2, GOT-1, GOT-2 and DIF-3 in one of the populations. The phenotypes of C. arenaria differed from those of C. pseudobrizoides in only two enzymes: PX-1 and IDH.

Key words: isozymatic phenotypes, electrophoresis, sedges, Carex pseudobrizoides, C. brizoides, C. arenaria, Poland

Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 265-271, 2000

Where is the place of origin of Morus nigra (Moraceae)?

Abstract: Both literary and archaeo-botanical records indicate that Morus nigra L. thrived in the Near East and in Europe, at least since the Iron Age and Roman times. This is much earlier than M. alba L., which is native to China and which was introduced into this area (together with silkworms) in late Byzantine times or even later. Some M. alba forms have black fruits. Thus, contrary to what the botanical names imply, fruit color (black vs. white) is not a reliable trait to identify the two mulberry species. Indeed, considerable confusion has been caused by its use. Instead, M. nigra and M. alba can be distinguished from each other easily by their leaf morphology. The place of origin of M. nigra is still undetermined. The available information (literature, herbarium collections, etc) seems to be concerned only with cultivated forms and/or sub-spontaneous individuals. Genuinely wild populations of M. nigra are quite common in the Aegean region.

Key words: history of Morus nigra, distribution, Europe

  • Kazimierz Browicz, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, PL-62-035 Kórnik, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 273-280, 2000

Composition, structure and ecological aspects of Mesic Old Growth Carpathian Deciduous Forests of Slovakia, Southern Poland and the Western Ukraine.

Abstract: Scientists as well as the general public are slowly coming to realize the critical importance of preserving pristine examples of old growth forests. Their employment in the study of natural communities as ecological benchmarks for comparison to so many systems which have been degraded by human activities is of prime significance. The protection of the gene pool, inherent floristic and structural organization, in an undisturbed environment will become more and more useful as time passes. Their use in research, teaching and nature appreciation is of serious consequence and value. In this contribution quantitative data on the floristics, vegetational composition, structural organization as well as general environmental features are presented and related by means of analytical approaches of direct gradient analysis, as well as detrended correspondence analysis ordination. Aspects of biodiversity are included as well as comparison with other similar mesic old growth deciduous forests in other areas, but particularly with these systems as they are found in extreme Southern Ontario, Canada.

Key words: old growth, mesic deciduous forests, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, direct gradient ordination, DCA ordination.

  • Paul Frederick Maycock, Ecology Laboratory, Erindale College, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6. Canada;
  • Janusz Guzik, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland;
  • Jaroslav Jankovic, Slovak Forestry Institute, Masarykova 22, SK-960 92 Zvolen, Slovakia;
  • Miroslav Shevera, M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Tereshchenkivska 2,  UA-252601 Kiev-4, Ukraine;
  • Terence J. Carleton, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 281-321, 2000

Syntaxonomical survey of Alpine meadows in the Great Caucasus.

Abstract: The paper suggests a syntaxonomy for alpine communities with prevalence of perennial herbs and grasses and alpine lichen heaths, and documents their regional variation along the Great Caucasus Ridge. The syntaxonomic diversity of the Caucasian alpine meadows is comprised of eight associations, eight subassociations, and at least six variants. One of these associations Anemone speciosae-Campanuletum tridentatae with four subassociations and four variants, is widely spread along the Caucasus. Three associations and two subassociations are restricted to the Western Caucasus and two to the Central; three associations with two subassociations are met in the Eastern Caucasus. All these associations are grouped into the novel Caucasian alliance - Alchemillo caucasicae-Campanulion tridentatae, which is assigned to the European class Juncetea trifidi and the order Caricetalia curvulae.

Key words: Syntaxonomic diversity, regional variation, community description, Caucasus

  • Konstantin Korotkov, Ecology and Evolution Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lenin Ave­nue 33, 117071 Moscow, Russia; e-mail: biology@igras.geonet.ru;
  • Elena Belonovskaya, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny 29, 109017 Moscow, Russia
Fragm. Flor. Geobot 45(1-2): 323-343, 2000

The forest communities in the Przemyśl Foothills, south-east Poland.

Abstract: The work involved the natural and near-natural forest communities present in the Przemyśl Foothills. Material gathered proved possible to identify and describe plant communities belonging to the associations Carici remotae-Fraxinetum, Tilio-Carpinetum of the submontane form and Dentario glandulosae-Fagetum of the Eastern Carpathians vicariant and their montane and submontane forms. There communities were compared with those of the Góry Słonne range immediately to the south of the study area. Analysis centred on the manner in which oak-lime-hornbeam forests intergrade with beech forests at increasing altitude, and it was noted that the transition was continuous in character, entailing the steady loss of the species from lower elevations and warmer habitats. Two types of forested landscape - the submontane and lower montane belts - were described.

Key words:  forest communities, Przemyśl Foothills, phytosociology, vegetation belts.

  • Anna Kozłowska, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, PL-00-818 Warszawa, Poland; e-mail: a.kozl@twarda.pan.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 345-372, 2000

"Orchidaceous" beech forests in the Góry Krowiarki Range (Eastern Sudety Mountains).

Abstract: The communities of beech forests with orchids belonging to the sub-alliance Cephalanthero-Fagenion are a rare element of vegetation in the Sudety Mountains. Described in the present study are beech forests assigned to the association Taxo-Fagetum or Fagus-Hypericum maculatum community and occurring in the small Góry Krowiarki Range of the Eastern Sudety Mountains. Phytosociological designation was augmented by an analysis of the conditions of occurrence of the above communities. Dependence on the altitudinal zonation and local variability of climate was noted, as was further conditioning founded upon the type of geological substratum (calcareous), the form and exposure of slopes and soil cover.

Key words:  beech forests, Cephalanthero-Fagenion, Eastern Sudety Mountains, habitat conditions

  • Jan Marek Matuszkiewicz & Anna Kozłowska, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, PL-00-818 Warszawa, Poland; e-mail: jan.mat@twarda.pan.pl; a.kozl@twarda.pan.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 373-391, 2000

The systematic position of thermophilous beechwoods (Cephalanthero-Fagenion) in Poland.

Abstract: The results of  a syntaxonomical revision of the thermo- and calciphilous beech-wood communities (Cephalanthero-Fagenion Suballiance) occuring in Poland are presented. The basic material was elaborated by using of some methods of the numerical taxonomy. Five regional types (some with any subordinated units), i.e. two “associations” and three “communities”, are distinguished. The associations are new established according to the principles, rules and recommendations of the Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature; there are: Carici albae-Fagetum from the Pieniny Mountains and Cephalanthero rubrae-Fagetum from the Wolin Island.

Key words:  syntaxonomy, numerical methods, thermophilous and calciphilous beechwoods, Cephalanthero-Fagenion, Poland

  • Władysław Matuszkiewicz, Gospodarska 3, PL-05-822 Milanówek, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 393-412, 2000

Phytogeographical and syntaxonomical dependence of species reaching their western and northwestern limits of distribution in Poland.

Abstract: Eighteen species reaching their western and northwestern limits of distribution in Poland were selected from the ATPOL floristic data bank. Their distribution in Poland, phytogeographical elements and syntaxonomical affiliations were described. Cartograms were used to show their concentrations in Poland.

Key words:  vascular plants, distribution limits, Poland

  • Maria Zając & Adam Zając, Department of Taxonomy of Plants and Phytogeography, Institute of ­Botany, Jagiellonian University, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: zajacm@ib.uj.edu.pl; zajac@ib.uj.edu.pl
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 413-422, 2000

The genus Empetrum (Empetraceae) in Ukraine.

Abstract: Herbarium material studies and field investigations show that two taxa of the genus Empetrum L. occur in Ukraine - the dioecious E. nigrum L. and the monoecious E. hermaphroditum Hagerup. Maps of their geographical distribution in the Ukrainian Carpathians are presented.

 Key words:  Empetrum, taxonomy, chorology, ecology, Carpathians

  • Adam Boratyński, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Dendrology, Parkowa 5, PL-62-035 Kórnik, Poland; e-mail: borata@rose.man.poznan.pl;
  • Yakiv Petrovich Didukh, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, M. G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, Treshchenkivska 2, 02601 MSP, Kiev-4, Ukraine; e-mail: didukh@botan.kiev.ua
Fragm. Flor. Geobot 45(1-2): 423-430, 2000

Cardamine dentata (Brassicaceae) in Poland.

Abstract: The results of taxonomic studies of Cardamine dentata Schult. from Poland are presented and the distribution map of the species in Poland based on a revision of herbarium material is provided for the first time. The problem of hybridization of C. dentata is briefly discussed.

Key words:  Brassicaceae, Cardamine dentata, taxonomy, distribution map, hybridization, Poland

  • Jan J. Wójcicki, Department of Vascular Plant Systematics, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: wojcicki@ib-pan.krakow.pl;
  • Karol Marhold, Department of Vascular Plant Systematics, Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 14, SK-842 23 Bratislava, Slovakia; Department of Botany, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic; e-mail: marhold@savba.sk
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 431-443, 2000

Distribution of Triglochin maritimum (Juncaginaceae) in Poland.

Abstract: The distribution map of Triglochin maritimum L. and list of localities in Poland is given, based on herbarium materials, the literature and unpublished data. In Poland T. maritimum occurs on wet and usually saline meadows along the Baltic coast and in inland localities.

Key words:  Triglochin maritimum, halophyte, distribution in Poland

Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 445-456, 2000

Distribution and habitats of Lloydia serotina (Liliaceae) in the Tatra Mts.

Abstract: The distribution of Lloydia serotina (L.) Reichenb. in the Polish Tatra Mts is reviewed and mapped. The altitudinal range, orographic and edaphic factors as well as phytocoenoses of the species are characterized and presented in ecodiagrams. Information on the size of populations and the threat to them is provided.

Key words:  Lloydia serotina, distribution, habitats, Tatra National Park, southern Poland
  • Halina Piękoś-Mirkowa, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Mickiewicza 33, PL-31-120 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: mirkowa@iop.krakow.pl;
  • Zbigniew Mirek, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: mirek@ib-pan.krakow.pl;
  • Anna Miechówka, Department of Soil Science, Agricultural University, Al. Mickiewicza 21, PL-31-120 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 457-470, 2000

First record of Pedicularis kaufmannii (Scrophulariaceae) from Poland.

Abstract: Pedicularis kaufmannii Pinzger has been recorded in Kulaszne in the Bieszczady Mts (the Carpathians) and this is the first discovery of the species in Poland. The species is briefly described and a map of its geographical distribution in Europe is provided.

Key words:  Pedicularis, distribution, new locality, Carpathians, Poland

  • Kazimierz A. Nowak, Wojciech Borkowski & Ireneusz R. Moraczewski, Department of Plant Systematics and Geography, Warsaw University, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, PL-00-478 Warsaw, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot 45(1-2): 471-474, 2000

Sphagnum-Polytrichum hummocks - a bryologically neglected plant formation.

Abstract: The liverwort flora of Sphagnum-Polytrichum hummocks from the Polish Carpathians (mainly Tatra Mts) is characterized in respect to rare and relict species. An analysis of this flora showed that these hummocks form a kind of asylum for arctic alpine species, which are not infrequently restricted in their montane occurrence to this interesting plant formation.

Key words:  Hepaticae, high mountain flora, Poland

  • Jerzy Szweykowski & Katarzyna Buczkowska, Working Group for the Study of Genetic Variation in Bryophytes at the Department of Genetics, A. Mickiewicz University, Szamarzewskiego 89, bud. C., PL-60-568 Poznań, Poland; e-mail: jeszweyk@main.amu.edu.pl (JS); androsac@main.amu. edu.pl (KB)
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 475-484, 2000

Białe Ługi Reserve: a refuge of the forest lichen flora of the Góry Świętokrzyskie Mts.

Abstract: The study presents the state of lichen flora in the Białe Ługi peatbog reserve, with special attention to very rare and engendered lichens species of Poland persisting in the reserve. The reserve has been protected since 1959, and is a refuge of forest lichen flora.

Key words:  lichens, relicts of primeval forest, Poland

  • Stanisław Cieśliński, Świętokrzyska Academy, Department of Botany, Świętokrzyska 15, PL-25-406 Kielce, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot 45(1-2): 485-492, 2000

Contribution to the lichen flora of Western Ukraine.

Abstract: The paper gives a checklist of 143 lichen species collected from 10 localities in the western part of the Podilya Upland (W Ukraine) during the Podilya 2000 botanical excursion. Eight species are given for the first time for Ukraine: Chromatochlamys muscorum (Fr.) H. Mayrhofer & Poelt, Leproloma diffusum Laundon, Thelidium zwackhii (Hepp) A. Massal., Verrucaria papillosa Ach., Verrucaria procopii Servit, Verrucaria subfuscella Nyl., Verrucaria sylvatica (Arnold) Zschacke, Verrucaria velana (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. Some other species are reported for the first time for the particular regions. The checklist consists mainly of calciphilous species of limestone and gypsum, growing on rocks and their weathering products. The most conspicuous include the xerothermic species forming the lichen association Toninio-Psoretum decipientis Stodieck 1937: Psora decipiens (Hedw.) Hoffm., Fulgensia bracteata (Hoffm.), F. fulgens (Sw.) Elenkin, Endocarpon pusillum Hedw., Catapyrenium squmulosum (Ach.) Breuss and Toninia sedifolia (Scop.) Timdal.

Key words:  lichens, steppe localities, Podilya Upland, W Ukraine

  • Urszula Bielczyk, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, ­PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: bielczyk@ib-pan.krakow.pl;
  • Józef Kiszka, Institute of Biology Pedagogical University of Cracov, Podbrzezie 3, PL-31-054 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 493-500, 2000

Punctularia strigosozonata (Fungi, Corticiaceae) in Poland and North Korea.

Abstract: The article deals with the taxonomy, ecology, general distribution and threatened status of Punctularia strigosozonata (Schw.) Talbot. In Europe it is known only from Estonia, Poland, Ukraine and Russia. In Poland it was found in three NE localities; one is new. In ­1983-1986 the author found this species in 5 localities in seminatural forests of North Korea, in various mountains and in the Central Botanical Garden in Pyongyang. The systematic positions of the genus Punctularia Pat. & Lagerh. and of P. strigosozonata are discussed, and numerous synonyms of this fungus and important references are cited.

Key words:  Fungi, Basidiomycetes, Stereales, Corticiaceae, Punctularia strigosozonata, distribution, ecology, taxonomy, threat, Europe, Poland, Asia, North America, North Korea

  • Władysław Wojewoda, Department of Mycology, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 501-507, 2000

Resupinatus kavinii (Tricholomataceae), a fungus species newly noted in Poland.

Abstract: Resupinatus kavinii (Pil.) Mos. collected in the Pieniny National Park is noted as new to Poland. A detailed description of the species is provided.

Key words:  Resupinatus kavinii, description, habitat, Pieniny National Park, West Carpathians, Poland

  • Barbara Gumińska, Department of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Lubicz 46, PL-31-512 Kraków, Poland
Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 509-512, 2000
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Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 45(1-2): 513-539, 2000

Veronica peregrina (Scrophulariaceae) in Kraków - rediscovered after a century.

  • Janusz Guzik, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31-512 Kraków, Lubicz 46, Poland;
  • Wojciech Paul, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31-512 Kraków, Lubicz 46, Poland; e-mail: paul@ib-pan.krakow.pl

New locality of Cerastium brachypetalum (Caryophyllaceae) on the Silesian Upland.

  • Teresa Nowak, Department of Plant Systematics, University of Silesia, Jagiellońska 28, PL-40-032 Katowice, Poland; e-mail: tnowak@us.edu.pl

Ruppia maritima (Ruppiaceae) in Poland.

  • Andrzej Urbisz & Alina Urbisz, Department of Plant Systematics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, Silesian University, Jagiellońska 28, PL-40-032 Katowice, Poland; e-mail: aurbisz@us.edu.pl

New locality of Dictamnus albus (Rutaceae) in Poland.

  • Teresa Nowak & Józef Waluda, Department of Plant Systematics, University of Silesia, Jagiellońska 28, PL-40-032 Katowice, Poland; e-mail: tnowak@us.edu.pl

New and noteworthy species of Lepraria and Leproloma to Ukraine.

  • Martin Kukwa, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Gdańsk University, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland; e-mail: dokmak@univ.gda.pl

The first records of two lichenicolous fungi, Lichenoconium pyxidatae and Taeniolella beschiana, in Poland.

  • Katarzyna Jando, Agnieszka Kowalewska & Martin Kukwa, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Gdańsk University, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland; e-mail: biokj@univ.gda.pl; bioak@univ.gda.pl; dokmak@univ.gda.pl

Some new and noteworthy lichenicolous fungi to Ukraine.

  • Martin Kukwa, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, Gdańsk University, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Polan; e-mail: dokmak@univ.gda.pl

Lepraria lesdainii, a lichen species new to Poland.

  • Martin Kukwa, Department of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation, University of Gdańsk, Al. Legionów 9, PL-80-441 Gdańsk, Poland; e-mail: dokmak@univ.gda.pl

Botryobasidium aureum (Fungi, Stereales) in the Tatra Mts and review of its distribution in Poland.

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