Abstract
The paper presents new records for 19 vascular plant species from 14 Eurasian countries. Two taxa (Siphonostegia chinensis and Utricularia macrorhiza) are reported from Russia, two (Achnatherum botschantzevii and Stipa zalesskii) from Kyrgyzstan, one (Allium petraeum) from Uzbekistan, three (Crambe orientalis, Eleocharis mamillata and Geranium pratense subsp. sergievskajae) from Kazakhstan, two (Atriplex crassifolia and Petrosimonia brachyphylla) from China, one (Crambe orientalis) from Tajikistan, one (Stipa krylovii) from India, one (Agrostis lazica) from Iraq, two (Orobanche coerulescens and Orobanche zajaciorum) from Armenia, one (Phelipanche lavandulacea) from Montenegro, one (Panicum riparium) from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Sweden, one (Sporobolus vaginiflorus) from Bosnia and Herzegovina and two (Ranunculus penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans and Scutellaria minor) from Poland. Three of the taxa presented (Crambe orientalis, Panicum riparium and Sporobolus vaginiflorus) are regarded as alien to the studied areas, whereas the remaining 16 are native elements to the flora of the countries. For each species, synonyms, general distribution, habitat preferences, taxonomy with remarks on recognition and differentiation of the species from the most similar taxa occurring in a given country, as well as a list of recorded localities (often far from the previously known areas) are presented.
Highlights
During the field exploration across the vast area of European and Asian countries, as well as during taxonomic revisions of herbarium material of different groups of vascular plants, we found some species which are new to the floras of particular countries or its significant regions
The purpose of this paper is to report new records for 39 vascular plant species from eight Eurasian countries
Taxonomic notes The concept of Aniselytron Merrill proposed by Korthof and Veldkamp (1984), comprising two species (Aniselytron agrostoides (Kuntze) Soják and Aniselytron treutleri Merrill), is usually used in some floristic treatments and checklists in southeast Asia [Hsu et al, 2000; Kress et al, 2003; Lu and Phillips, 2006]
Summary
It might seem that good knowledge on the general distribution of vascular plants has been attained. The present paper is dedicated to new national and regional vascular plant records, to broad our knowledge on their distribution and taxonomy. During the field exploration across the vast area of European and Asian countries, as well as during taxonomic revisions of herbarium material of different groups of vascular plants, we found some species which are new to the floras of particular countries or its significant regions (provinces or republics). The purpose of this paper is to report new records for 39 vascular plant species from eight Eurasian countries. This work aims to contribute to a better understanding of spreading directions of particular vascular plants as well as species composition of selected countries and/or geographical regions of Eurasia
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