Despite an increasing amount of data on the effects of tropical land use on continental forest fauna and flora, it is debatable whether the choice of the indicator variables allows for a proper evaluation of the role of modified habitats in mitigating the global biodiversity crisis. While many single-taxon studies have highlighted that species with narrow geographic ranges especially suffer fro...

A new locality of the taxon from genus Potentilla , endemic to flora Russia and Kazakhstan, was discovered in Eastern Europe. Previously, P. × angarensis recorded for European part based on collections Moscow Region Republic Udmurtia. The paper reports first record this hybrid Oka-Don Lowland, which found northeast Voronezh Region. main morphological characters hybridogenic taxon, dis...

The new subspecies Pedicularis rostratospicata subsp. marsica is here described based on morphological and molecular analyses. taxon endemic to few localities of the Central Apennines within Abruzzo, Lazio Molise National Park (Central Italy). can be distinguished from other two currently accepted (subsp. helvetica) by their taller stems, shorter petioles basal middle leaves, narrower blades lo...

Intra- and interspecific phylogenetic relationships of the rare serpentine endemic taxon Caulanthus amplexicaulus var. barbarae and related taxa in the "Streptanthoid Complex" of genera (Streptanthus, Caulanthus, Guillenia) were examined using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and chloroplast trnL intron sequences. Phylogenetic hypotheses generated from 81 variable ITS nucleot...

Alloscorpiops (Laoscorpiops) calmonti subgen. n., sp. n., belonging to the family Euscorpiidae Laurie, is described on the basis of single female specimen collected in the Pathoumphone District of southern Laos. This new scorpion taxon may represent yet another endemic element for the fauna of Laos. The new subgenus is characterized by a previously unknown and possible unique trichobothrial pat...