Integrative analyses of speciation and divergence in Psammodromus hispanicus (Squamata: Lacertidae).

BackgroundGenetic, phenotypic and ecological divergence within a lineage is the result of past and ongoing evolutionary processes, which lead ultimately to diversification and speciation. Integrative analyses allow linking diversification to geological, climatic, and ecological events, and thus disentangling the relative importance of different evolutionary drivers in generating and maintaining current species richness.ResultsHere, we use phylogenetic, phenotypic, geographic, and environmental data to investigate diversification in the Spanish sand racer (Psammodromus hispanicus). Phylogenetic, molecular clock dating, and phenotypic analyses show that P. hispanicus consists of three lineages. One lineage from Western Spain diverged 8.3 (2.9-14.7) Mya from the ancestor of Psammodromus hispanicus edwardsianus and P. hispanicus hispanicus Central lineage. The latter diverged 4.8 (1.5-8.7) Mya. Molecular clock dating, together with population genetic analyses, indicate that the three lineages experienced northward range expansions from southern Iberian refugia during Pleistocene glacial periods. Ecological niche modelling shows that suitable habitat of the Western lineage and P. h. edwardsianus overlap over vast areas, but that a barrier may hinder dispersal and genetic mixing of populations of both lineages. P. h. hispanicus Central lineage inhabits an ecological niche that overlaps marginally with the other two lineages.ConclusionsOur results provide evidence for divergence in allopatry and niche conservatism between the Western lineage and the ancestor of P. h. edwardsianus and P. h. hispanicus Central lineage, whereas they suggest that niche divergence is involved in the origin of the latter two lineages. Both processes were temporally separated and may be responsible for the here documented genetic and phenotypic diversity of P. hispanicus. The temporal pattern is in line with those proposed for other animal lineages. It suggests that geographic isolation and vicariance played an important role in the early diversification of the group, and that lineage diversification was further amplified through ecological divergence.

Dades sobre la biologia d'especies iberico-baleariques d'Artemisia L.

S'estudien diversos aspectes de la biología de les especies ibèrico-baleàriques Artemisia L., fonamentalment de les seccions Artemisia L.i Seriphidium Besser. La germinació de les cipseles, el tipus de cicle biològic, la biología de la reproducció i la fenologia són els principals termes tractats.

Taxonomia del genero Microcnemum Ung.-Sternb.

Revisión taxonómica del género monospecífico Microcnemum Ung.-Sternb. Se recogen aspectos históricos, nomenclaturales, taxonómicos, corológicos y ecológicos, con insistencia especial en los aspectos micromorfológicos (estudio del polen y las semillas al M.E.B.). Loscosui Pau, nombre no recogido todavía en la bibliografía taxonómica, debe incluirse en la sinonimia del género.

Revisió taxonòmica del gènere Chamaemelum Miller (Asteraceae) a la Península Ibèrica i les Illes Balears

Se realiza una revisión taxonómica del género Chamaemelum Miller (Asteraceae) en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Se proponen dos cambios nomenclaturales: Chamaemelum nobile(L.) All. forma discoideum (Willk.) comb. i stat. nov. y C. fuscatum (Brot.) Vasc. forma minor (Hoffmanns. i Link) comb. i stat. nov. Para cada taxon se da el nombre correcto, así como las correspondientes sinonimias. Se adjunta una clave dicotómica de los táxones reconocidos y una relación de los testimonios de herbario estudiados.

Taxonomía de Chaenorhinum rubrifolium aggr. (Scrophulariaceae) en el área mediterránea occidental

Se realiza un estudio taxonómico de 9 táxones (seis específicos) pertenecientes al agregado de Chaenorhinum rubrifolium (Antirrhineae-Scrophulariaceae) en el mediterráneo occidental, aportando una clave con nuevos caracteres diagnósticos. Para cada taxon se dan el nombre correcto, sinónimos, descripción, corología y ecología, así como comentarios nomenclaturales y relativos a la tipificación. Se proponen dos nuevas combinaciones, Chaenorhinum reyesii (Vicioso y Pau in Pau) Benedí y C. grandiflorum subsp. cartilagineuse (Pau) Benedí, y se describe una nueva especie del Norte de África: C. suttonii Benedí y P. Montserrat. Se reivindican la categoría específica de C. fórmenteme Gand. y la combinación C. rupestre (Guss.) Maire.

Estudi Biosistemàtic de les poblacions de Ferula communis del NE de la Península Ibèrica i de les illes Balears.

Biosystemalic study of the Ferula communis populations in NE of the Iberian Peninsula and in the Balearic Islands. this paper presents the results of a taxonomic revision of the collective species Ferula communis L. (Umbelliferae) in NE of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. The main goal of the research has been to characterize the Ferula communis populations in the region under study and to place them into infraspecific taxa. The proposed classification is based on morphology, anatomy, phenology, karyology and numerical taxonomy. A new taxon is described: Ferula communis L. subsp. cardonae Sanchez-Cuxart and Bernal and two new nomenclatural combinations are proposed: Ferula communis L. subsp. catalaunica (Pau) Sanchez- Cuxart and Bernal and Ferula communis L. subsp. catalaunica var. microcarpa (Cauwet-Marc) Sanchez-Cuxart and Bernal. Description, phenology and chorology for each taxon are included. Also an identification key for infraspecific taxa and a list of new localities are provided.

Addicions a la flora vascular del Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró i de les serres veïnes (Prepirineus Orientals Ibèrics)

Additions to the vascular flora of the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park and neighbouring Pre-Pyrenean areas (eastern Iberian Pyrenees) We present about fifty contributions to the catalogue of the vascular flora of the mentioned area, published in 2003. Among the taxa reported, 21 correspond to novelties found in our own field observations or in the literature. We highlight the first records for the Eastern Iberian Pre-Pyrenees of Meconopsis cambrica (L.) Vig. and Omalotheca hoppeana (Koch) Schulz Bip. and F.W. Schulz. Other data refer to rare taxa already included in the catalogue, such as Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl., G. reverchonii Degen, Lappula deflexa (Wahlenb.) Garcke and Minuartia villarii (Balb.) Wilczek and Chenevard.

Catàleg de plantes vasculars endèmiques, rares o amenaçades de Catalunya. I. Tàxons endèmics

Catalogue of endemic, rare or threatened vascular plants in Catalonia. I. Endemic taxa. This is the first of a set of papers devoted to rare or threatened plants in Catalonia. We list 279 specific or subspecific taxa which are in a broad sense endemic to the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. We assess them with regard to their conservation status according to IUCN criteria. Assignment of these taxa to established categories has led to the following results: 6 taxa critically endangered (CR), 5 endangered (EN), 32 vulnerable (VU), 5 near threatened (LR nt). 84 least concern (LR lc), 116 not threatened (NT) and 31 data deficient (DD). The small number of taxa that enjoy legal protection in comparison with the number of threatened plants is emphasized. Key words: Endemic plants, Catalonia, Plant conservation, UICN categories.

Els bancs de dades de la flora dels Països Catalans

Data banks on the flora of the Catalan Countries. Two data banks on the flora of the Catalan Countries (NE and E of the Iberian Peninsule and Balearic Islands) have been set up by the Secció de Ciències of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (I.E.C., Institute of Catalan Studies). One is devoted to bibliography and the other to floristics, in this first phase concerned only with vascular plants. The sources are all types of publications containing concrete information on the vascular flora of the Catalan Countries. The information is transcribed on precoded forms so as to standardize the data and thus permit homogeneous input for subsequent storage in the computer. The coding schemes and characteristics of the forms are described for each of the data banks. Only the phytocoenological inventories receive special treatment which is discussed withreference to the floristic data bank. A first issue is annexed: the bibliografy concerning the vascular flora of Catalan Countries (years 1983 and 1984).

Mas sobre el Genero Dianthus L. (Caryophyllaceae)

Nos referiremos en primer lugar a D. multiaffinis Pau (Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 21:142. 1921). Descrito de la Sierra de Espadan, pocos han sido los autores posteriores que han tenido en cuenta este nombre. Únicamente, O. DE BOLÓS& J. VIGO (Butll. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 38: 88.1974) lo subordinan como variedad a D. pungens L. dentro de la subespecie multiceps (Costa ex Willk.) Bolos & Vigo y, más recientemente, M. Laínz propone la...

Gautieria trabutii (Gasteromycetes), nueva cita para la Peninsula Iberica

Se describe y comenta un raro e interesante hongo hipogeo, Gautieria trabutii (Chat.) Pat. (Gasteromycetes), recolectado por primera vez en la Península Ibérica.

Análisis del material epigráfico

Forma part de: "Un conjunt de materials d'època tardo-republicana de la ciutat romana de Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca)"

Una nueva lápida ibérica procedente de Civit (Tarragona)

El objetivo de este trabajo es la edición de una nueva inscripción funeraria ibérica hallada en Civit (Tarragona). El estudio de la estructura formular del texto permite postular una hipótesis provisional de interpretación de su contenido: el nombre del muerto con mención a la filiación, una referencia tal vez a su edad y finalmente al nombre del dedicante.

Un falso epígrafe ibérico en el MNAT (Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona)

The purpose of this work is to analyze a false Iberian inscription found in the MNAT. The study of archaeological, epigraphical and palaeographical elements shows that the inscription is a xmth Century falsification.

Sobre una inscripció ibèrica suspecta: MNAT 664

L'objectiu d'aquest treball és reivindicar l'autenticitat d'una inscripció ibèrica conservada al MNAT des de temps antic i condemnada sense causa justificada.