Floristic notes of Sierra del Rincón Biosphere Reserve (Spain, Madrid province)

New records of vascular plants from Sierra del Rincón Biosphere Reserve and surroundings (Spain, Madrid province) are provided. It is noteworthy the presence of atlantic flora in this continental area and the different shrubby communities in different sectors with different litology: in areas with gneiss they are dominated by leguminous genisteae; where it is schistous, shale or quartzite they are heathlands.

Aproximación a la biogeografía del sector Setabense (provincia Catalano-Valenciano-Provenzal)

Se realiza una propuesta de división en subsectores del sector Setabense (Provincia biogeográfica Catalano- Valenciano-Provenzal). Las unidades reconocidas son: 1 subsector Valenciano;2 subseetor Enguerina-Cofrentino; 3 subsector Ayorano-Villenense; 4 subsector Alcoyano-Diánico. Para cada uno de ellos se aporta una breve descripción y caracterización de su flora, vegetación, paisaje vegetal, suelos, bioclimatología, usos del territorio, etc. Además se proponen dos nuevas combinaciones taxonómicas: Asperula paui Font Quer subsp. dianensis (Font Quer) de la Torre, Alcaraz & Crespo y Linaria depauperata Leresehe ex Lange subsp. hegelmaieri (Lange) de la Torre, Alcaraz & Crespo, y se valida la combinación Arctostaphyllos uva-ursi (L.) Sprengel subsp. crassifol¡a (Br.-Bl.) Rivas-Martínez ex de la Torre, Alcaraz & Crespo.

23. Revisión nomenclatural de la alianza Cistion laurifolii Rivas Goday 1956 y de sus sintaxones subordinados

La alianza Cistion laurifolii (Lavanduletalia stoechadis Br.-Bl. 1940 em. Rivas-Martínez 1968, Cisto-Lavanduletea Br.-Bl. 1940) reúne los jarales dominados por diversas especies de Cistus —principalmente Cistus laurifolius— y Lavandula pedunculata —cantueso endémico del interior de la península Ibérica—, a los que acompañan en algunas asociaciones gayubas (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. crassifolia) y ciertos brezos (Erica scoparia, Calluna vulgaris); como rasgo diferencial frente a otras alianzas de la clase destaca la ausencia de diversos caméfitos termófilos.

Sobre la vegetación del orden Asplenietalia petrarchae en las montañas valencianas

Se han estudiado las comunidades vegetales casmotiticas basifilas. presentes sobre los roquedos cálidos y secos, pertenecientes al orden Asplenietalia petrarchae Br.-Bl. & Meier 1934, en el territorio de la Comunidad Valenciana y alrededores, detectándose en el mismo los siguientes sintaxones: Alianza Asplenion petrarchae Br.-Bl. & Meier 1934, con la asociación Melico-Saturejetum fruticosae O. Bolós & Vives 1957. Alianza Teucrion buxifolii Rivas Goday 1955, con las asociaciones: Hippocrepido-Scabiosetum saxatilis (Rivas Goday 1953) O. Bolós 1957, Jasonio-Teucrietum thymifolii G. Mateo 1983, Rhamno borgiae-Teucrietum buxifolii nova y Lapiedro martinezii-Cheilanthetum velleae nova.

La vegetación de la clase Epilobietea angustifolii

Dentro de la vegetación de los claros de bosques húmedos (clase Epilobietea angustifolii) en los Pirineos catalanes distinguimos básicamente tres asociaciones: Epilobietum montani-angustifolii as. nova, ampliamente extendida por todo el territorio, aunque a menudo bastante pobre floristicamente; Atropetum belladonnae (Br.-Bl. 1930) Tx. 1950, más bien esporádica y a menudo fragmentaria, y Sambuco-Rubetum idaei O. de Bolós 1979, dentro del que se reconocen dos subasociaciones, rubetosum glandulosi (= typicum), limitada a los valles más occidentales y de carácter más o menos atlántico, y rubetosum idaei nova, de área más general y de ambientes relativamente secos.

Aportaciones al conocimiento de los hayedos basófilos cantábricos

Con este trabajo se ha tratado de realizar un análisis de loos hayedos basófilos cantábricos, reconociendo la existencia de dos subalianzas: Scillo-Fagenion Obertodfer 1987 y Cephalanthero-Fagenion R. Tx.1995En la subalianza Scillo-Fagenion Oberdorfer 1957 reconocemos la asociación Caria syvaticae-Fagentum (Rias-Martínez 1964) Carmen Navarro 1981. Dentro de la subasociación Carici sylvatiae-Fagenion Pimpinellotosum sufolia nova.En la subalianza Cephalantero-Fagenion reconocemo la asociación Epiapaenes-Fagentun Br-Bl et Susplugar 1937, en cuyo seno proponemos la subasociación Epipactido helleborines-Fagentum laserpitietosum (nesteli) cliasi nova.En cada sintaxon se señalan los aspectos florísticos, dinámicos, corológicos y ecológicos, indicando los pisos bioclimáticos en que tienen su óptimo desarrollo

The Tamaricetea arceuthoidis: a new class for the continental riparian thickets of the Middle East, Central Asia and the subarid regions of the Lower Volga valley

The new class, the Tamaricetea arceuthoidis, is described covering riparian and intermittent shrubby vegetation of the Irano-Turanian Region in the southwestern and Central Asia and the Lower Volga valley. The dominating species are species of the genus Tamarix that refer high water table in arid and semi-arid habitats with high to moderate salinity. This new class is an ecological analogon of the Nerio-Tamaricetea occurring in the Mediterranean Basin.

Nomenclature and syntaxonomic notes on some high-rank syntaxa of the European grassland vegetation

We present descriptions of a new order (Ranunculo cortusifolii-Geranietalia reuteri and of a new alliance (Stachyo lusitanicae-Cheirolophion sempervirentis) for the herbaceous fringe communities of Macaronesia and of the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, respectively. A new alliance, the Polygalo mediterraneae-Bromion erecti (mesophilous post-cultural grasslands), was introduced for the Peninsular Italy. We further validate and typify the Armerietalia rumelicae (perennial grasslands supported by nutrient-poor on siliceous bedrocks at altitudes characterized by the submediterranean climate of central-southern Balkan Peninsula), the Securigero-Dasypyrion villosae (lawn and fallow-land tall-grass annual vegetation of Italy), and the Cirsio vallis-demoni-Nardion (acidophilous grasslands on siliceous substrates of the Southern Italy). Nomenclatural issues (validity, legitimacy, synonymy, formal corrections) have been discussed and clarified for the following names: Brachypodio-Brometalia, Bromo pannonici-Festucion csikhegyensis, Corynephoro-Plantaginion radicatae, Heleochloion, Hieracio-Plantaginion radicatae, Nardetea strictae, Nardetalia strictae, Nardo-Callunetea, Nardo-Galion saxatilis, Oligo-Bromion, Paspalo-Heleochloetalia, Plantagini-Corynephorion and Scorzoneret alia villosae. 

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHS) (I): Measures of prevention and control

Measures of prevention and control against polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) focus on an official food control, a code of best practice to reduce PAHs levels by controlling industry and in the development of a chemopreventive strategy. Regulation (EU) 835/2011 establishes maximum levels of PAHs for each food group. In addition, Regulations (EU) 333/2007 and 836/2011 set up the methods of sampling and analysis for its official control. Scientific studies prove that the chemopreventive strategy is effective against these genotoxic compounds effects. Most chemopreventive compounds studied with proven protective effects against PAHs are found in fruit and vegetables.

The Complete Works of John Milton: Volume III: The Shorter Poems (816pp.)

Volume III of the new eleven-volume edition of Milton's Complete Works provides a definitive scholarly edition of all of Milton's shorter poems in English, Latin, Italian, and Greek, as well as his Mask, taken from both published and manuscript sources. It includes his 1645 Poems complete with all prefatory materials, thus illuminating the ways in which author, publisher, and print shop shaped this volume. It then presents all the new poems added in the 1673 edition (with the new Table of Contents), as well as the poems omitted from both editions. A careful collation of textual variants among these sources as well as the 1637 anonymous publication of Milton's Mask is provided. The Bridgewater manuscript of Milton's Mask (probably close to the acting version) and his working copy from the Trinity Manuscript, with its many alterations and additions, are transcribed in their entirety, so that the various versions may be compared and studied. 

A special feature of this edition is a new translation of Milton's many Latin and Greek poems that is both accurate and attentive to their literary qualities. This is augmented by a detailed and comprehensive commentary that highlights classical, vernacular, and neo-Latin parallels. A poetic translation of Milton's six Italian sonnets and Canzone is also supplied. In addition, the Appendices contain all the versions of Milton's shorter poems in all the contemporary manuscript and printed sources, so they may be examined in relation to their specific contexts. The transcription of all the versions of Milton's poems in the Trinity Manuscript allows in several cases, notably 'Lycidas' and 'At a Solemn Music,' for examination of the evolution of these poems as Milton weighed choiced of diction and sound qualities, enabling further understanding of his poetic practices. 

Barbara Lewalski is responsible for text, textual apparatus, and commentary pertaining to the vernacular poems in all sections of this edition including the appendices, and manuscript transcriptions (with the exception of A Maske), as well as the Occasions, Vernacular Poems,and Textual Introductions. Estelle Haan is responsible for text, textual apparatus, and commentary for the Poemata in all sections of this edition,and for the Poemata Introduction. She has also provided all translations from Latin, Italian, and Greek in the Testimonia, Poemata, and associated commentary, and transcriptions of the BL Damon, the Bodleian AdJoannem Rousium, and A Maske from the Trinity and Bridgewater manuscripts. Andrew McNeillie has provided poetic translations for Milton’s Italian sonnets, and Jason Rosenblatt has provided some Hebrew text and commentary pertaining to Milton’s Psalm translations.John Cunningham has transcribed Henry Lawes’ music for Milton’s masque, with commentary (Appendix E). Biblical references are taken from the King James (Authorized) Version.