Search results for "Ophrys"
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Floral scent in a sexually deceptive Ophrys orchid: from headspace collections to solvent extractions
2018
Sexually deceptive orchid flowers use visual, tactile and olfactory cues of female insects in order to attract males of one or a few closely related species as pollinators. Ophrys L. is the most species-rich genus of sexually deceptive orchids in the Mediterranean Basin. Despite Ophrys pollinated by Andrena male bees use alkanes and mainly alkenes with specific double-bond positions as key signals that trigger pseudocopulatory behavior, some volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with low molecular weight were found as long-range attractants non-eliciting copulatory behavior. Since floral scents in Ophrys have been extensively studied by solvent extractions here we aimed to understand which flor…
Northern refugia and recent expansion in the North Sea: The case of the wrasse Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)
2011
Pleistocene climate changes have imposed extreme conditions to intertidal rocky marine communities, forcing many species to significant range shifts in their geographical distributions. Phylogeographic analyses based on both mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers provide a useful approach to unravel phylogeographic patterns and processes of species after this time period, to gain general knowledge of how climatic changes affect shifts in species distributions. We analyzed these patterns on the corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops, Labridae), a rocky shore species inhabiting North Sea waters and temperate northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Morocco including the Azores, using a fragme…
Kaļķaino zāļu purvu veģetācijas sukcesija Engures ezera dabas parkā
2015
Eiropā kaļķainu zāļu purvu platības pēdējā gadsimta laikā ir strauji sarukušas, jo tās netiek atbilstoši apsaimniekotas. Dabiskās sukcesijas gaitā šie biotopi aizaug ar kokiem, krūmiem un graudzālēm. Šī tendence vērojama arī Engures ezera dabas parka kaļķainos zāļu purvos. Viena no dabas parka zāļu purvu lielākajām vērtībām ir augstā orhideju sastopamība. Darba mērķis ir noskaidrot sukcesijas ietekmi uz augu sabiedrībām un orhideju cenopopulācijām. Pētījuma ietvaros aprakstīti 787 veģetācijas parauglaukumi. Biežāk sastopamajām orhideju sugām novērtēta vitalitāte un sastopamība. Dabas parka zāļu purva kvalitāte vērtējama kā vidēja, savukārt orhideju vitalitāte kā zema līdz vidēja, bet sastop…
Novedades en híbridos de Ophrys L. (Orchidaceae) para la flora de Alicante
2007
Se presentan datos sobre híbridos del género Ophrys L. observados en la provincia de Alicante. Se describe una nueva notospecie, O. × fraresiana (O. lupercalis × O. lutea), de la Sierra de Serrella. Además, se incluyen localidades inéditas de O. × heraultii (O. speculum × O. tenthredinifera), de O. × lucentina (O. dianica × O. lupercalis), cuya interpretación como híbrido se discute, y de O. × pseudospeculum (O. lutea × O. scolopax), un híbrido que no había sido citado en la Península Ibérica. Data on hybrids of genus Ophrys L. from Alicante province (E of Spain) are reported. A new nothospecies, O. × fraresiana (O. lupercalis × O. lutea), is described from Sierra de Serrella. In addition, …
Un nuevo híbrido del género Ophrys L. (Orchidaceae) en el litoral valenciano
2012
[EN] Here we describe a new hybrid of genus Ophrys L. (Orchidaceae) found in Cullera (Valencia): Ophrys x donatiae, which comes from the crossing between Ophrys dianica and O. tenthredinifera, and has intermediate characters. Distribution area and phenology are shared by parental plants.
Ophrys bombyliflora var. albarranii, var. nov. (Orchidaceae)
2015
Se describe una nueva variedad de Ophrys bombyliflora (Orchidaceae). Esta planta ha sido recolectada en Alcalá de Guadaíra (Sevilla, España). Se aportan determinados datos respecto a su morfología y ecología. A new variety of Ophrys bombyliflora (Orchidaceae) is described. This plant has been collected in Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville, Spain). Morphological and ecological data are reported.
Influence of Culture Conditions on In Vitro Asymbiotic Germination of Anacamptis longicornu and Ophrys panormitana (Orchidaceae)
2021
This study is the first approach to in vitro asymbiotic germination of two species of Sicilian threatened terrestrial orchids, Anacamptis longicornu and Ophrys panormitana. Seeds were collected in the wild and cultured in two different media—Orchimax medium (OM) and Murashige and Skoog (MS)—and exposed to different photoperiods and temperatures to evaluate the best conditions for the specific stages of development. The germination of A. longicornu was very high on OM (95.5%) and lower on MS medium (21.4%), whereas O. panormitana germinated only on OM medium, with significantly lower percentages (12.0%), compared with A. longicornu. This difference is caused by variation in quality and quant…
Karyological observations on plant taxa endemic to the Balearic Islands
2007
Mitotic chromosome numbers are reported from 35 vascular plant taxa endemic to the Balearic Islands that are poorly known cytogenetically. The chromosome numbers of Chaenorhinum rodriguezii (2n = 14), Coristospermum huteri (2n = 22), Carduus ibicensis (2n = 26), Filago petro-ianii (2n = 26), Ononis crispa ssp. zschackei (2n = 30), and Ophrys bertolonii ssp. balearica (2n = 36) were determined for the first time. New chromosome numbers are reported in Pimpinella bicknellii (2n = 22), Calamintha rouyana (2n = 46), Vicia bifoliolata (2n = 14), and Teucrium asiaticum (2n = 30). A new diploid cytotype (2n = 16) was found in Ranunculus paludosus ssp. barceloi, which is restricted to populations f…