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Die Fundmeldungen in Band 34 von Botanik und Naturschutz in Hessen stammen von: Dirk Bönsel, Martin De Jong, Klaus Dühr, Uta Engel, Benjamin Feller, Christian Feuring, Thomas Gregor, Arthur Händler, Karsten Horn, Diemut Klärner, Julia Kruse, Eric Martiné, Hasko Friedrich Nesemann, Kai Uwe Nierbauer, Uwe Raabe, Susanne Raehse, Felix Reischmann, Bernd Sauerwein, Petra Schmidt, Fabian Schrauth, Christof Nikolaus Schröder, Helmut Siebert, Michael Thieme, Otto Wacker und Rüdiger Wittig.
Plant diversity change for cities and their surroundings is well documented. For rural areas such studies are difficult as literature data are mostly insufficient. We reconstructed phytodiversity change in the Feldatal community (Germany, Hesse) by comparison of historical herbarium collections (1945–1976, Hans Hupke) with a recent floristic survey (2012). The study area is a rural area typical for Central Europe, dominated by agriculture and forestry and with a stable human population. Floristic diversity decreased (683 to 497 species; 31% of the total flora), principally by disappearance of species of unimproved grassland, fields and villages. The small number of newly documented species (33 spp.; 5% of total flora) comprises mostly naturalized ornamentals and salt tolerant species along roads. Plant diversity change of the last decades in rural landscapes in Central Europe was mainly dependent on the intensification of agriculture.
Bisher war nur ein durch DNA-Analyse bestätigtes Vorkommen der Weißen Seerose (Nymphaea alba) im Naturschutzgebiet „Bruderlöcher von Erfelden“ für Hessen bekannt. Nach einem Hinweis von Uta Hillesheim-Kimmel auf ein mögliches weiteres Vorkommen im Naturschutzgebiet „Sickler Teich bei Londorf“ wurden die betreffenden Pflanzen morphologisch begutachtet und dem gleichen DNA-Testverfahren (AFLP) unterzogen, welches für die Bestätigung des Vorkommens im NSG „Bruderlöcher von Erfelden“ verwendet wurde. Die Auswertung des Tests ergab, dass es sich bei den weißblühenden Seerosen im Sickler Teich tatsächlich um Nymphaea alba s. str. handelt. Drei Individuen haben die Entschlammung des Sickler Teichs in den Jahren 2008 und 2009 überlebt. Dieses ist damit das zweite durch DNA-Test bestätigte Vorkommen dieser in Hessen sehr seltenen Art.
Reticulate evolution is considered to be among the main mechanisms of plant evolution, often leading to the establishment of new species. However, complex evolutionary scenarios result in a challenging definition of evolutionary and taxonomic units. In this study, we aimed to examine the evolutionary origin and revise the species status of Campanula baumgartenii, a rare endemic species from the polyploid complex Campanula section Heterophylla. Morphometry, flow cytometric ploidy estimation, amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), as well as chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequence markers were used to assess the morphological and genetic differentiation among C. baumgartenii, Campanula rotundifolia and other closely related taxa. Tetra- and hexaploid C. baumgartenii is morphologically and molecularly (AFLP) differentiated from sympatric C. rotundifolia. Contrasting signals from nuclear (ITS) and chloroplast (trnL-rpl32) markers suggest a hybrid origin of C. baumgartenii with C. rotundifolia and a taxon related to the alpine Campanula scheuchzeri as ancestors. Additionally, hexaploid C. baumgartenii currently hybridizes with co-occurring tetraploid C. rotundifolia resulting in pentaploid hybrids, for which C. baumgartenii serves as both seed and pollen donor. Based on the molecular and morphological differentiation, we propose to keep C. baumgartenii as a separate species. This study exemplifies that detailed population genetic studies can provide a solid basis for taxonomic delimitation within Campanula section Heterophylla as well as for sound identification of conservation targets.