BRYONET: new bryophyte books

BRYONET
The New York Botanical Garden Press is pleased to offer two new titles
for Fall 2009:
Peat Mosses of the Southeastern United States
Lewis E. Anderson=86, A. Jonathan Shaw, and Blanka Shaw
2009 / 126 pp. / $42 / Order no. M10200
Sphagnum, commonly known as peat moss, is widely used in
agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture. Living plants are colorful
and add much to the beauty of wetlands. It takes little training to
recognize the genus, and most of the sections are almost as easy to
recognize. Yet they are scarcely noticed by field botanists, and even
bryologists tend to avoid them; they have a reputation of being
taxonomically difficult but this applies only to a subset.
There are few taxonomic treatments of Sphagnum in North America,
yet it is a fascinating genus whose species comprise an integral part of
nearly all fresh-water wetlands. Almost all significant critical
taxonomic characters are microscopic and require dissections and
staining, which can, with a little practice, be easily self-taught. Even
with a moderate amount of field experience, however, a novice can learn
to recognize sections and some species in the field with certainty
(although there are many species that even experts cannot distinguish
without a compound microscope). All field identifications need to be
confirmed microscopically. This volume will aid those who venture into
identifying peat mosses.

Guide to the Plants of Central French Guiana
Part 4. Liverworts and Hornworts
S. Robbert Gradstein and Anna Luiza Ilkiu-Borges
2009 / 144 pp. / $52 / Order no. M76P04
This hepatic flora of central French Guiana is based on the study
of about 1500 collections made by many different collectors. All species
are keyed, described, and illustrated. Brief descriptions of the
habitats of the species and of the lowland cloud forest of central
French Guiana are also provided.
The flora consists of 175 species of liverworts in 59 genera and
17 families and 2 species of hornworts (2 genera, 2 families). The
Lejeuneaceae are the most important family with 117 species in 37
genera. Eight new taxa are introduced.
This much-anticipated volume is the fourth and final part of the
Guide to the Plants of Central French Guiana.
In addition, NYBG Press is offering a very special price on the entire
four-volume Guide to the Plants of Central French Guiana. Purchase all
four books for $128 -- a savings of $62 over the list price of $190. The
set comprises 1,674 pages and 200 color plates. Part 1 treats
pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons; Part 2 covers the
dicotyledons; Part 3 deals with mosses; and the newly published Part 4
covers liverworts and hornworts.
To order, call 718/817.5992
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William R. Buck
Institute of Systematic Botany
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY 10458-5126, U.S.A.
phone: 718-817-8624
fax: 718-817-8648

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BRYONET: chromosome count of hornworts

BRYONET

Dear all,
I want to count the chromosome number of hornworts, but encounter two
obstacles now: both hydrolyzation and enzymes can not detach the thallus
cells; all the staining agents I used, including Carbol fuchsin and
aceto carmine, can not stain the nucleus. Any suggestions will be
welcome and thank you very much!
Qinghua Wang
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Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093
P. R. China
email: qinghua2699@yahoo.com.cn
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BRYONET: hornwort antheridium

A hornwort antheridium from Turkey. a) antheridium b) detached antheridiums

Hatice OZENOGLU KI.REMI.T
Adnan Menderes University
AYDIN/TURKEY

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BRYONET: In vitro bryophyte collections in Europe query

BRYONET
Hello
We are trying to find out some information on in vitro collections of
bryophytes across Europe for a paper in a special issue of In vitro
cellular and developmental biology - Plant. We are particularly
interested in collections that may be of conservation interest, but
would also like to hear of other collections. We are trying to put
together a comprehensive list of in vitro bryophyte conservation
collections for the paper, with an ultimate idea of trying to
coordinating ex situ efforts for bryophytes across Europe and
establish a network of interested people.
If you do have any information on collections or would be interested
in joining such a network, please get in touch directly at
jennifer dot rowntree at manchester dot ac dot uk
Many thanks
Jenny Rowntree
Marko Sabovljevic
Aneta Sabovljevic
Silvia Pressel
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Dr Jennifer Rowntree
Preziosi Lab
Faculty of Life Sciences
University of Manchester
Smith Building
Oxford Road
Manchester
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+44-(0)161-2755108
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Re: BRYONET: Campylopus introflexus

BRYONET

About distribution of Campylopus introflexus in France, you can consult
an inventory of data on the web site of Tela-botanica :
http://www.tela-botanica.org/page:Campylopus_introflex

Louis Thouvenot
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Re: BRYONET: Local endemic bryophytes

BRYONET

Dear Jairo and other Bryonetters,

The question of local endemism in the strict sense among bryophytes -
except for some obvious cases - will remain critical for long time. Some
species considered to be such, became known from several more places
quite far from the type localities, like Renauldia lycopodioides
(Tanzania, Kenya), Diphscium pocsii(Tanzania, Honduras)or Xylolejeunea
grolleana (Madagascar, Mascarenes), while others, like Pocsiella
hydrogonioides (Mt. Kilimanjaro), Cladolejeunea aberrans (Usambara Mts.)
or Drepanolejeunea helenae (Reunion Island) remained restricted to a
small area. I would like to call your attention to the experiments made
by B.O. van Zanten (J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 44: 455-482), who found that
those species, which have spores very resistant to environmental
conditions, even if they were known only from their type locality,
sooner or later become known from a larger area, while those, which are
not resistant against desiccation, extreme temperature changes and UV
irradiation, are restricted usually to a small area. Of course, plate
tectonics, geographical and ecological isolation, life strategies and
other factors also play a role in the narrow or wide distribution. No
doubt, many tropical specimes were described from one poor specimen and
when their variability became known, fell in synonymy and also, our
knowledge on the distribution of tropical taxa still very incomplete. I
agree with Rod Seppelt, who wrote that only molecular investigation will
say the final word in these cases, but anyway, a collection of data on
narrow endemics definitely will be useful.

Tamas Pocs, colura@chello.hu
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RE: BRYONET: Local endemic bryophytes

BRYONET
Lars is right - there are MANY examples of species only known from the
Type locality.
Descriptions of these species have been based on morphological
differences (often very minor) and geographical isolation. Who knows
what will happen if we start applying molecular genetic analysis to such
species.
One hepatic which might meet the requirements of very restricted
occurrence is Seppeltia succuba (immature female plants only are known),
described by Riclef Grolle from collections I made on Macquarie Island,
an isolated subantarctic island. The island itself (54 S, 158 E) is
34km x 2-5km, is very isolated in the southern ocean, and has never been
connected geologically to any land mass. It is a piece of the earth's
crust that has been elevated above the surface of the ocean at the
confluence of two tectonic plates. I know of Seppeltia from three very
local sites on the eastern side of the island (each less that 300m from
the other) and from one site on the west coast, approximately 10km distant.
BUT. A few years ago, David Glenny located the species from one remote
site in the South Island of New Zealand. The tantalising thing is that
a molecular analysis would be very useful, but I am the only one who has
ever found the taxon on Macquarie Island and am not likely to get back
there. Extracting DNA from the Type or isotype collections would not be
impossible, but in total there is not a great amount of material.
A further candidate might be the Sphagnum-related and unique
(molecularly and morphologically) Ambuchanania leucobryoides, described
by Howard Crum and me but found in a very restricted part of the south
west coast of Tasmania. Recently it was located in another quite
separate site. Jon Shaw (Duke University) has been doing a lot of work
on the molecular genetics of this.
Personally, I am always suspicious of localised endemics and I daresay
that molecular analysis will show that many of these are geographical
variants of other taxa.

Prof Rod Seppelt
Principal Research Scientist
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Higway
Kingston, Tasmania, 7050
Australia
Ph +61 (0)3 6232 3438

BRYONET: local endemism

BRYONET
Couldn't some local endemics simply be mutants that have survived
locally and may die off before successfully dispersing elsewhere?
Surely through time there have been millions of such one-gene mutants or
products of cross-overs or sticky pieces that, through vegetative
reproduction, have produced a living population. With their higher
ability to spread vegetatively, I would expect that we might find more
of these anomalies in bryophytes. Morphological changes would be less
likely to be lethal in simpler organisms and thus individuals (or just
one to start) could survive, reproduce by fragments, and develop local
populations in small areas.
Another factor to account for local population differences is
environment. A bryophyte can look quite different when grown in
different circumstances.
At the other end of the spectrum, I suspect bryophytes harbor a large
number of populations that differ physiologically around the world, but
that have retained the characters we attribute to the species.
Questions such as these will slowly be answered as we apply genetic
techniques in plant identification, but the deviants/rare species will
be the last to be sacrificed for such testing (hopefully!).
Janice
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Re: BRYONET: Local endemic bryophytes

BRYONET
Very interesting question, local endemism.
There is a lot of 'species' known only from the type collection that
would fit into this category. BUT, all of them, like all very narrow
endemics in bryophytes (or better liverworts as I know them better) are
likely to be an artifact of lack of knowledge. I don't believe there is
any liverwort confined to 1-2 km² unless on a tiny island, and even
there I don't know of any example to quote.
Even if there are dispersal limitations in bryophytes (contrary to the
statements of some bryologists 20-30 years ago) living in such small
areas need some physical barrier, and even then it is a question if they
can have an enough large population to survive in the long run.
I do know of some plants that certainly have a very limited area (like
the silver tree Leucodendron argenteum on Table Mountain with a
distribution range of c. 1-2 x 0.1-0.2 km) but what would the mechanisms
be to have similar narrow ranges in bryophytes (unless it is the last
ones before extinction or the first ones after speciation).
Best wishes
Lars
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RE: BRYONET: Local endemic bryophytes

BRYONET
Dear Jairo,
A starting point would be those species listed as Critically Endangered
under Criterion B2 on the IUCN Global Red List (www.iucnredlist.org).
Such species would not all meet your criterion but would likely include
a number of species that would. Good luck.
Best wishes,
Des

BRYONET: Local endemic bryophytes

BRYONET
Dear Bryonetters,
I am a PhD-student at the University of La Laguna. I’m looking for
information on local endemic bryophytes in the world. Particularly, I am
interested in endemisms that cover less than 1-2 km^2 . My central
question is to know (approximately) the worldwide number of this rare
group of bryophytes.
Thank you very much for any assistance or information you can provide.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Jairo Patiño
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Dpto. Biología Vegetal (Botánica)
Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna
c/ Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez, s/n. CP 38071.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España/Spain
Tlf.: +34 922 318438
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BRYONET: More on hornworts

BRYONET

Further to note of 17 September I noted the following on the 25th:

6 weeks after collecting the hornwort specimen the antheridia detaches
easily from thallus.

Several of peripheral container cells have sperm swimming around,
presumably waiting to be expelled.

Sperm was still being expelled from the antheridium which suggests the
motive force is at least partly self-contained.

I took a 74 second video of the event (137MB .avi file) which is too
large to offer on the web. I have produced highly compressed (and
pixellated) versions which are now available as .flv and .swf files.
These together with image of detached antheridium are linked from near
the bottom of http://www.bluetier.org/nature/hornworts.htm

The video is rather jittery but I may have the opportunity to get a
second shot.

Regards, Tom Thekathyil

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Re: BRYONET: Physcomitrella patens resources

BRYONET
Dear Dr. Denayer,
Yasuko Kamisugi has been kind enough to send people starter cultures =20
of the standard Physcomitrella genotype "Gransden 2004" (the exact =20
strain whose full genome was sequenced); perhaps she could still do =20
that. Her contact info is:
Dr Yasuko Kamisugi
School of Biology
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT UK
<Y.Kamisugi@leeds.ac.uk>
The Physcomitrella site at JGI where you can browse, BLAST, and download
the genome is: http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Phypa1_1/Phypa1_1.home.html
See also the Moss Genome website for links to many data resources and
techniques: http://www.mossgenome.org/
Cheers,
Brent Mishler

RE: BRYONET: Campylopus introflexus

BRYONET
It has saturated coastal habitats since at least the 1970s and
populations with sporophytes are now becoming well established in the
Willamette Valley and foothills of the Cascade Range. Also, presumably
the Puget Trough of Washington.
John A. Christy
Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center
Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University
1322 SE Morrison St., Portland, OR 97214-2423
Ph. 503.731.3070 x108; Fax 503.731.3070 x118
http://www.oregonstate.edu/ornhic/
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BRYONET: Physcomitrella patens

BRYONET
Hello
I would like to know how it could be possible to get Physcomitrella
patens in order to be able to carry out research in ecotoxicology above?
Does it exist clonal banks or standardized cultures, in which laboratories ?
With all my thanks.
BEst regards
--
Dr. Franck-Olivier Denayer
Professor assistant in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
EA 2690 Toxiques et cancérogènes professionnels et environnementaux
University Lille North of France
Institut Lillois d'Ingénierie de la Santé
42 rue Ambroise Paré - 59120 Loos- FRANCE
Tél : +33 3 20 62 37 43 Fax : +33 3 20 62 37 38
franck-olivier.denayer@univ-lille2.fr

RE: BRYONET: Campylopus introflexus

BRYONET
Unsure if this helps but I have seen it multiple times along the Oregon
coast. Cape Perpetua in particular comes to mind, where it is growing
amongst C. subulatus (verified) and C. schmidii (waiting on
verification), both of which are known from only a handful of sites
along the Pacific U.S. coast and listed as sensitive species by the
Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center. Additionally, monitoring
sites such as this could provide valuable information on its spread and
how it may impact rare native species.
Scot Loring

RE: BRYONET: Campylopus introflexus

BRYONET
Check BEN # 162
http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben162.html
ADOLF Ceska, Victoria, BC, Canada

Re: BRYONET: Campylopus introflexus

BRYONET
The spread in coastal northern California has been highly noticable in
my lifetime. I think you could get most of the early records in
California by searching the Berkeley data base:
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/bryolab/UC_bryophytes.html
The data base has the collections of Dan Norris, Jim Shevock, and
various other people associated with them. It does not have all the
bryophytes in California herbaria by any means, but it's as good as
you'll get without looking at the specimens.
I would urge others to also use the database and work to improve it. If
you mess around enough, you'll find that it is excellent for finding
specimens that seem outside of a tidy geographic range or elevation.
This should stimulate people to examine specimens and annotate. Also, of
course, we want people to add records to the data base. It's not hard to
do as just a small extra step past labeling.
Paul Wilson, Professor
Department of Biology
California State University
Northridge, CA 91330-8303
818-677-2937 FAX: 818-677-2034
For printable reprints: https://www.csun.edu/biology/faculty.html
For pictures of bryophytes: https://www.csun.edu/~hcbio028
To listen to my like-radio show:
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BRYONET: Campylopus introflexus

BRYONET
I'm contacting you to seek your assistance regarding the alien invasive
moss species Campylopus introflexus.
I am doing my Master thesis at the University of Copenhagen, I am
studying C. introflexus. In my thesis I am, among other things, trying
to make an updated map of the distribution of C. introflexus. I was told
by bryologist Jan-Peter Frahm that the species was discovered in Alaska,
and that its findings probably was published in Evansia. I do
unfortunately not have aces to Evansia, and would therefore ask you, if
you know of reports of this species from Alaska, and where it has been
found in Alaska?
I hope to hear from you.
Best regards
Jonas Klinck
Master Student
University of Copenhagen
Section of Ecology & Evolution
Department of Biology,
Universitetsparken 15
2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark
Department of Biology
Mobile: + 4526830591
<jonas@klinck.dk>

BRYONET: Folioceros sperm

Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:54:11 +0800 (CST)
From: Zhang Li <zhangli@scib.ac.cn>

Dear all,
I also observed the similar one with Tom of the sperms expelling from
the antheridium. My plant is Folioceros glandulosus. Please see the
attached image, and the arrow indicates the sperms were expelling out.
Cheers,
Zhang Li
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The image iss attached.
Li

Re: BRYONET: (no subject)

BRYONET
The moss is a species of Fissidens. Send the specimen to Ida
Bruggeman-Nannenga. Her e-mail address is: >>>
--
Ronald A. Pursell
Department of Biology
208 Mueller Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-5301

telephone: 814-863-4705

RE: BRYONET: (no subject)

BRYONET
Looks like a Fissidens sp.


Asst. Prof.Dr. Ozlem Tonguc Yayintas
Canakkale 18 Mart University,
Biga Vocational College,
Technical Programme,
17200 Biga-Canakkale-TURKEY

RE: BRYONET: (no subject)

BRYONET
Dear Charlie
Identification from a photograph is tricky. However, in this case: if the
laminal cells are pluripapillose and limbidia end distinctly below the leaf
apex and above the insertion of the dorsal lamina then it is Fissidens
weirii,
Ida Bruggeman

Re: BRYONET: Hornworts sperm

BRYONET
My apologies to everyone - the .htaccess file may prevent linking from
external webpages including some email clients.
You will have to copy and paste link into your browser address bar to
get the correct pix.
Regards, Tom Thekathyil

BRYONET: Hornworts sperm

BRYONET
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Hornworts
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:42:22 +1000
From: Blue Tier Mail <mail@bluetier.org>
I had the extraordinary fortune to witness what I assume is a rare event
- that of hornwort antheridium expelling sperm. I managed to record
this, pix at http://www.bluetier.org/liverwort2/hornwort-5.JPG.
I had brought home sample tissue several weeks ago to try identify
species, and managed to keep it alive and watch the sporophytes grow.
It is probably Phaeoceros carolinianus but I will wait to observe spores
before confirming this.
I placed a small section of tissue on a slide and was amazed to find
that at least 2 of the antheridium were expelling fluid and sperm (quite
forcibly) through what must be ruptures on the skin. This went on for
at least over an hour when the flow slowed down somewhat.
The fluid is emerging from roughly 120 degree position in the image.
What you see below the antheridium as dots are the sperm cells but I am
unable to do justice to these with a decent pix.
Several questions come to mind:
a) is the fluid stored in some form of container for this purpose or is
there a pumping action expelling fluid through the rupture?
b) only a few of the sperm containing cells had released their contents
which seems to be wasteful; under natural conditions do all all the
sperm get expelled?
I had hoped to observe the specimen several hours later but alas it had
dried up partially and deformed making it impossible to get a plane to
focus on. However vast quantities of sperm were swimming around in the
still-moist parts.
I trust you find this of interest.
Regards, Tom Thekathyil

RE: BRYONET: (no subject)

BRYONET
Looks like a species of Fissidens.
Charlie Davis

BRYONET: Identification of Nigerian Moss

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:46:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Olusesan Ayodele Ariyo
Subject: Identification of Nigerian Moss


Can you help in identifying this moss?

Ariyo Olusesan Ayodele,PhD Student
Dept. of Botany&Microbiology
Faculty of Science
University of Lagos
Akoka-Lagos
+2348073650202

BRYONET: Flow cytometry on hornworts

BRYONET
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:19:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Juan Carlos Villarreal A."
Subject: Flow cytometry


Dear colleagues,
I am interested in doing flow cytometry (FC) measurements on hornworts
(especially herbarium material). I have tried a few protocols with no
much success so far. I wonder if anybody in the bryological community
has sent samples to any institution anywhere in the United States to do FC.
I appreciate any further information,
Best wishes, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.
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Juan Carlos Villarreal A.
Doctoral student
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
University of Connecticut
06269-3043, CT, USA.
EEB website:
http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Juan_Carlos_Villarreal
Lab website: http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/goffinet/index.html
Hornwort classification:
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/goffinet/Classificationhornworts.html
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[IAB blog] New comment on BRYONET: Growth on leafy liverworts.

BRYONET

Gregorio Dauphin has left a new comment on your post "BRYONET: Growth
on leafy liverworts":
try Winkler 1968.
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BRYONET: Water Transport Rates

BRYONET

Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone knew of any literature out there that gives
direct numbers for water transport rates in any of the liverworts,
hornworts, and mosses? I am writing a pedagogy paper and would like to
include this information. I am not finding things in our small school
search engines. My guess is if this information exists, it may be old.
Thanks!
DB Poli

BRYONET: Request for Lepidoziaceae

BRYONET
Dear Bryonet,
I am a doctoral student at the University of Sydney. I am working on the
phylogenetics of the Lepidoziaceae (Hepaticae) and we have been finding
some very interesting results. We have a very good representation of the
New Zealand and Australian floras but unfortunately representation from
outside our region is limited. I am hoping that some of you might be
able to help.
In particular I would like to be able to include:
- Micropterygium (any species)
- Lepidozia and/or Telaranea species from the Northern
Hemisphere and South America.
In general any South American Lepidoziaceae and any Lepidozia and
Telaranea species from outside Australasia are of interest.
Please contact me (endymion.cooper@bio.usyd.edu.au
<mailto:endymion.cooper@bio.usyd.edu.au> ) if you would be willing to
provide duplicates and/or lend or exchange specimens. For DNA work
recent collections (up to 10 years old) are required.
I look forward to hearing from you (and returning the favour some time).
Thank you very much for any assistance you can provide.
Best wishes,
Endymion
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Ph.D. Candidate
Plant Systematics Laboratory
School of Biological Sciences
Room 325, Heydon-Laurence Building A08
University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
Telephone: +61 (02) 9036 7182
Fax: +61 (02) 9351 4119
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Re: BRYONET: Request for image of Herbertus sendtneri

BRYONET

A Google search on

Herbertus sendtneri

Produced quite a few potential images. I'm not sure what it looks like
but some of these images look like possibilities.

Dave Williams
Valencia Community College
Orlando, Florida
407-582-1421
dwilliams@valenciacc.edu
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RE: BRYONET: Request for image of Herbertus sendtneri

BRYONET

Dear David,

Once Herbertus sendtneri also includes former H. azoricus, I think the
photos on the Azorean Biodiversity Portal may be useful to you.
(http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/listagens.php?lang=en&sstr=3&dis=azores&fld=CodigoEspecie&id=C00098)

Best wishes,

Rosalina Gabriel
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through Michigan Technological University
IAB Officers:
President Janice Glime <jmglime@mtu.edu>
Secretary Geert Raeymaekers <geert.raeymaekers@skynet.be>
Treasurer Blanka Shaw <blanka@duke.edu>
First VP: Masanobu Higuchi, Second VP: Benito Tan
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BRYONET: Request for image of Herbertus sendtneri

BRYONET
Dear Bryonet
Following an earlier request to Bryonet for material of Herbertus
sendtneri for our DNA-barcoding project, several people very kindly sent
specimens and we got good sequences. It would be really good to have a
nice photo of that species (in the Alps) to put on the tree. Can anyone
help?
Thanks, David Long
Dr David G. Long
Head of Cryptogamic Plants & Fungi Section
Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh EH3 5LR
UK
Tel: 0044 131 248 2861
Fax: 0044 131 248 2901
email: d.long@rbge.ac.uk
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The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a Charity registered in Scotland
(No = SC007983)

IAB blog first year

The map (by ClustrMaps) shows location of visitors to the IAB blog for one year since Sept 2008.
The location of each visit is based on the IP address of the computer used, one IP address per visitor per 24-hour period.
On the list there are other 70 countries with 8 or less visitors.

I am glad IAB can offer an information service to a truly global user community!

BRYONET: Gallery of the Bryophytes of Mexico.

BRYONET
I am so pleased to announce the launching of a Gallery of the Bryophytes
of Mexico. This is a collaborative effort to coordinate and promote
on-line availability of photographs of bryophytes of Mexico. This is
join initiative by Dr. Efrain de Luna (INECOL) and Dr. Claudio
Delgadillo (UNAM).
The gallery consists of pictures within albums arranged hierarchically
according to the classification.
We would like to invite everyone interested to browse the gallery and
upload pictures.
Please visit the web site at:
http://briofitasdemexico.blogspot.com/2009/08/presentation.html
There you will find links to the main Album, recent photos uploaded,
registration, and brief instructions on how to contribute your images.
Hopefully, this service will facilitate efforts to post on-line pictures
of bryophytes in a more coordinated way and will promote collaboration
of everyone interested in the bryophytes of Mexico.
Registration of collaborators will remain open indefinitely to all.
Best regards.

Dr. Efrain De Luna
Depto. de Biodiversidad y Sistematica,
Instituto de Ecologia AC,
Apdo. Postal 63,
Km 2.5 antigua carretera a Coatepec # 351,
Congregacion El Haya,
Xalapa, Ver 91070, Mexico
Tel. (228) 842-18-00 ext. 3105
http://www.filogenetica.org/personales/deluna.htm
Sistematica en el INECOL
http://inecolsistematica.blogspot.com/

BRYONET: Post-doctoral Position available: Sphagnum systematics /

population genetics

BRYONET
Post-doctoral position available at Duke University to work on
systematics and population genetics of Sphagnum (peat mosses). Our
project focuses on the section Subsecunda, and includes taxonomy,
molecular systematics, population genetics, and reproductive
biology. Funding is available for a Post-doctoral Associate, for up
to three years. We are looking for a recent Ph.D. with one or more
of the following interests / skills:
v Taxonomy of Sphagnum (or other mosses/liverworts but with an
interest in pursuing work on Sphagnum).
v Laboratory and analytical methods in molecular systematics
v Laboratory and analytical skills in population genetics /
reproductive biology
v Historical biogeography, integrating GIS technology,
phylogenetics, niche modeling, and spatial analysis of genetic data
v Ecology / ecophysiology of Sphagnum with an interest in
integrating ecological and genetic / phylogenetic information

Preference will be given to American applicants but others with
appropriate experience / skills are welcome to apply.
Interested candidates should write to Jon and Blanka Shaw
(shaw@duke.edu, blanka@duke.edu, respectively). Include a brief
statement of your educational and research background and what aspect
of this research interests you, as well as your qualifications for
pursuing those interests. Include a CV and contact information (e-
mails) for 2-3 colleagues / mentors who can provide recommendations.
(Do not have recommendations sent.)
Duke University Biology Department has superb facilities for
taxonomic, molecular, and ecological research. Opportunities for
fieldwork are available as appropriate to the research focus. This
position is available immediately but start dates are negotiable.
Competitive salary and benefits included

Jonathan Shaw
Department of Biology
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Phone: (919) 660-7344
FAX: (919) 660-7293
shaw@duke.edu

BRYONET: Bildatlas Moose Deutschlands

BRYONET
Total List of Species - Bildatlas der Moose Deutschlands
I built a table with all treated species with entries of family and
fascicle. So it is more easy to find something. You can search just for
species name like "grandifrons", and you will find where this Fissidens is
in the books.
You can download this table from my homepage as an Exel or as an OpenOffice
file.
Follow that link:
www.milueth.de/Moose
Best wishes
Michael
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Michael Lueth
Emmendinger Straße 32
D-79106 Freiburg
Germany
(0049) 761 280944
www.milueth.de