Claim · model-written summary
A new species, Hedwigia kuzenevae sp. nova, is described from Asian Russia based on molecular and morphological study.
- Taxon
- Hedwigia kuzenevae sp. novaHedwigia kuzenevaee0
- Outcome
- new speciese0
- Setting
- Asian Russiae0
Verbatim
e0“A new species from Asian Russia, Hedwigia kuzenevae sp. nova, is described based on integrative molecular and morphological study”
Title
Further comments on the genus Hedwigia (Hedwigiaceae, Bryophyta) in Russia
Elena A. Ignatova; Oxana I. Kuznetsova; Michael S. Ignatov Arctoa 2017. doi:10.15298/arctoa.26.13
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Hedwigia kuzenevae has a distribution area including Transbaikalia and Tukuringra Range in Amurskyaya Province.
- Observation Hedwigia kuzenevae is known from few localities in Yakutia and Krasnoyarsk Territory.
- Observation Hedwigia kuzenevae often grows in areas with calcareous bedrocks.
- Observation Hedwigia kuzenevae differs from the recently described H. czernyadjevae in having multipapillose leaf cells, while sharing plant habit and hair-point structure.
- Observation Hedwigia mollis is closely related to H. emodica according to DNA sequence data.
- Observation Hedwigia mollis is likely to deserve species status.
- Observation Hedwigia emodica var. echinata var. nova is described from Asian Russia as a new variety.
- Observation The new Hedwigia taxa are not separated from each other by the nuclear ITS1-2 DNA marker, unlike other Hedwigia taxa.
- Observation Hedwigia emodica var. emodica has the widest distribution area, throughout Russia.
- Observation Hedwigia mollis is mainly a European species.
- Observation Hedwigia emodica var. echinata is restricted in distribution to the south of the Russian Far East and Transbaikalia.
- Observation Hedwigia emodica var. echinata differs from the type variety in falcate-secund leaves.
- Observation Hedwigia mollis differs from both varieties of H. emodica by shorter hair-points with slightly papillose distal portion.
- Observation The morphological differences make the Hedwigia taxa studied quite distinct.