Phenomorphology and ecomorphological characters of Maytenus senegalensis L. Shrublands in the Iberian Peninsula: A comparison with other Mediterranean plant communities

Pérez-Latorre, Andrés Vicente; Gavira, Oscar; Cabezudo, Baltasar

doi:10.1016/j.flora.2009.04.002

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“…Rivas Martínez ex Güemes This plant species belonging to the Celastraceae family is a very thorny deciduous shrub, which grows up to three meters. It differs significantly from the senegalensis subspecies both in phenomorphological adaptations to the arid Mediterranean climate, modulated by a high proportion of dewfall from marine origin and no-frost events [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]; and in genetic diversity since this taxon presents a high variability, even within the Iberian range [11], so that the segregation of the European lineage would be justified.…”

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“…europaea communities are extraordinary vegetal formations in Europe, considered by Directive 92/43/EEC [24] as Priority Habitat (ANNEX I. cod. 5220* Arborescent Scrubs with Ziziphus), which shows a unique and outstanding landscape in the European context, resulting from the arrangement of this vegetation in hemispherical clusters [25,26], in a way that is difficult to interpret, and which has resulted in different readings about its dynamics [8,12,19,[27][28][29][30][31]. In addition to the landscape value, this habitat is able to maintain a singular biodiversity in terms of richness and rarity of species in arid ecosystems [32]; moreover, this habitat's conservation may have positive effects that stretch beyond the characteristic community of plant species.…”

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The Relict Ecosystem of Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea in an Agricultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future Scenarios

Mendoza-Fernández

Martínez-Hernández

Salmerón-Sánchez

et al. 2020

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Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea is a shrub belonging to the Celastraceae family, whose only European populations are distributed discontinuously along the south-eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, forming plant communities with great ecological value, unique in Europe. As it is an endangered species that makes up plant communities with great palaeoecological significance, the development of species distribution models is of major interest under different climatic scenarios, past, present and future, based on the fact that the climate could play a relevant role in the distribution of this species, as well as in the conformation of the communities in which it is integrated. Palaeoecological models were generated for the Maximum Interglacial, Last Maximum Glacial and Middle Holocene periods. The results obtained showed that the widest distribution of this species, and the maximum suitability of its habitat, occurred during the Last Glacial Maximum, when the temperatures of the peninsular southeast were not as contrasting as those of the rest of the European continent and were favored by higher rainfall. Under these conditions, large territories could act as shelters during the glacial period, a hypothesis reflected in the model’s results for this period, which exhibit a further expansion of M. europaea’s ecological niche. The future projection of models in around 2070, for four Representative Concentration Pathways according to the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, showed that the most favorable areas for this species would be Campo de Dalías (southern portion of Almería province) as it presents the bioclimatic characteristics of greater adjustment to M. europaea’s ecological niche model. Currently, some of the largest specimens of the species survive in the agricultural landscapes in the southern Spain. These areas are almost totally destroyed and heavily altered by intensive agriculture greenhouses, also causing a severe fragmentation of the habitat, which implies a prospective extinction scenario in the near future.

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The Relict Ecosystem of Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea in an Agricultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future Scenarios

Mendoza-Fernández

Martínez-Hernández

Salmerón-Sánchez

et al. 2020

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“…Rivas Martínez ex Güemes & M.B. Crespo within the morphological variability of M. senegalensis (see Tutin, 1968;Greuter et al, 1984;Bolòs & Vigo, 1989;López González, 2001;Pérez-Latorre et al, 2010;Mendoza-Fernández et al, 2019 and2020 -ut G. senegalensis-). However, several modern taxonomic treatments accept this taxon as independent and adapted to arid Mediterranean climate, with subspecific rank (see Güemes & Crespo, 1990;Benedí, 1997;Díez-Garretas et al, 2005;Ruiz de la Torre, 2006;Blanca et al, 2009;Mateo et al, 2013;Mateo & Crespo, 2014;Raab-Straube, 2018), distributed throughout North Africa (Morocco and Algeria) and the South of Spain (along the coastal areas from Malaga to Alicante provinces) (see Esteve Chueca, 1955 -ut Gymnosporia europaea-;Güemes & Crespo, 1990;Benedí, 1997;Pérez García et al, 2003;Pérez Latorre et al, 2004;Ruiz de la Torre, 2006;Raab-Straube, 2018;Manzano Cano, 2020).…”

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“…Likewise, M. senegalensis subsp. europaea communities are unique vegetal formations in Europe, and they are considered Priority Habitat by Directive 92/43/EEC (see Mendoza-Fernández et al, 2015), showing relevant ecological and phenomorphological adaptations (Pérez Latorre et al, 2010) and being considered as an extremely threatened habitat (Mendoza-Fernández et al, 2015, 2019, 2020. In addition, this taxon is included in several Spanish Red Lists of vascular flora and Nature Protection Acts (Hernández Bermejo & Clemente, 1994;Blanca et al, 2000;Sánchez Gómez et al, 2002;Cabezudo et al, 2005;Blanca et al, 2009).…”

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Typification of Celastrus senegalensis and C. europaeus (Celastraceae, Celastroideae)

Ferrer‐Gallego¹,

Lumbreras²

2020

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The nomenclatural types of Celastrus senegalensis Lam., basionym of the current name Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell, and C. europaeus Boiss., basionym of M. senegalensis subsp. europaea (Boiss.) Rivas Martínez ex Güemes & M.B. Crespo (Celastraceae, Celastroideae), are discussed. A specimen preserved in the herbarium P, at the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris, is treated in this work as the neotype of M. senegalensis, and a specimen kept in the herbarium G, at the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques of Genève, is designated as the lectotype of M. senegalensis subsp. europea.

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“…The high diversity of growth forms in Mediterranean ecosystems is a demonstration of this, although specific patterns showing a certain synchrony with climate have been detected (Kummerow 1983, Orshan 1989, Montserrat-Martí et al 2004). In the Mediterranean Basin, a great deal of phenological studies in the Iberian Peninsula has established a general time of occurrence of the different phenophases in flora (Castro-Díez and Montserrat-Martí 1998, Navarro and Cabezudo 1998, Monserrat-Martí and Pérez-Rontomé 2002, Pérez-Latorre and Cabezudo 2002, Palacio 2006, Pérez-Latorre et al 2007, 2009, Milla et al 2010, Pérez-Latorre and Cabezudo 2012.…”

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Phenological patterns in Mediterranean south Iberian serpentine flora

Triana

Pérez-Latorre

2018

Nordic Journal of Botany

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Phenological phases have been studied in Mediterranean serpentine shrubland vegetation in the south of the Iberian Peninsula to obtain a phenological characterization of the serpentine flora and to make a comparison between endemic serpentine and non‐serpentine plants in different years and altitudes. For this purpose, data were taken in the serpentine ecosystem of Sierra Bermeja (Andalusia, Spain) establishing two plots on two altitudinal bioclimatic belts and during two different years. A total of 28 persistent taxa were studied, including both serpentinophytes, their magnesicolous allies and non‐serpentinophytes, to detect possible differences between serpentine and non‐endemic taxa. Phenological calendars and phenological patterns (phenophasic indexes) were obtained. The species showed phenophasic patterns similar to those of other studied Mediterranean flora: a phenological pause coinciding with summer and most species behaving as summer semi‐deciduous with seasonal dimorphism. There were no statistically significant differences in phenology and in phenological indexes due to altitude or serpentine affinity. The best represented active phenophasic period of the species was 9–11 months of activity although showing the summer phenological pause. Species with low index of reproductive/vegetative activity of the species predominated, employing more time/resources for vegetative functions, and with synchronous phenophases, where flowering and growth coincide. The phenophasic period of serpentinophytes and magnesicolous taxa pointed to a certain delay in the period of flowering with respect to the group of non‐serpentinophytes, a result which could have important implications for reproduction.

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Phenomorphology and ecomorphological characters of Maytenus senegalensis L. Shrublands in the Iberian Peninsula: A comparison with other Mediterranean plant communities

Cited by 12 publications

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The Relict Ecosystem of Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea in an Agricultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future Scenarios

The Relict Ecosystem of Maytenus senegalensis subsp. europaea in an Agricultural Landscape: Past, Present and Future Scenarios

Typification of Celastrus senegalensis and C. europaeus (Celastraceae, Celastroideae)

Phenological patterns in Mediterranean south Iberian serpentine flora

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