Data from: Taxonomic corrections and new records for vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan, 6
Data files
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Abstract
A series of notes on taxonomy, nomenclature, morphology and distributions of native species of vascular plants in Kyrgyzstan is presented. Anaphalis roseoalba is treated as a synonym of A. virgata; Hippolytia herderi and H. megacephala are new synonyms of H. senecionis; Hippolytia darvasica and H. schugnanica are new synonyms of H. tomentosa; Campanula capusii is a synonym of C. lehmanniana. Allium polyphyllum is the correct name for a species related to A. carolinianum, which occurs in the Tian-Shan. Hedysarum ledebourii is the correct name for the illegitimate H. neglectum. Iris sect. Cristatae has priority over Iris sect. Juno, whereas Isis is established as the correct generic name for Phaeiris. Veronica tenuissima is a superfluous replacement for V. tetraphylla. Stachys nana is proposed as a new combination for the species previously known as Hypogomphia turkestana. The illegitimate generic name Chaetolimon (Bunge) Lincz. is replaced by the new generic name Hissarolimon, for which two species-level combinations are also provided. Authorship and nomenclature are clarified or corrected for seven names; spelling is corrected for one name. Lectotypes are designated for four names. Ten species are reported as new to the country, and the presence of one species is confirmed. Two species are excluded from the flora of Kyrgyzstan, and one species is excluded from the flora of Uzbekistan. Range extensions in Kyrgyzstan are reported for seven species. Distributions in Kyrgyzstan are verified and mapped for seven species. Complete distribution ranges are mapped for four species. The IUCN conservation status of Iris austrotschatkalica is assessed as Critically Endangered because its known populations are distantly located and severely affected by land use and development. With these additions and corrections, the total number of vascular plant species in Kyrgyzstan reaches 4043.
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.x3ffbg7wt
Description of the data and file structure
The records include the locality data, with a hierarchical attribution to province, country and continent, and also the elevation data in meters and the habitat information when available. The collection information is detailed to collector names (recordedBy) with field numbers when available, and collection dates. The source of documentation (basisOfRecord) is specified for each record as herbarium specimen or human observation. The locality data have been georeferenced either in the field or postfactum on the basis of the available information. Due to the natural data deficiency in some historical specimen labels, some values may be unavailable and coded as empty cells in the dataset.
Institution codes denote the museums in which the herbarium specimens are stored, and correspond to herbarium acronyms according to Index Herbariorum (https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) for herbarium specimens; otherwise, these codes denote online resources from which the data have been harvested for evaluation: Plantarium (https://www.plantarium.ru/) and iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/). Museum catalogue numbers are provided for herbarium specimens when available.
The occurrence data are linked to accepted taxa. The taxonomic information is detailed to family, genus and species, sometimes also to subspecies or variety, with the indication of the nomenclatural authority (scientificNameAuthorship) and taxon rank. The taxonomic authority (identifiedBy) and the date of taxonomic verification (dateIdentified) is provided for each record.
Code/software
The data have been collected and processed in MS Excel software.
Access information
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The distributional data for vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan have originated from our original field work and collection research. The data include selected taxa that either represent new country records or have been critically revised and inventoried in the course of this study. Occurrence data are provided as documentation for each new record or revised species distribution information. The occurrence data are based on herbarium specimens and documented observations which have been taxonomically revised for this study. The information is structured and presented according to the DarwinCore format (https://dwc.tdwg.org/), using a dedicated template.
